Vanes Martirosyan

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Vanes Norikovich Martirosyan (Template:IPAc-en Template:Langx; born May 1, 1986) is an Armenian-American former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2018. He challenged twice for a light middleweight world title in 2013 and 2016, and once for unified middleweight world titles in 2018.

Early life

Vanes was born on May 1, 1986, in Abovyan, Armenia. Vanes' father, Norik Martirosyan, was an amateur boxer in Armenia who worked for an industrial company and was also in the army. Vanes has two brothers, one older and one younger, and a sister.[1]

His family moved to Glendale, California when he was four years old. He started boxing when he was seven after his father found out there was a gym in Glendale.[1]

Martirosyan was taken out of junior high school by his father and became home-schooled once it had become clear that he needed to keep his son's fighting confined to the ring.[2]

Amateur career

Martirosyan was an eight-time National Champion and a Golden Gloves Champion.[3]

In 2004, after winning a match against Haiti's Andre Berto in the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico, Martirosyan secured a spot in the US Olympic Team. He represented the United States at the 2004 Olympics as a Welterweight at age 18.[4] He was on the same Olympic team as Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell.[5]

Results were:

Martitosyan lost to in the second round to Aragon Armenteros who was 12 years his senior.

Notable boxers Martirosyan defeated as an amateur include Austin Trout (three times), Andre Berto, and Timothy Bradley.[3]

He finished his amateur career with 120 wins and 10 losses.[1][2]

Professional career

Early career

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Martirosyan (left) vs. Taronze Washington, 2007

At the age of 20, Martirosyan turned professional at 154 pounds with Bob Arum's promotional company Top Rank. Vanes is managed by his uncle, Serge Martirosyan.[6] He is also co-managed by Shelly Finkel, who also manages and advises world champions such as Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, among others.[7]

Vanes was trained by Freddie Roach, who was voted 2003 and 2006 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.[2] He trains alongside Roach's other top students, including Manny Pacquiao and Julio César Chávez, Jr.[8]

Martirosyan has also worked with Ronnie Shields, winning his first fight under Shields's tutelage when he knocked out Dan Wallace in one round.[9]

Martirosyan subsequently scored a shutout unanimous decision over Clarence Taylor,[10] and also recorded wins against Billy Lyell (who would later topple previously unbeaten John Duddy), Harrison Cuello, Andrey Tsurkan and Willie Lee.[11]

Martirosyan was scheduled to make his HBO debut on June 5, 2010 in Yankee Stadium on the Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman undercard. His opponent was fellow undefeated prospect Joe Greene (22-0, 14 KOs). Martirosyan handed Greene the first loss of his career by way of unanimous decision. With this win Martirosyan, advanced to 28–0 with 17 wins coming by way of knockout.[12]

On March 19, 2011 Vanes made his next appearance in the ring at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. He got an easy win over Mexican Bladimir Hernandez by way of KO in the second round.[13]

His next fight was against veteran Saúl Román in a WBC semi-final title eliminator for the vacant WBC Silver Light Middleweight Championship. The bout was on June 4, 2011 in HBO's televised portion of the Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio César Chávez Jr. undercard. Román knocked Vanes down in the first round and gave him trouble in the next two. Martirosyan came back in the fourth and fifth. When the seventh round began, Román cornered Vanes against the ropes and landed several blows. Vanes may have caught Román just in time from being stopped. In the same round, Vanes trapped Román against the ropes and knocked him down. After Román got up, Vanes landed a hard right hook on his chin and followed up with a barrage of blows while Román was leaning on the ropes, causing the fight to be stopped and turning what seemed to be near-defeat into victory.[14]

On October 29, 2011 Vanes fought contender Richard Gutierrez. Vanes dominated from start to finish and won a ten-round unanimous decision. The judges' scorecards were 100–90, 100-90 and 99–91; Vanes winning all but one round from one judge.[15]

Martirosyan fought veteran Troy Lowry on the Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio undercard. Vanes knocked Lowry down in the first round and stopping him in the third to retain his WBC Silver title.[16]

On November 9, 2013 Martirosyan was defeated on a split decision by Demetrius Andrade who on that day became a winner of the World Boxing Organization title.[17]

On March 21, 2014 he appeared on ESPN's Goossen Tutor Promotions, defeating Mario Antonio Lozano via unanimous decision after 10 rounds in a fight for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight title.[18]

Martirosyan vs. Charlo

On February 17, 2015 Showtime announced that Martirosyan would appear on a doubleheader at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on March 28 against Jermell Charlo (25-0).[19] The fight was contested over 10 rounds. Martirosyan lost a contentious unanimous decision. He was considered the more aggressive fighter. The scores were 97–93, 96–94, 96–94. Martirosyan felt he won the fight.[20][21]

Martirosyan vs. Smith

On September 12, 2015, Martirosyan fought Ishe Smith. Martirosyan outpointed Smith on two of the judges scorecards, 97-91 and 97-91, while the third judge had the fight a draw, 95-95, giving Martirosyan the majority decision victory.[22]

Martirosyan vs. Lara

In his next fight, Martirosyan fought Erislandy Lara for the WBA world super welterweight championship. Martirosyan got outboxed by Lara, and lost the fight via unanimous decision. The scorecards read 116-111, 116-111 and 115-112 in favour of Lara.[23]

Martirosyan vs. Golovkin

On May 5, 2018 Martirosyan fought unified Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at the StubHub Center in Carson, California after he was chosen as the late replacement for Canelo Álvarez when Canelo withdrew from the much anticipated Cinco De Mayo rematch in the wake of his failed drug tests for Clenbuterol. With only three weeks of preparation for the bout and almost two years since his last professional fight, Martirosyan faced long odds against the undefeated middleweight champion. Although he performed better than expected in the opening round of the fight, Martirosyan eventually succumbed to Golovkin's power and suffered a quick defeat via knock out in the 2nd round. When speaking of Golovkin's power in the post-fight, Martirosyan said it felt like he was "being hit by a train." Golovkin said, "It feels great to get a knockout. Vanes is a very good fighter. He caught me a few times in the first round. In the second round, I came out all business after I felt him out in the first round." For the fight, Golovkin landed 36 of 84 punches thrown (43%) and Martirosyan landed 18 of his 73 thrown (25%). Martirosyan received a purse of $225,000 for the fight.[24][25][26] The fight averaged 1,249,000 viewers and peaked at 1,361,000 viewers, making most-watched boxing match on cable television in 2018.[27]

