By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) will be taking an easy 10 round bout against little known 33-year-old Ryan Davis (24-9-3, 9 KO’s) on June 16th on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Andy Lee clash at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
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Martirosyan turns down Lara bout in WBC 154 pound eliminator
By Sean McDaniel: #1 WBC 154 pound contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) has essentially thrown away any chance of him getting a title shot against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez after reportedly turning down a World Boxing Council 154 pound final eliminator bout against #3 contender Erislandy Lara.
WBC orders an 154 eliminator between Lara and Martirosyan
By Allan Fox: The World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman ordered an 154 pound eliminator bout between #1 WBC Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) and #3 WBC Erislandy Lara (16-1-1, 11 KO’s). The winner of the Lara-Martirosyan fight will be the mandatory challenger of the May 5th clash between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez and 40-year-old challenger Shane Mosley.
Martirosyan wants title shot against Bundrage
By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) is hoping his promoter Bob Arum will set him up with a title shot against IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage (31-4, 18 KO’s) in 2012. Martirosyan, #1 WBC, #4 WBO, #10 IBF, is ranked highly by three of the four sanctioning bodies, yet he’s been ignored by the champions for some reason.
Chavez Jr’s June 16th opponent down to Andy Lee or Martirosyan
By Jason Kim: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) will be facing either middleweight contender Andy Lee (28-1, 20 KO’s) or junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) in an HBO televised fight on June 16th at the Sun Bowl, in El Paso, Texas, according to fightnews.com.
Chavez Jr. vs. Martirosyan given the green light by HBO
By Dan Ambrose: HBO has reportedly given the stamp of approval to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s next opponent undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) for a fight on June 16th at the Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, U.S. Martirosyan, 25, is the proposed Top Rank replacement for middleweight contender Martin Murray, who was unable to take the fight with Chavez Jr. due to visa problems.
Chavez Jr. could face Martirosyan next; Martin Murray can’t take fight due to visa problems
By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) could be making his next defense of his title against junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) on June 16th. This comes after Chavez Jr’s planned opponent undefeated Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10 KO’s) ran into some visa problems that won’t be cleared up by the fight date in June.
Martirosyan could fight Kirkland-Molina winner or Bundradge next
(Photo credit: Naoka Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated #1 WBC ranked junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) could finally be getting a big fight after seven years of beating 2nd and 3rd tier opposition to build up a hugely inflated record of 32-0.
The 25-year-old Martirosyan has a good chance of either facing the winner of the March 24th clash between James Kirkland (30-1, 27 KO’s) vs. Carlos Molina (19-4-2, 6 KO’s) or take on IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundradge (31-4, 18 KO’s).
Martirosyan destroys 41-year-old Lowry, retains WBC Silver junior middleweight crown
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: WBC Silver junior middleweight champion Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) retained his World Boxing Council title on Saturday night, stopping his badly over-matched 41-year-old challenger Troy Lowry (28-12, 17 KO’s) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio bout at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Chavez defeats Rubio; Donaire beats Vazquez Jr; Martirosyan stops 41-year-old Lowry
By Jim Dower: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) had too much size, speed and youth for the lighter Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 46 KO’s) in beating the challenger by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in front of a large 14,000 crowd at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas.