Vanes Martirosyan Batters Andrey Tsurkan Over Six

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On the Latin Fury 9 undercard at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martitosyan (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. [details]

[joe strong]

they couldve let this one continue,he wasn't that hurt

[minasyan]

good stuff vanes

[Titing Kabayo]

I heard before that vanes returned to wild card... who's in his corner?

[joe strong]

I heard before that vanes returned to wild card... who's in his corner?

normally roach but he's training khan so he had a fill in trainer.

[VanesBoxing]

Freddie Roach is Vanes' trainer but couldn't make the trip to Atlantic City...

solid win for Vanes as he showed good footwork, speed, power, and damaged Tsurkan's eye real bad to cause the stoppage.

Vanes now seems ready for some Top 10 guys and should land a title shot by end of the year.

[VanesBoxing]

anyone know where to find photos from this Latin Fury 9 card??

[Bababoey970]

How does vanes compare to Angulo after this fight????

[VanesBoxing]

How does vanes compare to Angulo after this fight????

this is what BoxingScene wrote... you tell me?

Hours after fellow Armenian and close friend Arthur Abraham scored a decisive 10th round knockout in Berlin, Germany, undefeated junior middleweight Vanes Martirosyan (25-0, 16KO) cruised in what was supposed to be the biggest test of his career. The brash 2004 US Olympian hit Andrey Tsurkan (26-5, 17KO) with every punch in the book before the fight was stopped after six violently one-sided rounds.

There were no knockdowns in the fight, although Martirosyan had him badly hurt in the fourth, and progressively grew more vicious in his attack in the subsequent rounds. Swelling around Tsurkan’s left eye is ultimately what led to the stoppage, although the insane amount of punishment he absorbed was every bit as qualifying.

If Tsurkan for whatever reason decides to continue with his career, he should strongly consider dumping his manager and his promoter (Star Boxing). This was the second straight fight in which his handlers willingly pimped him out, having endured a massive beating at the hands of Alfredo Angulo eight months ago. Without so much as a tune-up offered, he is once again thrown to the wolves, having now not only gotten his ass kicked in two straight fights, but hasn’t so much as won a single round in well over a year.

Meanwhile, Martirosyan’s stock has never been higher. There have been rumblings of 2009 becoming his breakout year, and the Glendale (CA)-based junior middleweight is well on his way. The win was already the third of the year for the 23-year old, with a possible Boxing After Dark showcase on tape later this year or in early 2010.

[BoxingChaos]

Although I missed this fight, I will be downloading it shortly. Good to see this kid staying busy, busy, busy. His last performance was really good. I can't wait to see this match.