By Allan Fox: Former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins revealed on Thursday that Gennady Golovkin’s opponent for Saturday, Vanes Martirosyan, was at one time one of his sparring partners during his career.
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Martirosyan: GGG is human and beatable
By Jeff Aranow: Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) feels that he’s on the verge of shocking the world by beating undefeated middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) on Saturday night to take his IBO, WBA and WBC titles from him at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Golovkin says Canelo rematch has 10% chance of happening
By Dan Ambrose: Gennady Golovkin has doubts that he’ll be fighting Saul Canelo Alvarez on September 15, according to Yahoo Sports News. Golovkin gives it only a 10% chance that he’ll be fighting Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) on September 15.
Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan final press conference quotes
By Juan Flores: Unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin met with replacement opponent Vanes Martirosyan on Wednesday afternoon for their final press conference for this Saturday’s contest on HBO at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Sanchez: GGG wanted “May 5 fight because he feels like a Mexican”
By Sean Jones: Trainer Abel Sanhcez says the main reason Gennady Golovkin wants to fight on the Cinco de Mayo holiday this weekend on May 5 is because he feels that he’s Mexican. Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) was supposed to be facing Mexican superstar Saul Canelo Alvarez on the May 5 fight date, but he pulled out of the fight just ahead of his April 18 meeting with the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his hearing on his 2 positive tests for clenbuterol.
Loeffler: Martirosyan can change his career if he beats GGG
By Jim Dower: Tom Loeffler says Gennady Golovkin won’t be overlooking Vanes Martirosyan for a second this Saturday night when the two of them meet on HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Golovkin: My record is much bigger than Bernard Hopkins’ record
By Allan Fox: Gennady ‘GGG” Golovkin rates his reign as the middleweight champion much higher than former unified 160 lb. champion Bernard Hopkins (55-8-2, 32 KOs) during his 10 years as a champion.
GGG’s trainer says fighters are never the same after they face him
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Abel Sanchez says the reason why Daniel Jacobs did not perform well against Maciej Sulecki last Saturday night is because of the wear and tear he took in his fight against Gennady Golovkin last year in March. Sanchez states that fighters are never the same after they fight GGG, especially when they go 12 rounds with him.
Golovkin vs. Martirosyan: “I can’t lose this [fight],” says GGG
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By Dan Ambrose: Gennady Golovkin knows he cannot afford to lose this Saturday night when he puts his IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight titles on the line for his fight against replacement opponent and 2004 U.S Olympian Vanes Martiroysyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Martirosyan plans on attacking Golovkin on Saturday
By Jim Dower: Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) says he’s going to go on the attack immediately on Saturday night when he challenges middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.