Vanes Says: I'll Fight Felix Sturm if He Has The Balls!
Junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0) is so fed up with his division that he is contemplating a temporary move up to 160 to land a title shot.
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Vanes: If We Met, I Would Slap The Sh*t Out of Canelo!
Junior middleweight contender Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan appeared on this week's edition of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's weekly radio show. Below is a recap of some of the topics the outspoken Armenian touched on when speaking to co-hosts Ernest Gabion, Ryan Burton and Luis Sandoval.
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Chris Arreola Poised To Return on September 15th
BoxingScene.com has been advised that heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (33-2) will keep up his busy schedule when he returns to the ring in the main event of a card being held on September 15th. Arreola, who is 4-0 with 3 knockouts this year, will face an opponent an opponent to be determined. The former title challenger has been mentioned as a possible fall opponent for WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko.
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Pavlik: The Lucian Bute Fight is Not Happening Either!
Super middleweight contender Kelly Pavlik spoke to NBC affiliate WFMJ and told the outlet that his withdrawal from this Saturday's fight with Darryl Cunningham was a "business decision." Pavlik is not happy with money involved in his two fight deal, which involved the bout with Cunningham and a fall showdown with IBF champion Lucian Bute of Canada.
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Vanes: "I Would Love To Fight Alfredo Angulo"
On Thursday the WBC ordered a final elimination bout between Vanes Martirosyan and Alfredo Angulo to decide the next mandatory challenger for WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
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Cotto-Margarito Rematch Finalized For New York's MSG
According to Top Rank publicist Fred Sternburg, the long awaited rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito has been finalized for New York's Madison Square Garden. Their first meeting, at welterweight, took place in Las Vegas in 2008 and was won by Margarito by way of TKO in eleven rounds. This time the fight takes place at 154-pounds, with Cotto's WBA title at stake.
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Vanes To Austin Trout: Forget Mundine and Fight Me!
It has been reported on this site that WBA "regular" junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (23-0) is looking to face Anthony Mundine in Mundine's home country of Australia.
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Cleverly vs Bellew Clash Being Lined Up For The Fall
On Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, light heavyweight Tony Bellew won a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision over Ovill McKenzie. The scores were 118-112, 119-110 and 118-112. Bellew's rival, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly was sitting at ringside. Cleverly-Bellew is being lined up for the fall, according to the post-fight discussions at the venue.
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Sergio Martinez's Promoter: Williams Lost, Bullsh*t Call
Promoter Lou DiBella was sick to his stomach after hearing the three scorecards for Saturday's fight between junior middleweights Paul Williams and Erislandy Lara. After twelve completed rounds at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Williams was awarded a very controversial majority decision. Most observers, including the unofficial cards by HBO, had Lara well ahead on points.
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Kessler vs Stieglitz Agreement is Close, Says The WBO
The WBO has advised several outlets that a deal is very close for a super middleweight collision between their champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23KOs) of Germany, and the former king of the WBA/WBC, Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33KOs) of Denmark. As previously reported, Kessler petitioned the WBO for a mandatory ranking. The sanctioning body granted his request and placed him in position to face Stieglitz for the title.
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