On May 5, 2018, a 32-year-old Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA (Super) and WBC title held by 36-year-old Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs).
Martirosyan came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 11 months, and 14 days. Golovkin was on a 0-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 19 days.
Gennady Golovkin made very easy work of Vanes Martirosyan, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. Golovkin improves his record to 38-0-1 (34 KOs), while Martirosyan adds a loss to his record at 36-4-1.
On May 21, 2016, Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara met again in a rematch.
Martirosyan came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 9 days. Lara was on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 26 days.
Erislandy Lara defeated Vanes Martirosyan via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA super-welterweight title. Lara improves his record to 23-2-2, while Martirosyan adds a loss to his record at 36-3-1.
On March 28, 2015, a 28-year-old Vanes Martirosyan (35-1-1, 21 KOs) and a 24-year-old American boxer Jermell Charlo (25-0, 11 KOs) met in the ring.
Martirosyan came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 24 days. Charlo was on a 25-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 15 days.
Jermell Charlo defeated Vanes Martirosyan via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Charlo improves his record to 26-0, while Martirosyan adds a loss to his record at 35-2-1.
On November 9, 2013, 27-year-old Vanes Martirosyan (33-0-1, 21 KOs) and 25-year-old Demetrius Andrade (19-0, 13 KOs) fought for the vacant WBO super-welterweight title.
Martirosyan came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days. Andrade was on a 19-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 19 days.
Demetrius Andrade defeated Vanes Martirosyan via split decision . Andrade improves his record to 20-0, while Martirosyan adds a loss to his record at 33-1-1.