Vanes Martirosyan
| Vanes Martirosyan Վանես Մարտիրոսյան |
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Martirosyan celebrating his victory against Joe Greene, 2010
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| Real name | Vanes Norikovich Martirosyan |
| Nickname(s) | The Nightmare |
| Rated at | Light middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in (182 cm) |
| Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
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| Born |
May 1, 1986 Abovyan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Armenia) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 40 |
| Wins | 36 |
| Wins by KO | 21 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
Vanes Norikovich Martirosyan (Armenian: Վանես Մարտիրոսյան; born May 1, 1986) is an Armenian-American professional boxer. He has challenged twice for a light middleweight world title, in 2013 and 2016, and held the WBC Silver light middleweight title from 2011 to 2012.
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.
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 ring.
Martirosyan was an eight-time National Champion and a Golden Gloves Champion.
In 2004, after winning a match against Haiti's Andre Berto in the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico, Martirosyan secured a spot in the US Olympic Team. He represented the United States at the 2004 Olympics as a Welterweight. He was on the same olympic team as Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell.
Results were:
Notable boxers Martirosyan defeated as an amateur include Austin Trout (three times), Andre Berto, and Timothy Bradley.
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