Vanes Martirosyan Batters Andrey Tsurkan Over Six

Jun 27, 2009 • 12:00 AM ET

By Mark Vester

On the Latin Fury 9 undercard at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan (25-0, 16 KOs) picked up the biggest win of his young career by dominating Andrey Tsurkan (26-5, 17 KOs) for six rounds. Tsurkan's corner stopped the one-sided bout to prevent their fighter from being seriously hurt.

Tsurkan, 31-years-old and a veteran of several ring wars, has taken vicious beatings in his last two ring outings and may have rethink his future before stepping in the ring again. Vanes appears to be shining and moves closer to a major title shot.