Vanes Martirosyan

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Vanes Martirosyan
Վանես Մարտիրոսյան
Vanes Martirosyan 2010.jpg
Martirosyan celebrating his victory against Joe Greene, 2010
Statistics
Nickname(s)The Nightmare
Weight(s)
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Reach70 in (178 cm)
Nationality
  • Armenian
  • American
BornVanes Norikovich Martirosyan
(1986-05-01) May 1, 1986 (age 35)
Abovyan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights41
Wins36
Wins by KO21
Losses4
Draws1

Vanes Martirosyan (Armenian: Վանես Մարտիրոսյան; born May 1, 1986) is an former Armenian-American professional boxer. He has challenged twice for a light middleweight world title in 2013 and 2016, and once for a unified middleweight world title 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.[2]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Amateur career[]

Martirosyan was an eight-time National Champion and a Golden Gloves Champion.[4]

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.[5] He was on the same olympic team as Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell.[6]

Results were:

  • Defeated Benamar Meskine (Algeria) 45–20
  • Lost to Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros (Cuba) 11–20

Notable boxers Martirosyan defeated as an amateur include Austin Trout (three times), Andre Berto, and Timothy Bradley.[4]

He finished his amateur career with 120 wins and 10 losses. All losses except to Lorenzo Aragon had been avenged in rematches.[2][3]

Professional career[]

Early career[]

Vanes fights Taronze Washington at the Honda Center, Anaheim, California

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.[7] 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.[8]

Vanes was trained by Freddie Roach, who was voted 2003 and 2006 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.[3] He trains alongside Roach's other top students, including Manny Pacquiao and Julio César Chávez, Jr..[9]

Martirosyan has also worked with Ronnie Shields, winning his first fight under Shields's tutelage when he knocked out Dan Wallace in one round.[10]

Martirosyan subsequently scored a shutout unanimous decision over Clarence Taylor,[11] and also recorded wins against Billy Lyell (who would later topple previously unbeaten John Duddy), Harrison Cuello, Andrey Tsurkan and Willie Lee.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

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 Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik 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.[15]

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.[16]

Martirosyan fought veteran 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.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19]

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).[20] 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.[21][22]

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.[23]

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.[24]

Martirosyan vs. Golovkin[]

On May 5th, 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.[25][26][27] The fight averaged 1,249,000 viewers and peaked at 1,361,000 viewers, making most-watched boxing match on cable television in 2018.[28]

Professional boxing record[]

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

See also[]

References[]

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Willie Lee
NABF light middleweight champion
December 19, 2009 – March 2011
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