Recent content by Charles Martel

Knyba and Mielnicki both won by UD tonight.

I hope Damian Kynba retires the lazy, fat Andy Ruiz this coming Friday.

Sadly, the referee for Itauma-Hrgovic will be the notorious Howard Foster. Foster has a history of favoring Queensberry's boxers. Itauma is a favorite of the British media and promoter Frank Warren. There's a very good chance of an early stoppage favoring Itauma, and Foster will likely be in...

Mike Perez has pulled out of Saturday's card. There's been another heavyweight fight added: Thomas Narmo (14-0) vs. Nelson Hysa (24-0). Guido Vianello's opponent is tall with exceptionally long arms, but has only ever fought smaller and limited opposition. I expect the Italian will win since...

Some fighters with potential, including George Liddard and Jimmy Sains, will be on the UK DAZN card Saturday. Russian-Armenian Vartan Arutyunyan (12-0) will be fighting another undefeated heavyweight Basir Abakarov (11-0) in Russia. Oleksandr Khyzhniak, who is promoted by Oleksandr Usyk, will...

No interesting fights on this weekend. I won't be watching Shields. There are better fight cards coming up later this month, and in September and October.

I hope Hrgovic wins, and I believe he would have a very good chance with honest officiating. But the deck will be stacked against him. There will very likely be a dishonest referee to help Itauma in any way he can. If Hrgovic is a bit stunned like he was against Adeleye, the referee will wave...