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41-593: Vanes was born on May 1, 1986, in Abovyan , Armenia . Vanes' father, Norik Martirosyan, was an amateur 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, California when he was four years old. He started boxing when he was seven after his father found out there was a gym in Glendale. Martirosyan

82-432: 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. On October 29, 2011 Vanes fought contender Richard Gutierrez. Vanes dominated from start to finish and won a ten-round unanimous decision. The judges' scorecards were 100–90, 100-90 and 99–91; Vanes winning all but one round from one judge. Martirosyan fought veteran Troy Lowry on

123-521: A community creative centre for children and teenagers. The town is also home to a museum dedicated to the brotherhood and friendship between the Armenian and Russian nations, opened in 1982. The recently renovated theatre of Abovyan has a regular schedule of theatrical shows. Abovyan day is celebrated every year in mid October. The town had a cinema in Soviet times, which has since been converted into

164-576: A fight for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight title. On February 17, 2015 Showtime announced that Martirosyan would appear on a doubleheader at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on March 28 against Jermell Charlo (25-0). The fight was contested over 10 rounds. Martirosyan lost a contentious unanimous decision. He was considered the more aggressive fighter. The scores were 97–93, 96–94, 96–94. Martirosyan felt he won

205-532: A satellite city of the Armenian capital. Therefore, Abovyan is generally known as the "northern gate of Yerevan". Abovyan covers an area of around 11 square kilometres (4.2 square miles). The site of present-day Abovyan was previously occupied by a small village known as Elar . One folk tradition connects the name Elar with the legend of Ara the Handsome : the Assyrian queen Semiramis is said to have brought

246-467: A shopping centre. In 2022, it was announced that Abovyan will be the destination from which to view and visit the World's Largest Statute of Jesus Christ to be erected on Mt. Hatis , accessible by road and aerial lift cable cars estimated to be completed in 2025. In the process of construction, an ancient fortress was discovered in the top of Mt. Hatis. Being located just northeast of Yerevan, Abovyan

287-669: A spot in the US Olympic Team . He represented the United States at the 2004 Olympics as a Welterweight at age 18. He was on the same Olympic team as Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell . Results were: Martitosyan lost to in the second round to Aragon Armenteros who was 12 years his senior. Notable boxers Martirosyan defeated as an amateur include Austin Trout (three times), Andre Berto, and Timothy Bradley . He finished his amateur career with 120 wins and 10 losses. At

328-527: Is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province . It is located 16 kilometres (10 miles) northeast of Yerevan and 32 kilometres (20 miles) southeast of the province centre Hrazdan . As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 46,434. With a motorway and railway running through the city connecting Yerevan with the areas of the northeast, Abovyan is considered

369-506: Is connected with capital city with buses and minibuses that are in service 24 hours a day. The H-1 Road connects Abovyan with Yerevan, while the M-4 Motorway connects the town with the rest of Armenia. Being a satellite town of the capital Yerevan , Abovyan is connected with the capital city with public vans, locally-known as marshrutka . These vehicles are mainly Russian-made GAZelle vans with 13 seats, having regular trips between

410-648: Is home to the Abovyan City Stadium opened in 1966 with a seating capacity of 3,946, as well as the Gagik Tsaurkyan Sports and Cultural Centre. Abovyan is twinned with: Julio C%C3%A9sar Ch%C3%A1vez, Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio , billed as Welcome to the Future , was a boxing middleweight bout for the WBC world title. The bout

451-500: Is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia who represented Abovyan until 2005. Like many other football clubs in the country, FC Kotayk was forced to default from the Armenian football league and consequently from professional football in 2005, due to financial difficulties. The short-lived King Delux FC represented the town in a single season of the Armenian First League in 2012–13 before going defunct. The town

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492-569: The Armenian SSR . The town was planned to include 8 residential neighbourhoods (locally known as micro-districts), and an industrial district. Abovyan is built on the Kotayk plateau between the rivers of Hrazdan , Azat and Getar at a height of 1,450 metres (4,760 feet) above sea level . It is surrounded by Gutanasar volcano of the Gegham mountains from the north, Mount Hatis from the east,

533-623: The Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio undercard. Vanes knocked Lowry down in the first round and stopping him in the third to retain his WBC Silver title. On November 9, 2013 Martirosyan was defeated on a split decision by Demetrius Andrade who on that day became a winner of the World Boxing Organization title. On March 21, 2014 he appeared on ESPN 's Goossen Tutor Promotions, defeating Mario Antonio Lozano via unanimous decision after 10 rounds in

574-643: The Seljuk invasion of Armenia, the area became known as Elar . According to the 13th-century Armenian historian Stepanos Orbelian , Elar became part of the Kingdom of Georgia . Later, the region of Elar was granted to prince Liparit Orbeli of the Orbelian Dynasty by prince Ivane Mkhargrdzeli . By the beginning of the 16th century, Eastern Armenia fell under the Persian rule, and Elar became part of

615-543: The 1960s. Small communities of Kurds , Yazidis , Russians and Assyrians also live in the town. The majority of the population of Abovyan are Armenians who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church . The oldest standing church in the town is the Surp Stepanos church dating back to 1851. It remained closed since the Soviet days until 2010 when it was entirely renovated and reopened for

656-837: The Erivan Beylerbeylik and later of the Erivan Khanate . After the Russian conquest of Armenia in 1828, Elar became part of the Armenian Oblast and subsequently of the Erivan Governorate formed in 1850. At the time of the Russian conquest in 1828, Elar had a purely Armenian population consisting of 158 people, of whom 88 were of local origin and 70 were from Western Armenia , or Iran. The small village of Elar (currently part of Abovyan) remained

697-858: The Poli-Serv Factory for polymer products has been operating since 2001. Processed food has been produced by Tamara Factory for dairy products and sweets since 1988, by the Luma Factory for meat products and chips since 1995, by the Sipan Plant for canned food and soft drinks since 2003, and by the Tamara Food Enterprise for convenience food since 2007. As of 2015 , Abovyan has 10 public education schools, 9 kindergartens and 2 state intermediate colleges. 2 major science institutions and research centres are located in Abovyan:

738-677: The Republican Hospital of tuberculosis, and the Institute of Biological Microbes of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences . The town has musical academy as well as an arts school. The town is home to the headquarters of AbovAcademy.com, named as homage to Khachatur Abovyan , the largest technology career center and tutoring program in the Province of Kotayk . FC Kotayk founded in 1955,

779-571: The StubHub Center in Carson, California after he was chosen as the late replacement for Canelo Álvarez when Canelo withdrew from the much anticipated Cinco De Mayo rematch in the wake of his failed drug tests for Clenbuterol. With only three weeks of preparation for the bout and almost two years since his last professional fight, Martirosyan faced long odds against the undefeated middleweight champion. Although he performed better than expected in

820-633: The Suardi Armenia Factory since 1963, Armstone Plant since 1996, Multi Group Stone since 2002, and Italasphalt Factory since 2015. Alcoholic beverages are also produced by several factories including the Samkon Brandy Factory since 1970, Kotayk Brewery since 1974, and the Ginevan Factory for wine, brandy, beer and canned food, since 2011. The Arpimed Pharmaceutical Enterprise has been operating since 1999, while

861-690: The Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America . He trains alongside Roach's other top students, including Manny Pacquiao and Julio César Chávez, Jr. Martirosyan has also worked with Ronnie Shields , winning his first fight under Shields's tutelage when he knocked out Dan Wallace in one round. Martirosyan subsequently scored a shutout unanimous decision over Clarence Taylor, and also recorded wins against Billy Lyell (who would later topple previously unbeaten John Duddy ), Harrison Cuello, Andrey Tsurkan and Willie Lee. Martirosyan

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902-422: The age of 20, Martirosyan turned professional at 154 pounds with Bob Arum 's promotional company Top Rank . Vanes is managed by his uncle, Serge Martirosyan. 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 , among others. Vanes was trained by Freddie Roach , who was voted 2003 and 2006 Trainer of

943-528: The area of modern-day Abovyan was inhabited starting from the end of the 4th century BC. During the ancient Kingdom of Armenia , the western area of modern-day Abovyan was part of the Kotayk canton of Ayrarat province, while the eastern area was part of the Mazaz canton of the same province. Between the 5th and 7th centuries AD, the region was granted to the Amatuni Armenian noble dynasty. After

984-431: The body of the murdered Armenian king to the village and ordered the inhabitants to shout " el Ara" , meaning "arise, Ara" in Armenian, from which the name Elar supposedly originated. In 1961, the village was renamed Abovyan in honour of the prominent Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian . In 1963, the urban settlement of Abovyan was officially founded. During excavations in the 1860s led by historian Mesrop Smbatiants,

1025-503: The bout 118-110, 116-112 115-113 for Chávez, which drew a mixed reaction from the 14,120 in attendance at the Alamodome. Neither fighter went down despite taking continuous heavy blows to the head and body throughout the 12-round bout. Chavez Jr. overcame a gutsy performance by Rubio despite having some trouble entering the fight. Rubio stated after the fight: "He re-gained a lot of weight. I re-gained my usual weight." and "I feel that he

