Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Vanes Martirosyan {Sparring} boxe armenia vs. mexico sparring boxing Julio César Chávez Carrasco (born February 16, 1986 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer and the former WBC Middleweight Champion.[1] He is the son of retired six-time world boxing champion Julio César Chávez and older brother of welterweight Omar Chávez Middleweight Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight Orthodox Chávez Jr. was born in the city of Culiacán,[3][4] when his father held the WBC World Championship at super featherweight. His face became known to boxing fans when his father would take him and his brother Omar into the ring as children, before each of Chávez Sr.'s fights. As a teenager, Chávez Jr. endured some difficult moments, including a publicized relationship between his father and actress Salma Hayek and the consequential divorce of his parents.[5] Chávez Jr. lived in relative obscurity until he announced that he would follow in the footsteps of his father and become a boxer.[6] On part of his career Chávez Jr. has struggled with discipline issues such as training properly, reaching the right weight before his fights and his allegedly use of illegal substances. On February, 2014, Chávez and his girlfriend welcomed his first daughter, Julia Vanes Norik Martirosyan (Armenian: Վանես Մարտիրոսյան) (born May 1, 1986 in Abovyan, Armenia) is an Armenian-American professional boxer. Vanes is currently the WBC Silver Light Middleweight Champion. He is ranked the #1 contender in the WBC, the #9 light middleweight on BoxRec.com and the #3 light middleweight by The Ring. abovyan armenian Light Middleweight Vanes was born on May 1, 1986, in Abovyan, Armenia. Vanes' father, Norik Martirosyan, was a boxer in Armenia who worked for an industrial company and was also in the army. Vanes has two brothers, one older and one younger, and a sister.[1] His family moved to Glendale, CA when he was four years old. He started boxing when he was seven after his father found out there was a gym nearby. Martirosyan was taken out of junior high school by his father and became home-schooled once it had become clear that he needed to keep his son's fighting confined to the At the age of 20, he turned professional at 154 pounds with Bob Arum's promotional company Top Rank. Vanes is managed by his uncle, Serge Martirosyan.[4] He is also co-managed by Shelly Finkel, who also manages and advises world champions such as Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Fernando Vargas and Jeff Lacy, among others. Vanes is trained by Freddie Roach, who was voted 2003 and 2006 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. He trains alongside Roach's other top students: Manny Pacquiao, Julio César Chávez, Jr. and Amir Khan. Martirosyan has also worked with Ronnie Shields, winning his first fight under Shields's tutelage when he knocked out Dan Wallace in one round. Shields has also trained: Evander Holyfield, Juan Díaz, Rocky Juarez and Pernell Whitaker. Martirosyan subsequently scored a shutout unanimous decision over Clarence Taylor,[5] and also recorded wins against Billy Lyell (who would later topple previously unbeaten John Duddy), Harrison Cuello, Andrey Tsurkan and Willie Lee.[6] Martirosyan was scheduled to make his HBO debut on June 5, 2010 in Yankee Stadium on the Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman undercard. His opponent was fellow undefeated prospect Joe Greene (22-0, 14 KOs). Martirosyan handed Greene the first loss of his career by way of unanimous decision. With this win Martirosyan, advanced to 28-0 with 17 wins coming by way of knockout. On March 19, 2011 Vanes made his next appearance in the ring at the Bell Centre in Montreal. He got an easy win over Mexican Bladimir Hernandez by way of KO in the second round. His next fight was against veteran Saúl Román in a WBC semi-final title eliminator for the vacant WBC Silver Light Middleweight Championship. The bout was on June 4, 2011 in HBO's televised portion of the Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik undercard. Román knocked Vanes down in the first round and gave him trouble in the next two. Martirosyan came back in the fourth and fifth. When the seventh round began, Román cornered Vanes against the ropes and landed several blows. Vanes may have caught Román just in time from being stopped. In the same round, Vanes trapped Román against the ropes and knocked him down. After Román got up, Vanes landed a hard right hook on his chin and followed up with a barrage of blows while Román was leaning on the ropes, causing the fight to be stopped and turning what seemed to be near-defeat into victory.

• published: 30 Jun 2014
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