2/18 DAZN: Luis Nery vs. Azat Hovhannisyan

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Luis Nery vs. Azat Hovhannisyan Finalized For February 18​

BY RANDOM HITS
Published Wed Jan 25, 2023, 02:08 PM EST
Two of the most aggressive, forward-pressing super bantamweights in boxing will face off in a 12-round WBC Eliminator on Saturday, February 18.
Former two-division world champion Luis “Pantera” Nery (33-1, 25 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico will face Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan (21-3, 17 KOs) of Los Angeles by way of Yerevan, Armenia in a matchup where the winner will be one step closer to a coveted opportunity to fight for a world championship. The event, presented in association with Zanfer Boxing, is scheduled to take place at Fox Theater Pomona and will be broadcast worldwide on DAZN beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST/ 8:00 p.m. EST.
“I am ready for the next challenge and prove yet again that I am the best, super bantamweight in the world,” said Nery. “Azat Hovhannisyan is an experienced and high-quality opponent, but the reality is that I’m ranked number 1 by the WBC and if I win this fight I will be ready to challenge Stephen Fulton or Murodjon Akhmadaliev so they can no longer avoid me. See you on February 18, Luis Nery is here for the long haul."
Information on the undercard will be shared soon.
Nery represents the tough fighters that have come from the ranks of Tijuana, Mexico. The 28-year-old is a former two-division world champion with a nearly spotless record - his only blemish against Brandon Figueroa in May 2021 that saw him lose his WBA and WBC World Super Bantamweight titles. Since then, he has been on a vengeance to get back to the top, securing the WBC Silver and WBO Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight titles in his fight against Carlos Castro in February 2022 and then a third-round knockout against David Carmona in October 2022.
“I have a lot of respect for Luis,” said Hovhannisyan. “He’s a former world champion and a very talented fighter. I know I’m going to have to do everything I can to win.”
Hovhannisyan hails from Yerevan, Armenia and has steadily climbed the ranks to make a name for himself in his division. The 34-year-old “Crazy A” has earned the respect of the LA fight scene with his impressive, aggressive forward style. His last string of fights since challenging unsuccessfully for the WBC Super Bantamweight Championship title against Rey Vargas have all ended in knockout wins aside from a solid unanimous decision victory against Jose Santos Gonzalez in July 2021. Currently ranked No. 2 by the WBC, No.1 by the WBA, No.3 by the WBO and No. 4 by The Ring, Hovhannisyan is on the doorstep of another world championship opportunity.
“On February 18, you will see two hungry fighters who have been waiting for their chance at another opportunity to be at the top of their division,” said Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya. "You will see Hovhannisyan live up to his name as “Crazy A” and pull out all the stops against Nery in this title eliminator to get a step closer to becoming a world champion.”
"We are very excited to have Nery back in the United States this February 18,” said CEO of Zanfer Boxing Fernando Beltran. “This fight is a great challenge for Luis, but he is at the top of his game and has not stopped preparing. I am sure that Nery will show why he is one of the best fighters in his division and that he can beat anyone."

 

[Electric Ladyland]

Azat has been on a roll lately

its gonna be a good fight

 

[patscorpio]

Azat has been on a roll lately

its gonna be a good fight

im just surprised nery is on GB now

 

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Azat Hovhannisyan Expects All-Out War Against Luis Nery: 'He Better Not Be Overlooking Me'​

