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This unique masterpiece, designed by highly skilled and dedicated artisans from Chiapas, will be awarded to the winner of the May 5th fight between WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and challenger Vanes Martirosyan.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman revealed the blue belt commemorating WBC founder - Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos - which was especially created for the boxing dates of May 5 and September 16 with the motto "Bats'il Ajaw Belt" which means "True Hero" - to be presented to the winners of the headline fights on those dates.
Billy Joe Saunders believes he is a “level above” Martin Murray but says their world title fight will show how he compares to knockout king Gennady Golovkin. WBO middleweight champion Saunders, who is keen for a title unification fight with Golovkin, will face his fellow Briton in London on June 23.
All Maciej Sulecki seems to hear and read about is Daniel Jacobs’ commendable performance against Gennady Golovkin. Jacobs gained a lot of respect for giving Golovkin what to that point had been the most difficult fight of the unbeaten middleweight champion’s career 13 months ago. Sulecki can’t understand, however, why fans and media haven’t been as critical of the way Jacobs boxed against Luis Arias and others.
Junior middleweight Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) has promised to upset the odds on May 5th, when he challenges WBC, IBF, IBO, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs). Their contest was set less than a week ago, for May 5th at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
As previously reported, the camp of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is targeting a rematch with Canelo Alvarez for September ... and now Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Canelo, has confirmed that's the plan.
Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) is hoping to put on a show when he takes a big risk on Cinco De Mayo weekend. On May 5th, in an HBO televised main event, the Armenian fighter will challenge WBC, IBF, IBO, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs).
Billy Joe Saunders has branded Canelo Alvarez a "cheat" and believes the Mexican should never box again. Alvarez, who had already withdrawn from his Las Vegas rematch with Gennady Golovkin, received a sixth-month ban last week having failed two drugs tests in February.
Canelo Alvarez is committed to returning to the ring September 15. Alvarez’s comeback from his six-month suspension was confirmed in a statement released by Golden Boy Promotions on Wednesday. That confirmation came in the immediate aftermath of the Nevada State Athletic Commission officially extending Alvarez’s temporary suspension for testing positive for clenbuterol twice in February.
Martin Murray has taken a swipe at Frank Warren ahead of his fight with Billy Joe Saunders. The St Helens middleweight will challenge the Hatfield ace for the WBO belt in just over two months’ time. Murray, with a victory, will hold the only belt that is not in the custody of Gennady Golovkin, the Kazakh WBC, WBA Super, IBO and IBF champion. But he is concerned that the promoter of the show –– on June 23 at the O2 Arena in London –– is dismissing his chances of winning the fight.