Ex-heavyweight champ Charles Martin returns

Boxing returns to the iconic Fox Theater in Redwood City, California, on November 16 with former IBF heavyweight champion “Prince” Charles Martin (29-4-1, 26 KOs) headlines the card, and will face Matthew “El Matador” McKinney (17-8-3, 13 KOs). Martin, 38, is coming off an injury-induced layoff after a unanimous decision loss to Jared “Big Baby” Anderson in July 2023.

“I couldn’t jump rope, run, do the things I needed to do,” Martin said of the injury. “I got a lot of rest, let it heal and slowly got back to it.”

The injury gave Martin time to work on other aspects of his game, and to learn new things about his body. Incorporating yoga, stretching, and physical therapy into his routine, Martin has noticed changes in his movement, particularly when throwing power punches.

“I had tight hips. I didn’t know it. With yoga and maintenance of my body, I got them back in the game. It takes a lot of power out of your shot,” said Martin.

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Former two-division world champion Michael “Second To” Nunn will be in attendance to sign autographs for fans.

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  • Amazing to think that after he shockingly ko’d Kulambay in the first round, Michael Nunn was one of the top fighters in the sport.

  • Martin will probably go down as one of the worst heavyweight champions ever, but it’s heavyweight season now. If you can string together a decent performance or two, there’s great money to be made.

    • I think the worst is Charr. Can’t get no worse. Martin would kick his ass in between 5min.

  • Matt McKinney is 43 and recently didn’t last a round with Dante Stone. This is actually the main event?

  • I want to congratulate the 45th & 47th President of The United States. We love you, President Trump.

    • “We love you, President Trump.”
      – You may love him, but he certainly doesn’t love you………………..

    • Evil and filth have been defeated, finally it’s a great day to be an American again. The good lord had seen enough and He has spoken. GO TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Congrats to getting rid of an evil regime of democrats that have completely failed at every turn for Americans. Those that say Trump is a Nazi or racist really don’t know what they are talking about and need a history lesson probably because your woke schooling taught you His Story not history. Last night’s vote was an indictment on what was going on for the past four years. Good riddance. Charles Martin is definitely in need of a paycheck, but as stated earlier a few wins and your fighting for a payday in the heavy weight division.

    • Holt, obviously they didn’t teach history where you were schooled. If you were schooled.

  • Trump comes to the rescue of this country once again. Ol’ Slo Joe did his best to finish it off, but the election came just in time. Hot Tamalie Harris was licking her chops to finish it off but Trump came just in time to save it.

    And just like our once great country, boxing is in a piss poor shape these days. I started watching it, back in 1949-1950. At one time, boxing was on tv three nights a week. Now, there is practically no free boxing any longer. I wouldn’t mind paying a fair price for a good card but it costs a mint to watch bigtime title fights now. And a half dozen “champs” in about 4 times too many weight divisions don’t help things. I miss the old days, but at age 83 you know you’ve seen your best days.

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