By Ryan Maquiñana
MaxBoxing.com
2010 was supposed to be the year of “The Nightmare.” With the NABF and NABO light middleweight titles in tow, Vanes Martirosyan took his 26-0 record into Las Vegas against a seemingly faded Kassim Ouma in a showcase bout that would supposedly spring him into the discussion of elite fighters at 154 pounds.
But after a dicey win where he rose off the canvas against the Ugandan, followed by a decisive yet ugly victory over fellow unbeaten prospect Joe Greene five months later, many wondered if the 2004 Olympian from Glendale, Calif., had regressed from Top Rank’s can’t-miss contender to solid but unspectacular prospect.
“I didn’t do good in the Joe Greene fight, to be honest with you,” said Martirosyan, now a spotless 29-0 (18). “I did enough to win but I should’ve won by knockout. He gave me a hell of a fight—same thing with Ouma, who was in great shape—and now I look at fights differently now. You have to have Plan A, B, and C.”
This Saturday, Martirosyan has an opportunity to restate his case and reframe the critics’ perceptions when he faces Saul Roman in a WBC light middleweight semifinal title eliminator on the Sebastian Zbik-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. undercard at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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