Professional boxing record

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No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
41 Loss 36–4–1 Gennady Golovkin KO 2 (12), 1:53Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". May 5, 2018 StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". For WBA (Super), WBC, and IBO middleweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
40 Loss 36–3–1 Erislandy Lara UD 12 May 21, 2016 Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". For WBA and IBO light middleweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
39 Win 36–2–1 Ishe Smith MD 10 Sep 12, 2015 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
38 Loss 35–2–1 Jermell Charlo UD 10 Mar 28, 2015 Pearl Concert Theater, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
37 Win 35–1–1 Willie Nelson UD 10 Oct 4, 2014 Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retained WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
36 Win 34–1–1 Mario Alberto Lozano UD 10 Mar 21, 2014 Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
35 Loss 33–1–1 Demetrius Andrade SD 12 Nov 9, 2013 American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". For vacant WBO light middleweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
34 Win 33–0–1 Ryan Davis TKO 2 (10), 2:01Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jun 15, 2013 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
33 Template:DrawDraw 32–0–1 Erislandy Lara TD 9 (12), 0:26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nov 10, 2012 Wynn Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Split TD: Martirosyan cut from an accidental head clashScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
32 Win 32–0 Troy Lowry TKO 3 (10), 2:53Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Feb 4, 2012 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retained WBC Silver light middleweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
31 Win 31–0 Richard Gutierrez UD 10 Oct 29, 2011 WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
30 Win 30–0 Saúl Román TKO 7 (12), 2:58Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jun 4, 2011 Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Won vacant WBC Silver light middleweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
29 Win 29–0 Bladimir Hernandez KO 2 (8), 0:57Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mar 19, 2011 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
28 Win 28–0 Joe Greene UD 10 Jun 5, 2010 Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retained NABF and NABO light middleweight titles;
Won vacant WBA International light middleweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
27 Win 27–0 Kassim Ouma UD 10 Jan 16, 2010 The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retained NABF and NABO light middleweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
26 Win 26–0 Willie Lee TKO 3 (10), 2:13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dec 19, 2009 Beeghly Center, Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Won NABF and vacant NABO light middleweight titlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
25 Win 25–0 Andrey Tsurkan RTD 6 (10), 3:00Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jun 27, 2009 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
24 Win 24–0 Harrison Cuello TKO 1 (8), 2:13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". May 16, 2009 Star of the Desert Arena, Primm, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
23 Win 23–0 Billy Lyell UD 8 Feb 7, 2009 Honda Center, Anaheim, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
22 Win 22–0 Charles Howe TKO 1 (10), 1:20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nov 1, 2008 Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
21 Win 21–0 Michael Medina UD 10 Sep 19, 2008 Star of the Desert Arena, Primm, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
20 Win 20–0 Ángel Hernández UD 10 Jun 26, 2008 The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
19 Win 19–0 Michi Munoz TKO 3 (10), 2:20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Feb 7, 2008 The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
18 Win 18–0 Clarence Taylor UD 6 Jan 4, 2008 Alameda Swap Meet, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
17 Win 17–0 Dan Wallace TKO 1 (6), 1:34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dec 20, 2007 The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
16 Win 16–0 Patrick Thompson UD 6 Oct 4, 2007 The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
15 Win 15–0 Alexis Division RTD 3 (8), 0:10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Aug 30, 2007 Grand Plaza Hotel, Houston, Texas, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 Win 14–0 Alberto Mercedes TKO 7 (8), 1:17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jun 29, 2007 Cliff Castle Casino Hotel, Camp Verde, Arizona, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 Win 13–0 Nelson Estupinan TKO 2 (8), 2:59Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Apr 27, 2007 Grand Plaza Hotel, Houston, Texas, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 Win 12–0 Taronze Washington TKO 2 (8), 2:22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jan 27, 2007 Honda Center, Anaheim, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11 Win 11–0 Edgar Reyes RTD 4 (6), 3:00Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nov 18, 2006 Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 Win 10–0 Marcus Brooks UD 6 Aug 12, 2006 Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9 Win 9–0 Oscar Gonzalez TKO 1 (6), 2:14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jun 3, 2006 Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
8 Win 8–0 Tefo Seetso KO 3 (6), 0:55Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Apr 8, 2006 Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
7 Win 7–0 Juan Pablo Montes de Oca TKO 3 (6), 1:21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Feb 18, 2006 The Aladdin, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6 Win 6–0 Abdias Castillo TKO 5 (6), 1:45Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nov 12, 2005 Wynn Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5 Win 5–0 Tony Morales TKO 1 (6), 2:37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Oct 8, 2005 Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
4 Win 4–0 Gerardo Cesar Prieto UD 6 Sep 10, 2005 Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
3 Win 3–0 Fernando Vela UD 4 Aug 26, 2005 D&I Colonial Ballroom, Houston, Texas, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2 Win 2–0 Jovanni Rubio TKO 1 (4), 2:55Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". May 28, 2005 Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1 Win 1–0 Jesse Orta UD 4 Apr 8, 2005 Fort McDowell Casino, Fountain Hills, Arizona, U.S.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

See also

References

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Sporting positions

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check NABF light middleweight champion
December 19, 2009 – March 2011
Vacated Template:S-ttl/check 		Vacant
Title next held by
Grady Brewer

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Vacant
Title last held by
Carlos Molina 		NABO light middleweight champion
December 19, 2009 – March 2011
Vacated Template:S-ttl/check 		Vacant
Title next held by
Jonathan González

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Vacant
Title last held by
Austin Trout 		WBA International
light middleweight champion
June 5, 2010 – March 2011
Vacated Template:S-ttl/check 		Vacant
Title next held by
Damian Jonak

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Vacant
Title last held by
Canelo Álvarez 		WBC Silver
light middleweight champion
June 4, 2011 – November 2012
Vacated Template:S-ttl/check 		Vacant
Title next held by
Sergey Rabchenko

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Vacant
Title last held by
Brian Rose 		WBO Inter-Continental
light middleweight champion
March 21, 2014 – March 2015
Vacated Template:S-ttl/check 		Vacant
Title next held by
Liam Smith
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