Former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. plans on fighting two months from now after a year off from activity, and he says e’s interested in facing Sergio Mora or Vanes Martirosyan.
He came, He saw, He conquered. And he did it Mexican Style! Refusing to let boxing be held hostage on its biggest day, Cinco De Mayo, undefeated World Middleweight Champion GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN’s Big Drama Show made a triumphant return to HBO.
Middleweight king Gennady Golovkin ended his KO drought – such as it was, just two fights without scoring a stoppage victory – with his crushing two-round win over a game but outgunned Vanes Martirosyan, and the vanquished super-welterweight does not buy into any suggestions that GGG is at all slipping.
The undefeated IBO/WBA/WBC/IBF middleweight title holder Gennady “GGG” Golovkin made his twentieth consecutive middleweight title defense, which tied him with the future Hall-of-Famer, Bernard Hopkins, with a devastating second-round knockout victory over two-time world title challenger, Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan.
Middleweight king Gennady Golovkin has not had three fights in the same year since 2015 and until last night he had not scored a KO since 2016.
Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) made his 20th successful title defense on Saturday night in defeating the game but limited replacement opponent Vanes Martirosyan (36-4-1, 21 KOs) by a 2nd round KO on Saturday night in front of a sparsely filled StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Middleweight king Gennady Golovkin is fighting Vanes Martirosyan tomorrow night in Carson, California – but almost everyone is still asking GGG about another fight.
He gave us “The Rumble In The Jungle,” he gave us “The Sound And The Fury” and he gave us “The Last Hurrah.”
Promoted by GGG promotions, in association with Don King Productions, and sponsored by Tecate, Chivas Regal, Jordan and Hublot, remaining tickets to the Golovkin vs.
Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin looks to defend his championship for a record-tying 20th consecutive time against Vanes Martirosyan in a 12-round bout.