Artem Harutyunyan: record, next fight and profile →
Undefeated top contender Frank “The Ghost” Martin will take on undefeated Olympic bronze medalist Artem Harutyunyan in a WBC Lightweight Title Eliminator topping action live on Showtime from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Frank Martin will face another undefeated lightweight contender in his next fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that Martin will square off against Armenia’s Artem Harutyunyan in a 12-round main event Showtime is expected to televise July 15 from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The date and the site of their fight weren’t finalized as of Saturday, but Martin and Harutyunyan have agreed to square off in a WBC lightweight elimination match.
Torun, Poland: Cuban super middleweight Ihosvany Garcia passed his first big test and moved to 8-0 as he outscored tough South African veteran Ryno Liebenberg (22-9-1). It was scored 100-90 twice and 98-92.
On April 24 in Hamburg, Germany - lightweight Artem Harutyunyan (10-0) won the vacant WBA International title with a close but unanimous decision over late sub Vladyslav Melnik (13-4).
Olympic Bronze medalist Artem Harutyunyan (9-0) takes center stage against former world title challenger Oliver Flores (30-3-2) for the vacant WBA International Lightweight title this Saturday from the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany.
The co-main event of the evening is a women’s featherweight world title bout between WBA World Champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (41-10-2, 19 KOs) of Edmonton, Canada, and world ranked contender Erika Cruz Hernandez (12-1-0, 3 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico, scheduled for ten rounds. Also featured on the NBC Sports Network main card is a highly anticipated clash between top undefeated junior welterweight prospects Juan Pablo ‘El Pivi’ Romero (13-0, 9 KOs) of Villa del Carbon, Mexico and Jonathan ‘Thunder’ Navarro (17-0, 9 KOs) of East Los Angeles, Calif., scheduled for ten rounds.
The "new" Universum Box Promotion have announced an interesting program for their show on October 17 at the Mitsubishi Electric Hall in Duesseldorf. The event is called "Back2Business" and is topped by super lightweights Artem Harutyunyan (9-0) and Timo Schwarzkopf (20-4) in a fight for the vacant IBO I-C title.
Rising Cuban heavyweight star Jose Angel Larduet (3-0) stopped Englishman Josh Sandland (5-3) in the first of scheduled six-rounder that headlined the "new" Universum's gym show last night in Hamburg. Sandland was down all in all six times before the towel came in. In the co-feature Senad Gashi (20-3) stopped Bosnian veteran Adnan Redzovic (21-5) in the fourth in another heavyweight fight.
It's not confirmed but espabox.com writes that the opponent for 45-year old Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez could be Jose Manuel Fandino (15-6). Martinez (51-3-2) has been out of the ring for six years, since suffering a knockout loss at the hands of Miguel Cotto in 2014.
EBU middleweight champion Matteo Signani (29-5-3) makes a voluntary defence of the title March 21 in Caen (France) against Frenchman Maxime Beaussire (29-2-1). This is the first defence of the title for the 40-year old veteran who won it with an upset decision over Dutchman Gevork Khatichikian.