Martirosyan destroys 41-year-old Lowry, retains WBC Silver junior middleweight crown

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WBC Silver junior middleweight champion Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) retained his World Boxing Council title on Saturday night, stopping his badly over-matched 41-year-old challenger Troy Lowry (28-12, 17 KO’s) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio bout at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Martirosyan, 25, knocked the journeyman Lowry down twice in the fight, once in the 1st with a left to the midsection, and the final time in the 3rd with a chopping right to the head, to get a 3rd round TKO stoppage.

Lowry came into the fight having lost 10 out of his last 14 fights, including three out of his last four fights. It’s more than sad that Martirosyan, ranked #1 WBC, #4 WBO, #12 IBF, is still fighting this caliber of a fighter after seven years as a pro. It looks as if his promoters just aren’t comfortable with matching him against better fighters for some reason. Having seen Martirosyan beat Kassim Ouma by a questionable decision in January 2010, and also seen his unimpressive recent outing against Saul Roman last June, I can’t say I’m all that surprised. Martirosyan’s trainer Freddie Roach hasn’t made a lot of progress with teaching him things. Martirosyan can punch but he gets hit cleanly and is very vulnerable on defense. He does well against the Lowry types, but struggles when he’s put in with a little better.

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