Video: Vanes Says Talk is Over, Time For War With Lara
Rick Reeno catches up with undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan to discuss his upcoming WBC final eliminator with Erislandy Lara.
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Photos: Vanes, Lara, Garcia, Barros Open Workouts
Two of the hottest divisions take the spotlight when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: VANES MARTIROSYAN VS. ERISLANDY LARA AND MIKEY GARCIA VS. JONATHAN BARROS is seen SATURDAY, NOV. 10 at 9:45 p.m. (ET/PT) from the Lafite Ballroom at the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas, exclusively on HBO. The team of Bob Papa, Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. will be ringside for the event, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.
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Sulaiman To Canelo: Vanes-Lara Winner Next, Not Floyd
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Despite current WBC super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez's yearning desire to fight either five time World Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. or the Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, the President of the WBC, Jose Sulaiman, has stated that Saul’s next fight has to be against Erislandy Lara or Vanes Martirosyan. This will depend who wins the final eliminator between those two great super welterweight fighters. Lara and Vanes collide on Saturday night in an HBO televised main event at the Wynn in Las Vegas.
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Lara Vows: I'm Going To Punish Vanes, Make Him Pay
LOS ANGELES - After two years of talking, the wait is almost over and Vanes Martirosyan, will finally fight Cuban star Erislandy Lara. Lara, who is recognized as one of the best fighters in the world, and Martirosyan, an unbeaten 2004 United States Olympian, will put everything on the line in a 12 round WBC Super Welterweight World title elimination fight that will headline the Saturday, November 10 edition of HBO Boxing After Dark at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. from the Lafite Ballroom at Wynn Las Vegas.
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Canelo Will Be Given Voluntary Before Vanes-Lara Winner
According to World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will be given the option of having a voluntary defense before having to fight the winner of the upcoming final eliminator between Vanes Martirsoyan (32-0, 20 KOs) and Erislandy Lara (17-1-1, 11 KOs). The fight between Martirosyan and Lara takes place on November 10th at The Wynn in Las Vegas.
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Photos: Vanes Putting in Work at Wild Card For Lara
Hollywood, Calif. --- Top-rated undefeated Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan (L), Glendale, Ca. (32-0) spars for his upcoming 12-round WBC Super Welterweight title elimination bout against Erislandy “El Oro del Guantanamo” Lara, (17-1) a native of Cuba, now fighting out of Houston,Tx. This explosive match will take place Saturday, November 10 in the Lafite Ballroom at Wynn Las Vegas and be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®. This event is promoted by Top Rank in association with Tecete and Wynn Las Vegas. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
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Lara: I Hope Vanes Has The Balls To Try To Break My Ribs
Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara recently paid a visit to BoxingScene's official audio show, The Boxing Lab. Lara spoke on a variety of topics including his upcoming HBO televised eliminator bout against Vanes Martirosyan, taking place on November 10 at The Wynn in Las Vegas. The winner will become WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's mandatory challenger.
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Vanes vs. Lara, Garcia vs. Barros Ticket Information
LAS VEGAS, NEV. – Thanksgiving arrives early when knockout artists top-rated super welterweight contenders VANES “The Nightmare” MARTIROSYAN and ERISLANDY “El Oro del Guantanamo” LARA and undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender MIGUEL “Mikey” GARCIA and former World Featherweight Champion JONATHAN “Yoni” BARROS, look to knock the stuffing out of each other on an explosive card that will take place Saturday, November 10, in the Lafite Ballroom at Wynn Las Vegas. Both fights will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.) Martirosyan and Lara will battle in a 12-round World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight title elimination bout with the winner being declared the division’s mandatory challenger. Garcia and Rojas will open the HBO telecast in 10-round featherweight rumble. The undercard will feature undefeated contenders, Las Vegas native JESSIE MAGDALENO, and Philadelphia fireball JESSE HART, son of the great middleweight contender Eugene “Cyclone” Hart, in separate super bantamweight and super middleweight bouts, respectively.
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Lara Vows: I Will Punish Vanes Martirosyan on Fight Night
Golden Boy Promotions super-welterweight contender, Erislandy Lara (17-1-1, 11 KOs) ranked No. 1 in the WBC, and his team are preparing for war as they get ready for their upcoming title elimination bout against WBC No. 2 rated, Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 20 KOs). Team Lara is training in Houston, Texas, where his trainer Ronnie Shields is putting together a superb game plan to face the undefeated Top Rank fighter.
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Lara To Vanes: We'll See Who is a Real Man on 11/10!
On November 10th a final WBC junior middleweight eliminator between Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara will take place at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The fight will be televised by HBO. The winner will become Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's mandatory challenger. Last week in an exclusive interview with BoxingScene, WBC president Jose Sulaiman said that Alvarez's first fight in 2013 must be against the Lara-Martirosyan winner.
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