Martirosyan vs. Greene

By Chris Williams: Undefeated Top Rank junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17 KO’s) stayed unbeaten with an unimpressive 10 round unanimous decision win over Joe Greene on the undercard of the Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto bout on June 5th at the Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, New York. The Martirosyan-Greene fight was the [...]

Boxing from the Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York: Jorge Diaz TKO 6 Jae Sung Lee Christian Martinez TKO 4 Jonathan Cuba Terry Buterbaugh UD 6 Tommy Rainone Abner Cotto UD 6 Edgar Portillo Pawel Wolak UD 10 James Moore Juan Gonzalez UD 4 Juan Lucio Vanes Martirosyan UD 10 Joe Greene

By Chris Williams: At today’s weigh-in, former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s), looking really small compared to his Jewish opponent, weighed in at 153.5 for his bout against World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) set for Yankee Stadium on Saturday night. Foreman, who looks much bigger and [...]

Two formidable opponents with intriguing backstories square off in a junior middleweight title clash when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: YURI FOREMAN VS. MIGUEL COTTO AND VANES MARTIROSYAN VS. JOE GREENE is presented live SATURDAY, JUNE 5 (10:15 p.m. ET/7:15 p.m. PT) from the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, exclusively on HBO. The broadcast team of [...]

By Jason Kim: This Saturday night at the Yankee Stadium in New York, WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) will defend his World Boxing Association title against former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s). Foreman, 29, will have the size advantage over Cotto, and the better footwork. Cotto has looked [...]