Late Outcome: Charles Martin Takes Out Matthew McKinney Inside A Spherical In Ring Return

In a combat that almost all of us missed because it occurred over the course of a really huge boxing weekend – what with the entire Jake Paul Vs. Mike Tyson occasion happening on Friday night time, with it’s beneath card, and with the sensible and enjoyable card that was “Latino Evening” going down in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the next night time – former IBF heavyweight champ “Prince” Charles Martin returned to motion for his first combat in some 16 months on Saturday. Southpaw Martin ironed out journeyman Matthew McKinney within the opening spherical of their combat in Redwood Metropolis, California.

Martin, now aged 38, drove McKinney right into a nook and blasted him with a giant left hand to the pinnacle that laid him out immediately. McKinney, aged 43, had no likelihood of beating the depend and the quick affair was over with. Martin is now 30-4-1(27). McKinney falls to 17-9-3(13).

Martin – who briefly reigned as IBF heavyweight champion in 2016, with Martin beating Vyacheslav Glazkov for the IBF belt that had been stripped from Tyson Fury, and with Martin then shedding it in a pitiful combat with Anthony Joshua simply three months later – can combat when he desires to, when he’s in correct form mentally in addition to bodily. In his final combat previous to Saturday night time’s straightforward win, Martin pushed Jared Anderson laborious for all ten rounds. How a lot Martin has left at this time at age 38, we are able to solely guess.

Martin stays a fairly recognisable identify and possibly there are some first rate fights on the market for him. It could possibly be that Martin winds up testing a younger prospect in a combat a while quickly. Martin won’t ever be a champion once more, nevertheless it’s attainable he can nonetheless decide up an excellent payday or two right here and there. Let’s see who Martin is matched with subsequent day out.