By Dan Ambrose: Former four division world champion and pound-for-pound king Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez (46-2, 38 KOs) will be fighting former WBC light flyweight champion Pedro Guevara (30-3-1, 17 KOs) in a 10 round fight on May 5 on HBO on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Mark McCourt: Earlier this week, middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s replacement for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was announced as fringe junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan 36-3-1 (21) for May 5.
By Sean Jones: Max Kellerman says middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is looking bad in the eyes of some boxing fans for picking junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan for his May 5 fight instead of one of the top contenders in the middleweight division such as Demetrius Andrade or Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs).
By Jim Dower: Tom Loeffler got upset this week when a media member accused him of having his fighter middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) duck his IBF mandatory challenger Sergiy ‘The Technician’ Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) in favor of the inactive three-time beaten Vanes ‘Nightmare’ Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) to fight on May 5 on HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The World Middleweight Championship battle between boxing’s longest-reigning champion GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN and two-time world title challenger and fellow 2004 Olympian VANES “THE NIGHTMARE” MARTIROSYAN is one hot ticket! The Cinco De Mayo extravaganza will take place on Saturday, May 5, under the stars at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. HBO World Championship Boxing® will televise it live at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan will be looking to successfully defend his middleweight crown for a record-tying 20th consecutive time when he goes mano a mano against Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs), a native of Armenia who hails from Glendale, Calif..
By Dan Ambrose: Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) says he has the style to defeat IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) when the two share the ring together on May 5 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Dan Ambrose: Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) must feel like he’s hit the lottery today with his May 5th fight against IBF/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) being announced for HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Jeff Aranow: Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin will be using Vanes Martirosyan as a replacement for Saul Canelo Alvarez on May 5 as his opponent at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. However, this move could result in GGG having his IBF title stripped from him by the sanctioning body for failing to defend against the fighter they want him to face Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
Undefeated World Middleweight Champion and boxing superhero GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN is saving Cinco De Mayo for boxing fans! Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, boxing’s longest-reigning world champion, returns to the ring, Saturday, May 5, against two-time world title challenger VANES “THE NIGHTMARE ” MARTIROSYAN (36-3-1, 21 KOs), from Glendale, Calif.
By Dan Ambrose: Tom Loeffler says he still hasn’t nailed down the opponent for middleweight champion Genady Golovkin to fight on May 5th on HBO at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Loeffler says it’s still in “flux” as far as GGG’s May 5th date and opponent.