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"I THINK VANES WOULD KNOCK HIM OUT IN ONE ROUND" - FREDDIE ROACH ON SAUL ALVAREZ
Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-las-vegas/i-think-vanes-would-knock-him-out-one-round-freddie-roach-on-saul-alvarez
June 6 2011
Chris Robinson Las Vegas Boxing Examiner...
On Saturday Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. showed that there is more substance
to his game than many had given him credit for with a grueling decision
over former WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik. Facing off
with the stubborn German inside of the Staples Center in Los Angeles,
the fight seemed like a toss-up after twelve rounds but Chavez's body
attack and harder punching on the inside gave him the nod.
While the win paves the way towards greener pastures for the
newly-crowned 25-year old champion, who very well may be meeting up
with Miguel Cotto in October in Las Vegas, there was another fighter
from the Wild Card stable who also delivered a gutsy performance of
his own. Dropped and bloodied in the first round, junior middleweight
contender Vanes Martirosyan weathered an early storm before eventually
halting Sinaloa's Saul Roman inside of seven rounds.
After a somewhat tepid 2010 campaign in which he pulled out victories
over Kassim Ouma and Brooklyn's Joe Greene, the Armenian born, Glendale
resident seems poised for a banner year in 2011. Trainer Freddie Roach
oversees the duties of Chavez and Martirosyan and was adamant about
how their sparring sessions leading up to their respective fights
were beneficial to each pug.
"Vanes did a great job getting ready for the fight," said Roach.
"Vanes is a little faster than Zbik and you could see that the
training paid off in Chavez's fight. Chavez also helped Vanes get
ready for Roman and you saw that in Vanes' performance. They both
worked well together."
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the test
With the win Martirosyan sees his record rise to 30-0 with 19
knockouts and as far as Roach is concerned, a crack at WBC junior
middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is the most ideal clash
at the moment. Martirosyan is ranked #4 in the WBC rankings and Roach
feels that his charge has the tools to upend the champion.
"Everybody is talking about how great [Alvarez] is. I think Vanes
would knock him out in one round. Vanes won the eliminator to face
him. Let's see how good 'Canelo' really is," Roach continued.
It's an intriguing fight but who knows how everything will play out.
Alvarez has a June 18th title defense against Yorkshire's Ryan Rhodes
in Guadalajara, Mexico to deal with and after that he had been rumored
for a September return to Las Vegas against Nicaragua's trash-talking
terror Ricardo Mayorga.
Chris Robinson is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He can be reached
at [email protected]
Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-las-vegas/i-think-vanes-would-knock-him-out-one-round-freddie-roach-on-saul-alvarez
June 6 2011
Chris Robinson Las Vegas Boxing Examiner...
On Saturday Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. showed that there is more substance
to his game than many had given him credit for with a grueling decision
over former WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik. Facing off
with the stubborn German inside of the Staples Center in Los Angeles,
the fight seemed like a toss-up after twelve rounds but Chavez's body
attack and harder punching on the inside gave him the nod.
While the win paves the way towards greener pastures for the
newly-crowned 25-year old champion, who very well may be meeting up
with Miguel Cotto in October in Las Vegas, there was another fighter
from the Wild Card stable who also delivered a gutsy performance of
his own. Dropped and bloodied in the first round, junior middleweight
contender Vanes Martirosyan weathered an early storm before eventually
halting Sinaloa's Saul Roman inside of seven rounds.
After a somewhat tepid 2010 campaign in which he pulled out victories
over Kassim Ouma and Brooklyn's Joe Greene, the Armenian born, Glendale
resident seems poised for a banner year in 2011. Trainer Freddie Roach
oversees the duties of Chavez and Martirosyan and was adamant about
how their sparring sessions leading up to their respective fights
were beneficial to each pug.
"Vanes did a great job getting ready for the fight," said Roach.
"Vanes is a little faster than Zbik and you could see that the
training paid off in Chavez's fight. Chavez also helped Vanes get
ready for Roman and you saw that in Vanes' performance. They both
worked well together."
Latest slideshows: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pounds out decision over
Sebastian Zbik / Behind the scenes with Pacquiao, Mosley, Bella
Gonzalez, Arum, Roach and others in final Fight Camp 360 / Floyd
Mayweather's fiance' Shantel Jackson tells Manny Pacquiao to take
the test
With the win Martirosyan sees his record rise to 30-0 with 19
knockouts and as far as Roach is concerned, a crack at WBC junior
middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is the most ideal clash
at the moment. Martirosyan is ranked #4 in the WBC rankings and Roach
feels that his charge has the tools to upend the champion.
"Everybody is talking about how great [Alvarez] is. I think Vanes
would knock him out in one round. Vanes won the eliminator to face
him. Let's see how good 'Canelo' really is," Roach continued.
It's an intriguing fight but who knows how everything will play out.
Alvarez has a June 18th title defense against Yorkshire's Ryan Rhodes
in Guadalajara, Mexico to deal with and after that he had been rumored
for a September return to Las Vegas against Nicaragua's trash-talking
terror Ricardo Mayorga.
Chris Robinson is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He can be reached
at [email protected]