Gennady Martirosyan
Gennady Martirosyan is a Russian-based Armenian professional boxer. He held the WBO European middleweight title, as well as being a contender for the WBO World middleweight title, losing against Dmitry Pirog.
Pro
Martirosyans debut came on 30 September 2005. In November 2008, 15 fights and 14 wins later, he won his first title match, beating Alexey Chirkov for the Vacant Russian Middleweight title in Saint Petersburg.In his next fight, on 20 February 2009, Martirosyan knocked out Thailand's Kiatchai Singwancha for the PABA middleweight title. In April he successfully defended this title with a unanimous decision victory over Vedran Akrap.
on June 27, 2009 he faced his biggest challenge yet in fighting the undefeated future interim champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam. After going down in the third round but recovering, Martirosyan was knocked out in the tenth round and registered his second defeat.
Back in St Petersburg and a recovery win later, Martirosyan fought for the vacant WBO European middleweight title. He was successful, on October 31, 2009 he stopped Miguel Angel Pena by 5th-round TKO.
Martirosyan spent 2010 defending his title. After knockout wins over Aziz Daari and Vitor Sa, he became WBOs number one ranked middleweight contender.
This of course finally meant the chance to face Dmitry Pirog to become world champion. The battle took place on September 25, 2011 in Krasnodar and would be the second to last fight for both fighters. They fought for ten rounds, with Pirog leading and Martirosyan cut badly. Martirosyan could not come out of his corner for the 11th and the bout was stopped with Pirog victorious.
In 2017, after four years of inactivity, Martirosyan made a comeback, defeating Georgian Nikolozi Tasidis Gviniashvili by decision in Germany.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 33 | Loss | 26–7 | Orkhan Gadzhiev | TKO | 3 | 20 Sep 2022 | USC Soviet Wings, Moscow, Russia | |
| 32 | Loss | 26–6 | Edgard Moskvichev | UD | 10 | 11 Jun 2021 | Vegas City Hall, Krasnogorsk, Russia | For vacant WBA Asia middleweight title |
| 31 | Loss | 26–5 | Ibrahim Guemes | TKO | 6, 0:46 | 16 Nov 2019 | Sartory Säle, Cologne, Germany | For vacant IBF Mediterranean middleweight title |
| 30 | Loss | 26–4 | Fouad El Massoudi | SD | 10 | 27 Oct 2018 | Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Artem Karasev | UD | 6 | 19 Aug 2018 | Korston Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Artem Karpets | PTS | 6 | 11 Nov 2017 | Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany | |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Nikolozi Gviniashvili | UD | 6 | 30 Jun 2017 | Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany | |
| 26 | Win, | 23–3 | Omar Marabayev | UD | 6 | 2 Nov 2013 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 25 | Loss | 22–3 | Dmitry Pirog | RTD | 10, 3:00 | 25 Sep 2011 | Olimp, Krasnodar, Russia | For WBO middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Antonio Valentín Ochoa | TKO | 6, 2:42 | 16 Apr 2011 | Typhoon Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 23 | Win | 21–2 | Vítor Sá | TKO | 3, 2:42 | 29 Oct 2010 | Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Retained WBO European middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | Aziz Daari | RTD | 10, 3:00 | 27 Feb 2010 | Atmosphere Night Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Retained WBO European middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | Miguel Ángel Peña | TKO | 5, 2:33 | 31 Oct 2009 | Gladiator Fight Club, Saint Petersburg, Rusisa | Won inaugural WBO European middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Leonti Vorontsuk | TKO | 1, 2:20 | 18 Sep 2009 | Gladiator Fight Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 19 | Loss | 17–2 | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | KO | 10 | 27 Jun 2009 | La Palestre, Le Cannet, France | |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Vedran Akrap | UD | 10 | 24 Apr 2009 | Atmosphere Night Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Retained WBA-PABA middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Kiatchai Singwancha | KO | 9, 1:18 | 20 Feb 2009 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Won vacant WBA-PABA middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Alexey Chirkov | RTD | 3, 3:00 | 27 Nov 2008 | Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Won vacant Russian middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Attila Kovács | UD | 10 | 4 Oct 2008 | PetersburgRegionGaz, Vyborg, Russia | |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Steven Conway | UD | 8 | 5 Jul 2008 | León, Province of León, Spain | |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Emanuel González | MD | 10 | 12 Apr 2008 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Kai Kauramaki | TKO | 1, 2:38 | 1 Mar 2008 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Jairo Álvarez | UD | 8 | 4 Oct 2007 | Galdiator Fight Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Deniss Aleksejevs | RTD | 3, 3:00 | 21 Jun 2007 | Gladiator Fight Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Tagir Rzaev | UD | 8 | 3 May 2007 | Gladiator Fight Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Dmitri Protkunas | UD | 6 | 16 Mar 2007 | Kuopio Hall, Kuopio, Finland | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Ruslan Semenov | UD | 8 | 10 Feb 2007 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Andrei Staliarou | KO | 2 | 18 Nov 2006 | Petrodvorets, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russia | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Andrey Tylilyuk | UD | 6 | 12 Oct 2006 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Ruslan Akhmedzanov | UD | 4 | 18 May 2006 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Islam Yasupov | UD | 4 | 22 Mar 2006 | Giant Hall Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Ruslan Yakupov | TKO | 4 | 24 Dec 2005 | SKK Energetik, Sosnovy Bor, Russia | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Vladimir Zavgorodniy | TKO | 2 | 30 Sep 2005 | Ice Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia |