Charles Martin vs. Gregory Corbin - March 16, 2019

[Ruthless-RKO]

Former heavyweight world champion Charles Martin will square off against unbeaten Dallas-native Gregory Corbin in a 10-round bout on Premier Boxing Champions Prelims on FS1 leading up to the Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia PBC on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View event Saturday, March 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Prelims begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will lead up to the pay-per-view event at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT that is headlined by unbeaten IBF Welterweight World Champion Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr. defending his title against undefeated four-division champion Mikey Garcia in a highly anticipated and historic showdown.

Tickets for this showdown, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and Ringstar Sports, are on sale now, and can be purchased at SeatGeek.com, the Official Ticketing Provider of AT&T Stadium.

[oogiebe]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

[Tony1244]

Opponent is old and untested.

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/616873

[jamamb]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

well i mean he just fought kownacki not long ago and it was very close, much closer then washington! hes obviously not great but hes not a total bum. imo he gets too bad of a rap

[oogiebe]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

well i mean he just fought kownacki not long ago and it was very close, much closer then washington! hes obviously not great but hes not a total bum. imo he gets too bad of a rap

He's completely unproven (and never will be). Never won over a name. AJ wrecked him in two...yes the Kownacki right was close and he even had Kow in trouble when he tired, but Kow is no world beater either.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

well i mean he just fought kownacki not long ago and it was very close, much closer then washington! hes obviously not great but hes not a total bum. imo he gets too bad of a rap

Yehh. Was a very close fight that.

[jamamb]

ya but i mean when you look down the list of guys in the division honestly i dont think that many are far better then him, in reality hes obviously not world class but i think he can compete with all but maybe 15 or so guys in the division. just seems like he gets treated so much as a joke when hes actually not that awful compared to most

[Tony1244]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

well i mean he just fought kownacki not long ago and it was very close, much closer then washington! hes obviously not great but hes not a total bum. imo he gets too bad of a rap

Yehh. Was a very close fight that.

I never saw it and am not overly motivated to watch it now. All 3 judges had it a 2 round margin for Kownacki. If their scoring was accurate, Martin isn't that terrible as Kownacki is a legit top 10 guy. No?

[Onetimeonly]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

well i mean he just fought kownacki not long ago and it was very close, much closer then washington! hes obviously not great but hes not a total bum. imo he gets too bad of a rap

Yehh. Was a very close fight that.

I never saw it and am not overly motivated to watch it now. All 3 judges had it a 2 round margin for Kownacki. If their scoring was accurate, Martin isn't that terrible as Kownacki is a legit top 10 guy. No?

Very good brawl.

[jamamb]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

well i mean he just fought kownacki not long ago and it was very close, much closer then washington! hes obviously not great but hes not a total bum. imo he gets too bad of a rap

Yehh. Was a very close fight that.

I never saw it and am not overly motivated to watch it now. All 3 judges had it a 2 round margin for Kownacki. If their scoring was accurate, Martin isn't that terrible as Kownacki is a legit top 10 guy. No?

i think its a combo of martins not as bad as billed and kownacki is throughly unimpressive himself. but today kownacki is a top 10 ish hw because of how weak things are

[oogiebe]

ya but i mean when you look down the list of guys in the division honestly i dont think that many are far better then him, in reality hes obviously not world class but i think he can compete with all but maybe 15 or so guys in the division. just seems like he gets treated so much as a joke when hes actually not that awful compared to most

He needs to beat someone in the top 20-30 at the very least to be considered in the discussion. This fight won't prove anything unless he loses, then it proves my very biased point!

[Tony1244]

Martin is a bum. Won the title on an injury. Once again fighting a old nobody. Maybe Corbin can get lucky.

well i mean he just fought kownacki not long ago and it was very close, much closer then washington! hes obviously not great but hes not a total bum. imo he gets too bad of a rap

Yehh. Was a very close fight that.

I never saw it and am not overly motivated to watch it now. All 3 judges had it a 2 round margin for Kownacki. If their scoring was accurate, Martin isn't that terrible as Kownacki is a legit top 10 guy. No?

Very good brawl.

Ok, you motivated me a little. Perhaps this evening if my buzz is right for it.

[gilgamesh]

I know RKO just copied and pasted something, but I hate when I read sh*t like "Former World Champion Charles Martin"...that just doesn't feel right. It's technically accurate, but I feel like "Former Titleholder Charles Martin" is as good as should be acknowledged in a case like his, though I know promoters are just hoping that the cache of having someone with credentials will attract people.

[Impractical Poster]

No disrespect to those interested in this fight, but, I can't wait to not give a fornicate about this matchup.

[oogiebe]

No disrespect to those interested in this fight, but, I can't wait to not give a eff about this matchup.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Don’t forget this fight guys on FS1, before the FOX PPV.

[gilgamesh]

Martin probably stops this guy. Keeps his name in the PBC cycle for a while longer.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Martin probably stops this guy. Keeps his name in the PBC cycle for a while longer.

I take it this fight will also be taking place at the AT&T Staduin?

[gilgamesh]

Martin probably stops this guy. Keeps his name in the PBC cycle for a while longer.

I take it this fight will also be taking place at the AT&T Staduin?

If it's part of the overall Spence vs Garcia card then I see no reason why it wouldn't be.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Martin probably stops this guy. Keeps his name in the PBC cycle for a while longer.

I take it this fight will also be taking place at the AT&T Staduin?

If it's part of the overall Spence vs Garcia card then I see no reason why it wouldn't be.

Yeh.. I just thought it might be like how Showtime showed Stevenson-Gvozdyk whilst the Wilder-Fury PPV was going on.

[sturm vogel]

Martin showed some toughness in his loss to Kownacki . Martin can't be that bad. Corbin, on the other hand, is a 38 year old relative novice with only 4 years experience. Martin has his confidence back; Corbin is getting clobbered.

[Enlightened-One]

Admittedly, I don’t know very much about Gregory Corbin, until I read that he’s been lined-up to fight Charles Martin, but he seems to be a slow plodding fleshy feather-fisted heavyweight. He's a fighter that needs to lose between 40lbs to 50lbs.

It’s a very harsh conclusion and I hope the American proves me wrong by showing me better form than what he’s shown during his bouts and sparring sessions that are available on YouTube.

The thing is, I’ve never been impressed by Charles Martin either.

So who knows who might win this bout, but my money is on the former world champion, because the alleged unbeaten “prospect” is already 38 years old and is unlikely to improve any further.

I expect Charles Martin to be too young, too experienced, too skilful and far too powerful for Corbin and will likely win by a tedious decision victory.

Part of the reason for my conclusion was witnessing a 45-year-old version of Shannon Briggs pummelling a 36 ½ year old version of Gregory Corbin in sparring, whilst ‘The Cannon’ was preparing for the Fres Oquendo bout.

[candyslim]

ya but i mean when you look down the list of guys in the division honestly i dont think that many are far better then him, in reality hes obviously not world class but i think he can compete with all but maybe 15 or so guys in the division. just seems like he gets treated so much as a joke when hes actually not that awful compared to most

Agreed. He got destroyed by Joshua but that doesn't automatically make him a bum. He's not elite level but he is in or about the top twenty in the world I'd say.

[oogiebe]

ya but i mean when you look down the list of guys in the division honestly i dont think that many are far better then him, in reality hes obviously not world class but i think he can compete with all but maybe 15 or so guys in the division. just seems like he gets treated so much as a joke when hes actually not that awful compared to most

Agreed. He got destroyed by Joshua but that doesn't automatically make him a bum. He's not elite level but he is in or about the top twenty in the world I'd say.

Two names on his resume and two losses. Best win against an overblown CW (Glaskov). Best showing a loss against rising contender Kownacki. Won a title due to his opponent having a knee injury while he was losing. He's not very good.

[jamamb]

hes about as good as kownacki, just slightly worse