Gennady Golovkin Kazakhstan vs Vanes Martirosyan USA KNOCKOUT BOXING Fight
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00:00Gennady Golovkin and Vynus Martirosyan.
00:03You see the four-year age advantage for Martirosyan.
00:05He's an inch and a half taller than Golovkin.
00:07Wearing tonight white trunks with multicolor trim,
00:09he weighted officially 159 and 1 1⁄2 pounds.
00:13In 40 professional bouts, his record, 36 victories,
00:17just three defeats, one draw, 21 big wins coming by way of knockout.
00:23Here's the two-time light middleweight world title challenger
00:28from Glendale, California, by way of a bulb in Armenia.
00:34Here is the Nightmare Vynus Martirosyan!
00:43And next, his opponent across the ring, fighting out of the red corner.
00:48Wearing white trunks, trimmed in black, he weighed in 160 pounds even.
00:53As a professional, he has unbeaten 37 victories,
00:57including 33 knockouts, no defeats, and one draw from Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
01:04Ladies and gentlemen, here is the unbeaten, unified WBA super,
01:10WBC, IBF, IBO middleweight champion of the world,
01:16Triple J, Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin!
01:26Yeah!
01:31Once again, referee Jack Reese with the final instruction.
01:39Right here. Right here for now.
01:44You guys want to exchange the flags?
01:48Okay. Come here.
01:51Ladies and gentlemen, I just want to remind you,
01:54please listen and follow my commands at all times.
01:57Protect yourself at all times. Fight hard, fight clean. Good luck to both of you.
02:00For the first time, they heard about this monster, Triple G.
02:03Last fight was on pay-per-view, and here you can just watch him on regular age.
02:06Triple G has his reputation, because you were guaranteed
02:09to see if he has one of those moments in him tonight.
02:12And not to mention...
02:15It's hard to find that in the sport yet, or still at this hour.
02:20John King promoted fighter in against Gennady Golovkin.
02:23Martin Rosens flashing a nice jab.
02:26Golovkin into jab in Golovkin's mouth.
02:29Golovkin lands a left hook.
02:32Oh, Martin Rosens hurt.
02:35Golovkin known for his scary power in both hands,
02:38and would like to remind fans of that after his last couple fights.
02:42That's what happens, again, when you fight
02:44Golovkin considered a level below that.
02:47Yeah, he thrown a good jab already here, though, Max.
02:50Probably let his head back a couple times.
02:52His head back one time, so we're getting some good exchanges in early.
02:55The bad thing for Bunnings is that
02:57that 24-month layoff is gonna take.
02:59Later in the fight, he'll get back comfortable and get in position.
03:02And it's been in the gym, Roy, and he says he's been in the gym
03:05for the last 17 months fairly continuously.
03:08For a long time, almost two years in his instance.
03:11Are you more susceptible to drain so much energy from a fighter
03:14as most fighters know?
03:16When you haven't been in there, the little things, the timing,
03:19the making a guy miss by a hairline.
03:22They say the last thing to leave a fighter is his punch.
03:26I've also seen fighters age and lose that knockout snap.
03:30Roy, you think Triple G still has that vaunted punch?
03:33We always talk about Triple G being 36 years old,
03:35but Triple G is an elite fighter.
03:37An elite fighter at 36 is not a bad fighter still.
03:3936 is not an old fighter,
03:41especially when you haven't taken a lot of punishment.
03:44I've seen him before.
03:46What we talk about Triple G has made the point
03:48that you expect to see knockout power from Triple G,
03:51but CompuBox counts him at more than 10 jabs per round.
03:55Nobody else in boxing has done that.
03:58And he's landed 14 hits on the hard right hand.
04:00Glukkin a little bit. I agree.
04:02And he hit him with a good right hand.
04:04Followed by a good jab, yes.
04:06Glukkin landed 15 jabs on the round,
04:08but only one hard power shot.
04:10Hit him in the mouth with a right hand.
04:12Glukkin landed the last punch of the round.
04:14Step to your defense, okay, D?
04:16Everything's working. Do what you're doing.
04:18You're doing everything.
04:19Coming in with a jab, a right hand,
04:21and Triple G thought it was over.
04:22Then all of a sudden, bing!
04:24There goes another jab,
04:25and that's what knocked him off balance.
04:27Yeah, I thought it was the right hand
04:29that had stunned him a little bit.
04:30It was the follow-up left.
04:31Orozion came up in boxing in Southern California.
04:35A lot of Mexican,
04:37and he thinks he's uniquely prepared
04:40for Mexican style,
04:41but those are some Mexican styles.
04:42Uppercut by Golovkin,
04:43and Martin Orozion grabs and holds on.
04:46That uppercut really was a good shot by Golovkin.
04:48He held on to Golovkin long enough
04:50to avoid being called for until his knee hit the canvas.
04:53That grease ruled it a throw by Golovkin.
04:56Jim, he turns it up right now.
04:57He can get him out before Vonage gets him.
04:59And he better do that,
05:00because Vonage is throwing some really big shots,
05:02but the ring rush is still really affecting him right now.
05:05He's seen this all before.
05:08He's not good with match.
05:09Well, because to be a fighter that acts like
05:11you don't want no part of this in the early rounds
05:13while he's powerful
05:14until you get used to seeing it of his punches,
05:16then you can act like it doesn't really matter.
05:18Right now, it does matter,
05:19because you're a little tight,
05:21and it does look that way,
05:22as though Golovkin's got a lot of weight on his shoulders.
05:25Outside the ring stuff.
05:26And he gets hit with a right hand again by Martin Orozion.
