Has Charles Martin got any future in the upper echelons of the heavyweight division? Mike Borao, Martin’s manager, spoke with Sky Sports and he said yes, absolutely the 35-year-old will carry on fighting.
Luis Ortiz snubbed the IBF’s offer to him to compete in a heavyweight title eliminator against the division’s boogeyman Filip Hrgovic.
Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz recovered from two knockdowns to stop ‘Prince’ Charles Martin and potentially put himself in line for a future shot at the IBF world heavyweight title.
The battle of heavyweight southpaws between Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin turned out to be a New Year’s Day treat of a slugfest after all.
Luis “King Kong’ Ortiz reveals that he was never worried, even things were going badly for him last Saturday night in getting dropped twice by Charles Martin.
Jonnie Rice, Ali Eren Demirezen & Viktor Faust Score Victories on Pay-Per-View Undercard
Top heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz scored a sixth-round TKO of former heavyweight champion Charles Martin in a dramatic IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator showdown that headlined a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Saturday night from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
In a thrilling fight turnaround, Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (33-2, 28 KOs) pulled a victory out of the jaws of defeat on Saturday night with a stunning sixth round knockout victory over Charles Martin (28-3-1, 25 KOs) in an IBF sanctioned heavyweight title eliminator at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida.
Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (33-2, 28 KOs) came from behind to defeat former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (28-3-1, 25 KOs) by a shocking sixth round knockout in an IBF title eliminator on Saturday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
It’s been said that Luis Ortiz is “ancient,” indeed “older than George Foreman’s trunks” (the ones “Big George” wore in his first career!)
Luis Ortiz battles Charles Martin & Frank Sanchez takes on Carlos Negron this Saturday night on January 1st on Fox PPV in a $39.99 card at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida.