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. Last Saturday, in his first non-pay-per-view event since 2016.
The highly-anticipated Cinco de Mayo showdown everyone was waiting for did not happen, but Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) didn’t hesitate to put on a show for 7,837 fight fans at StubHub Center in Carson, California on Saturday night.
Watch exclusive highlights from Gennady Golovkin’s second-round KO victory over Vanes Martirosyan on May 5, 2018.
Well there is no denying that Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) vs. Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) isn’t the much-anticipated matchup for Cinco de Mayo weekend that boxing fans were hoping for, but we should appreciate the effort from Golovkin’s team in making a fight happen under the circumstances.
Gennady Golovkin kicks off fight week ahead of his May 5 title match against Vanes Martirosyan.
Boxing's only undisputed world champion CECILIA BRAEKHUS, will defend her World Female Welterweight crown against former WBC Female World Middleweight Champion KALI REIS in the co-feature of the Gennady "GGG" Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan.
Armenian boxing star, Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs), is preparing for his upcoming fight with world Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs).
Two-time world title challenger and 2004 Olympian VANES "THE NIGHTMARE" MARTIROSYAN (36-3-1, 21 KOs), from Glendale, Calif., challenges undefeated World Middleweight Champion GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN (37-0-1, 33 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, boxing's longest-reigning world champion, returns to the ring, Saturday, May 5, against two-time world title challenger Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs), from Glendale, Calif.
In an evening filled with championship bouts, Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) faced off against Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) in a rematch from their 2012 fight which ended in a draw--a decision that has been a thorn in sides of both fighters.
Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara successfully defended his WBA Super Welterweight Championship with a hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision.
Check out weigh-in results for the Saturday, May 21, 2016 Showtime Championship tripleheader.
Fight week kicked off Wednesday with media workouts at the UNLV Boxing Gym for the six fighters competing in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights this Saturday, May 21 from The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Join RBRBoxing on Saturday, May 21 for up-to-the-minute results for Showtime Championship Boxing's tripleheader, which includes Erislandy Lara vs. Vanes Martirosyan, Jermall Charlo vs. Austin Trout and Jermell Charlo vs. John Jackson.
BoxNation will air a world title tripleheader exclusively live this weekend as the light-middleweight division takes centre stage.