05:29Oh, hard left hook.
05:33Right hand, Golovkin.
05:35Another left.
05:36Hard left hook.
05:37Down goes Martin Orozion.
05:39He collapses.
05:405, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
05:48Second round knockout for Golovkin.
05:51I would have got disqualified.
05:52I would have got disqualified.
05:53I don't think Triple G should be disqualified for that.
05:56That was exactly like the punch that you got disqualified for.
06:00In his desire to score the knock
06:03was, if anything, overzealous.
06:05He's already down.
06:08And that neck finishing shot.
06:09Pretty close.
06:10I'll have to look at the replay
06:11to see whether Martin Orozion actually was on the canvas
06:16or was in the process of going down.
06:18I wouldn't DQ a fighter for that,
06:20nor should you have been DQ'd.
06:21I agree.
06:22But that is, but technically,
06:23I believe he hit him when he was down.
06:25We'll see.
06:28Either way, he's got a new knockout streak.
06:31One.
06:34Here's another look.
06:35Once again, the uppercut that caused the problem early.
06:38Hit him right on the chin with a beautiful uppercut.
06:40Doesn't get any better than that, Jim.
06:49Now you see him coming in for the attack.
06:51Overhand right over the top,
06:52which finally got caught with several times before.
06:55He comes back with a jab.
06:57Another jab.
06:59A good jab to set up the right hand again.
07:02Whether Martin Orozion actually was on the canvas
07:06or was in the process of going down.
07:08I wouldn't DQ a fighter for that,
07:09nor should you have been DQ'd.
07:10I agree.
07:11But that is, but technically,
07:12I believe he hit him when he was down.
07:14We'll see.
07:15Here's another look.
07:17Once again, the uppercut that caused the problem early.
07:19Hit him right on the chin with a beautiful uppercut.
07:21Doesn't get any better than that, Jim.
07:22Now you see him coming in for the attack.
07:23Overhand right over the top,
07:24which finally got caught with several times before.
07:27He comes back with a jab.
07:29Another jab.
07:30A big left hook,
07:31and that put Martin Orozion right there.
07:33Caught it by right hand,
07:34but Martin Orozion was out at that point.
07:35Another hook, boom,
07:37and now Martin Orozion wasn't that bad.
07:39I don't think his knee had reached the canvas,
07:41but the glove may have.
07:42Technically, he's down.
07:44If the ropes are holding you up, you're down.
07:46That's right.
07:47That was a clean knockout,
07:49even if it was a little messy at the end.
07:53Paul Jack Reese is one of the very best.
07:56Now, here's Reese.
07:59And Golovkin seems to let out a little air,
08:02relaxing finally.
08:04It's round number two.
08:06Referee Jack Reese reaches the count of ten
08:09for your winner.
08:10By KO victory, he is still
08:14unified middleweight champion of the world,
08:18Triple G!
08:20Gennady Gennadyevich!
08:23Gennadyevich Golovkin!
08:34First round wasn't his best.
08:36Second round was a wipeout.
08:38Ultimately, the result is what most ringside observers expected.
08:42An early-to-middle rounds knockout for Golovkin.
08:45Final CompuBox numbers, Golovkin closed the show,
08:48landing 11 of 15 power shots.
08:51His brilliant analysis of the power barrage
08:54that ultimately put Martirosyan away.
08:56He doubles Martirosyan in landed punches.
08:58He throws 11 more.
09:00He lands at a 43% overall connect rate.
09:04He reinforced his reputation as the number one jabber in the sport
09:08as he lands 16 out of 30 power shots, 53%.
09:12You know what we've told you over the years
09:14about a fighter who lands more than 50% of his power shots.
09:18He lands 20 jabs in less than two complete rounds again.
09:23I feel great. I've come back. I've come back.
09:26Gennady, Vanes came over to me a moment ago and said,
09:31that is the hardest puncher I've ever faced.
09:37Do you feel like you had your power back tonight?
09:41Why weren't you able to do this in your last two fights?
09:44Excuse me. Give me a chance. Just I want to first of all...
09:47Thank you very much.
09:49Thank you very much, my friends from Kazakhstan, my family,
09:53and, of course, my all fans of the world.
09:56Thank you very much. It's huge support.
09:59And, of course, yeah, Vanes, he is very good fighter.
10:02He punched me a couple of times, you know, just...
10:05After first round, this is serious business.
10:07This is serious fight.
10:09That's what it looked like. It looked like he got your attention
10:11at the end of the first round
10:13and you came out all business in the second.
10:16This is my second round is all business.
10:20First round, just I'm looking just his strategy
10:23because I know his team very good team.
10:25Attention at the end of the first round
10:27and you came out all business in the second.
10:30Absolutely. This is my second round is all business.
10:34First round, just I'm looking just his strategy
10:38because I know his team very good team.
10:40Congrats. And just, you know, just second round,
10:43this is true business.
10:45Given the date at which Canelo had to pull out
10:48of tonight's fight that was supposed to take place
10:51in Las Vegas...
10:54You had to come up with a last-minute replacement opponent.
10:58Vanes has a name. He's a good fighter.
11:00He's a known fighter. He has a pleasing style.
11:03So it's understandable that he's a replacement opponent.
11:06But now this fight is over.
11:09The middleweight division is chock full of opponents
11:12who suddenly seem willing to fight you.
11:15What do you want to happen now?
11:17I want everybody...
11:1915 power shots.
11:20Roy Jones with his brilliant analysis
11:22of the power barrage
11:24that ultimately put Martirosyan away.