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Vanes is being trained by Ronda Rousey's old coach, Edmond Tarverdyan.
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Gennady Golovkin to fight Edmond Tarverdyan-trained Vanes Martirosyan on May 5
Martirosyan is a career junior middleweight who has never been knocked out, and has unsuccessfully challenged for a major 154-pound title on multiple occasions, losing decisions to Erislandy Lara and Demetrius Andrade, both high-quality opposition. He has not fought since the Lara defeat in 2016, although Vanes attributes the inactivity to opponents backing out of facing him. Two of his notable wins include Ishe Smith and Kassim Ouma, with the latter having also fought (and been knocked out by) Golovkin.
Of course, we cannot go through this article without bringing up the fact that Martirosyan is trained by none other than Edmond Tarverdyan, who is famous in MMA circles for coaching Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne. Tarverdyan is also known for training Vic Darchinyan, a genuinely good ex-champion in the prime of his career, but he’s well past his best.
I won’t sugarcoat this - It’s a really bad fight. Unlike when high-profile UFC events fall apart, you rarely expect replacement opponents in boxing to be just as compelling, but there is practically nothing about this matchup that is redeemable aside from getting to see GGG compete again. Martirosyan is clearly a contender at 154, but he’s been inactive for two years and has never competed at middleweight. A win for Vanes would be an enormous upset given he’s never really beaten elite competition, let alone stepping up a weight class.
Martirosyan is a career junior middleweight who has never been knocked out, and has unsuccessfully challenged for a major 154-pound title on multiple occasions, losing decisions to Erislandy Lara and Demetrius Andrade, both high-quality opposition. He has not fought since the Lara defeat in 2016, although Vanes attributes the inactivity to opponents backing out of facing him. Two of his notable wins include Ishe Smith and Kassim Ouma, with the latter having also fought (and been knocked out by) Golovkin.
Of course, we cannot go through this article without bringing up the fact that Martirosyan is trained by none other than Edmond Tarverdyan, who is famous in MMA circles for coaching Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne. Tarverdyan is also known for training Vic Darchinyan, a genuinely good ex-champion in the prime of his career, but he’s well past his best.
I won’t sugarcoat this - It’s a really bad fight. Unlike when high-profile UFC events fall apart, you rarely expect replacement opponents in boxing to be just as compelling, but there is practically nothing about this matchup that is redeemable aside from getting to see GGG compete again. Martirosyan is clearly a contender at 154, but he’s been inactive for two years and has never competed at middleweight. A win for Vanes would be an enormous upset given he’s never really beaten elite competition, let alone stepping up a weight class.
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