By Dan Ambrose: Tom Loeffler says middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin told him that Vanes Martirosyan put up more of a fight last Saturday night than Saul Canelo Alvarez did in the entire 12 rounds that he fought him last September.
Golovkin vs. Martirosyan
Golovkin vs. Martirosyan averaged 1.25 million viewers on HBO
By Sean Jones: Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan brought in a lot of viewers on HBO last Saturday night in averaging 1.25 million viewers with a peak of 1.36 million in their fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Kellerman notes how Golovkin attacks differently against weaker opposition
By Dan Ambrose: Max Kellerman of HBO dissected middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) following his 2nd round knockout win over Vanes Martirosyan (36-4-1, 21 KOs) last Saturday night, and he came to the conclusion that he fights much differently against weaker opposition than he does when he fights the more talented guys like Daniel Jacobs and Saul Canelo Alvarez.
Lampley: Golovkin is unstoppable when he’s reckless
By Dan Ambrose: HBO commentator Jim Lampley thinks middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) is a better fighter when he fights in an all-out brawling style where he makes himself vulnerable to land his big power shots.
Abel Sanchez: Golovkin will never be unified middleweight champion
By Sean Jones: Gennady Golovkin will never become the unified middleweight champion, according to his trainer Abel Sanchez, because he says WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders will never fight him. Sanchez thinks Saunders doesn’t want the fight with GGG, and that he’ll price himself out when it comes to making the fight because he wants Anthony Joshua money to face Golovkin.
Golovkin vs. Martirosyan final punch stats
By Allan Fox: The final punch stats for the Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan fight last Saturday night don’t tell the whole story about how over-matched the challenger was against GGG. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) massacred Martirosyan, 32, in stopping him in the 2nd round in defending his IBOI/WBA/WBC middleweight titles at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Loeffler says Golovkin has appealed IBF exception terms
By Jim Dower: Tom Loeffler is reportedly saying that middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) has appealed the terms for the IBF exception, which state that he must defend against his IBF mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) by August 3 at the latest for him to keep his IBF 160lb. title.
GGG ties Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 title defenses
By Jeff Aranow: Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin tied Bernard Hopkins’ longstanding record of 20 successful title defenses last Saturday night with his 2nd round KO victory over Vanes Martirosyan on HBO at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Martirosyan in awe of GGG’s power: “It’s the hardest I’ve ever been hit”
By Dan Ambrose: Vanes Martirosyan tried his best to stand up to middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s power, but in the end, he folded like a cheap suit in getting stopped in the 2nd round of their scheduled 12 round fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The GGG vs Vanes fight was televised by HBO World Championship Boxing.
Golovkin destroys Martirosyan – Results
By Jim Dower: Middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) annihilated voluntary challenger Vanes Martirosyan (36-4-1, 21 KOs) in knocking him out in the 2nd round on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.