By Dan Ambrose: After junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s) defeated little known Joseph Gomez last week, Angulo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions crowed long and hard, saying that Angulo would be fighting undefeated number #1 ranked WBC junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s) next.
Vanes Martirosyan
De La Hoya: Angulo wants Martirosyan in December
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions is very excited about junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s), who De La Hoya and Golden Boy just signed. In his first fight for his new promoters, Angulo destroyed Joseph Gomez by a 1st round knockout last Saturday night in Mexico.
Angulo-Martirosyan: No word whether these two will fight
By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council recently ordered for junior middleweight contenders Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s) and Alfredo Angulo 19-1, 15 KO’s) to fight in an eliminator bout to fight a mandatory challenger for WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez.
Martirosyan: I’d KO Saul Alvarez; I don’t think he deserves to be champion
By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten number #1 ranked World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 Ko’s) thinks he would knock out WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) if he had the opportunity to fight him, and doesn’t feel that the 20-year-old Alvarez deserves to be the WBC world champion at junior middleweight.
Martirosyan wants a shot at Saul Alvarez
By Jason Kim: Number #4 ranked WBC junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s) struggled to beat the hard hitting Saul Roman (34-9, 29 KO’s) last Saturday night in a 7th round TKO victory at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Martirosyan found out the hard way how tough Roman was, as Martirosyan was knocked down in the 1st round, cut badly under his right eye in the 5th and took a lot of hard shots from Roman throughout the fight until finally Martirosyan took Roman out with a furious assault in the 7th round.
Chavez-Zbik early results: Martirosyan halts Roman
By Jim Dower: In easily the best fight on the entire undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sebatian Zbik fight at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s) took out Mexican Saul Roman (34-9, 29 KO’s) with a 7th round stoppage. Martirosyan, who had a serious cut underneath his right eye and a bloody nose, knocked Roman down in the 7th with a charging attack.
Martirosyan looking to impress against Roman on Chavez-Zbik undercard tonight
By Dan Ambrose: 25-year-old top junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (29-0, 18 KO’s) will be looking to show that he’s the best fighter on tonight’s card in his fight against Saul Roman (34-8, 29 KO’s) on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. The Martirosyan-Roman fight is scheduled for 12 rounds, but few boxing fans see it going that far.
Martirosyan faces Roman on Saturday on Chavez-Zbik undercard
By Dan Ambrose: The best fighter on Saturday’s card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles might not even be fighting in the main event when unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (29-0, 18 KO’s) fights Saul Roman (34-8, 29 KO’s) for the vacant WBC Silver junior middleweight title on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik. Martirosyan, 24, needs this fight to put him in the position where the top junior middleweight champions can’t say no to him.
Chavez-Zbik & Martirosyan-Roman this Saturday on June 4th
By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be making his first stab at the big time when he takes on WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) for the World Boxing Council title at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Also on the same card, #1 WBO & #4 WBC junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (29-0, 18 KO’s) will be facing 30-year-old Saul Roman (34-8, 29 KO’s) in a 12 round bout for the vacant WBC Silver light middleweight title in a WBC semi-final title eliminator.
Chavez Jr -Zbik & Martirosyan-Roman on 6/4
By Dan Ambrose: The June 4th card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calfornia has two good fights on the card between unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) facing WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) and undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (29-0, 18 KO’s0 going up against the tough Saul Roman (34-8, 29 KO’s) in a fight for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver junior middleweight title in 12 rounds of action.