1066-634: The fight. On September 12, 2015, Martirosyan fought Ishe Smith. Martirosyan outpointed Smith on two of the judges scorecards, 97-91 and 97-91, while the third judge had the fight a draw, 95-95, giving Martirosyan the majority decision victory. In his next fight, Martirosyan fought Erislandy Lara for the WBA world super welterweight championship. Martirosyan got outboxed by Lara, and lost the fight via unanimous decision. The scorecards read 116-111, 116-111 and 115-112 in favour of Lara. On May 5, 2018 Martirosyan fought unified Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at

1107-419: 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

1148-519: The first round." For the fight, Golovkin landed 36 of 84 punches thrown (43%) and Martirosyan landed 18 of his 73 thrown (25%). Martirosyan received a purse of $ 225,000 for the fight. The fight averaged 1,249,000 viewers and peaked at 1,361,000 viewers, making most-watched boxing match on cable television in 2018. Abovyan 40°16′26″N 44°37′32″E  /  40.27389°N 44.62556°E  / 40.27389; 44.62556 Abovyan or Abovian ( Armenian : Աբովյան [ɑbɔvˈjɑn] )

1189-431: The heights of Nork from the south, Hrazdan gorge from the west and Mount Ara from the northwest. The climate is Humid continental ( Köppen : Dfb) and dry with relatively hot summers and cold winters. More than 90% of the town's population are ethnic Armenians․ According to data from 1974, approximately one third of the town's population consisted of Armenians who were relocated from Syria , Iran and Lebanon during

1230-471: The largest settlement in the area until 1961, when it was renamed Abovyan in honour of the Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian . 2 years later in 1963, the town of Abovyan was founded by the Soviet government, including the village of Elar and the surrounding areas. The modern town was built in 1962–1963 on a plateau located between Hrazdan and Azat rivers. It rapidly developed as an industrial centre within

1271-452: The opening round of the fight, Martirosyan eventually succumbed to Golovkin's power and suffered a quick defeat via knock out in the 2nd round. When speaking of Golovkin's power in the post-fight, Martirosyan said it felt like he was "being hit by a train." Golovkin said, "It feels great to get a knockout. Vanes is a very good fighter. He caught me a few times in the first round. In the second round, I came out all business after I felt him out in

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1312-529: The public on 28 November of the same year. The other church of the town is the Saint John the Baptist Church opened in 2013 by the efforts of the Armenian businessman Gagik Tsarukyan . The architect of the church is Artak Ghulyan . It is one of the largest places of worship in Armenia. There is a small Molokan Russian community in the town. Abovyan has a cultural palace, a public library and

1353-498: The remains of a 2nd-millennium BC Cyclopean fortress , an ancient cemetery and old shelters with several objects from the three stages of the Bronze Age were found near Abovyan. Smbatiants also found an 8th-century BC Urartian cuneiform inscription left by King Argishti I , referring to the conquest of the "land of Darani" (the pre-Urartian name of the modern-day Abovyan area). The excavations led by Smbatiants revealed that

1394-659: The ring at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec . 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 Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio César Chávez Jr. undercard. Román knocked Vanes down in

1435-452: The second time he’s visited the home of The Alamo in his previous five fights. Chávez claimed a middleweight belt in June via a majority decision against Sebastian Zbik and made his first defense on November 19, a fifth-round TKO of Peter Manfredo Jr. Rubio had gone 10-0 with nine knockouts and has been a far more authoritative, confident-appearing fighter. Among those 10 victories

1476-631: The two cities throughout the day. Abovyan was founded in the Soviet era as an industrial town. It used to have many large industrial firms until the fall of the Soviet Union , including a concrete factory, a stone-processing plant and a chemicals factory. The town has an industrial district located to the south of the town. The sector is quite diversified, including several types of finished goods and services, such as building materials, processed food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, and polymer products. Major firms for building materials production include

1517-556: Was an impressive seventh-round stoppage of one of the game’s elite prospects, David Lemieux , on April 8, 2011. Lemieux entered the fight with a 25-0 record and 24 knockouts and was hailed as a potential star. He has not lost since being stopped in the ninth round by then-middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in February 2009. Chávez retained the WBC middleweight title, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Rubio. The judges scored

1558-639: Was held on February 4, 2012, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas , United States. where 14,000 fans were attending. Chávez held an overall record of 44-0-1, having won twenty straight fights since enduring his career’s lone blemish six years ago. The bout with Rubio was the rising star’s second consecutive clash in Texas, racking up a fifth-round TKO against Peter Manfredo Jr. in Houston last month, and

1599-604: 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

1640-466: 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

1681-500: Was very well protected. They didn't even do any testing which should have been done". However, Rubio neglected to mention that the local Texas commission also did not test him, along with the co-feature fighters Donaire and Vazquez Jr. According to the commission, they made the mistake of not booking a testing laboratory for the event in advance. Former world champion Julio César Chávez was at ringside, providing Spanish color commentary for Donaire's bout before watching his son's fight as

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