BY MANOUK AKOPYAN
Published Tue Feb 14, 2023, 10:23 AM EST
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Azat Hovhannisyan and Luis Nery had scheduled sparring sessions throughout the years that just never came to be while both fighters were trained by Freddie Roach in recent years.
Now, they will get to slug it out for real in a high-stakes, sink-or-swim fight this Saturday at the Fox Theater Pomona in California. The bout will be a 12-round WBC super bantamweight title eliminator and headline a Golden Boy card on DAZN.
The 34-year-old Armenian Hovhannisyan (21-3, 17 KOs) is a former world title challenger who is looking to catapult himself back into championship contention by beating the former two-division crownholder Nery (33-1, 25 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico.
Hovhannisyan is riding a seven-fight winning streak ever since his last loss against then WBC super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas in 2018.
“The question becomes who’s going to get hit first,” Hovhannisyan told BoxingScene.com in an interview. “The second either one of us gets clipped, it’s going to be a fight right away. I like to take my time and break down my opponents. But if he wants to initiate a fight I am not going to shy away from it. And Luis Nery is the same exact way. We both have balls of steel. I think within the first minute we will see who has the body and the chin to last. I expect a war within 30 seconds.
“He’s a tough guy who’s done good for himself. He spars with no head gear on. There is no question he loves to fight. We’re going to have a great all-out war. There’s been a lot of criticism as far as some of his professionalism in the past, but I cannot disrespect a man’s fighting spirit and what he brings in the ring.
“He better not be overlooking me. He’s in for a real fight.”
At the age of 28, “Pantera” Nery is looking to resurrect his career after past infractions around testing positive for a banned substance, missing weight several times, and suffering his only pro defeat against Brandon Figueroa in 2021 via seventh-round knockout.
Nery rebounded with a pair of wins last year, including a shaky split decision victory versus Carlos Castro.
In addition to Roach, Hovhannisyan has also been trained by the likes of Robert Garcia and Edmond Tarverdyan throughout the years. He’s now coached by Julian Chua at the Brickhouse Boxing Club.
Hovhannisyan said Chua has helped him become a more cerebral fighter.
“Julian has helped me slow down a little bit more,” said Hovhannisyan. “I don't have to be a warhorse. That fits my personal style a lot more. I can go 100 miles per hour and bulldoze an opponent but I feel a lot better when I'm fighting smarter with chess-like moves.”
Chua said Hovhannisyan “is an elite-level fighter who has all the materials you look for in a world champion.”
“Azat has had time to recover his body. He’s not dealing with the nagging injuries to his hand like he was before. We got that taken care of by the fantastic Dr. Shin. Now you’re going to see an even better Azat than ever before,” Chua told BoxingScene.com in an interview.
Chua said Nery’s biggest weakness is getting hit with straight right hands in the middle of exchanges, and they will look to exploit that.
“I don’t care if they know that,” said Chua, a former amateur boxer who currently trains Gilberto Ramirez, Joseph Diaz Jr, John "Scrappy" Ramirez and serves as an assistant coach to Stephen Fulton.
“Nery gets very wild when he is aggressive. There are a lot of moments where we can capitalize. But he’s a great champion. I’m looking forward to seeing Azat show up for this test. This is absolutely going to be a fight-of-the-year contender.”

 

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Shane Mosley Jr. vs. Mario Lozano on Nery-Hovhannisyan Card​

BY RANDOM HITS
Published Tue Feb 14, 2023, 10:08 PM EST
The undercard for Nery vs. Hovhannisyan has been finalized to support a main event matchup with potential “fight of the year” contender status written all over it. Former two-division world champion Luis “Pantera” Nery (33-1, 25 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan (21-3, 17 KOs) of Los Angeles by way of Yerevan, Armenia will fight in a 12-round WBC Super Bantamweight Title Eliminator match to get one step closer to a coveted opportunity to fight for a world championship.
The event, presented in association with Zanfer Boxing, is scheduled to take place at Fox Theater Pomona and will be broadcast worldwide on DAZN beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST/ 8:00 p.m. EST.
In the co-main event, Shane Mosley, Jr. (18-4, 10 KOs) will return to the ring after successfully defeating Gabe Rosado via majority decision last April 2022. Mosley, Jr. will fight in a 10-round super middleweight fight against Chihuahua, Mexico’s Mario “Aguila” Lozano (33-10, 24 KOs). Lozano is coming off of a long layoff after a valiant effort against Liam “Beefy” Smith in August 2019.
Also on the DAZN card, Ricardo “El Niño” Sandoval (20-2, 15 KOs) of Rialto will participate in a 10-round flyweight bout against Jerson Ortiz (17-6, 8 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua. Sandoval will be attempting to avenge his loss against David Jimenez last July 2022. Opening up the DAZN broadcast, Rowdy “Legend” Montgomery (8-4-1, 6 KOs) of Victorville will face Christian “Ruso” Olivas (22-8, 19 KOs) of San Ysidro in an eight-round super middleweight match.
For the Nery vs. Hovhannisyan preliminary bouts, Asa “Ace” Stevens (3-0, 1 KO) of Waianae, Hawaii will fight Cesar Sustaita (3-6, 3 KOs) of Chihuahua, Mexico in a four-round super bantamweight match. His Hawaiian counterpart, Dalis Kaleiopu (3-0, 3 KOs), also of Waianae will face Erick Garcia (4-3, 1 KO) of Guadalajara, Mexico in a four-round lightweight fight. Opening up the night, Odessa, Ukraine’s Andrii Novytski will make his pro-debut against Gabriel Costa (1-3) of Woburn, Missouri in a four-round heavyweight scrap.

 

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Nery vs. Hovhannisyan - Weigh-In Results From Pomona, California​

BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Fri Feb 17, 2023, 04:18 PM EST
Luis Nery and Azat Hovhannisyan are set for a dangerous fight though where the lucrative reward far outweighs the high risk.
Both boxers made weight for their scheduled twelve-round junior featherweight title eliminator. Tijuana’s Nery was right at the 122-pound divisional limit, while Hovhannisyan—an Armenian contender based out of Glendale, California—came in slightly under at 121.6 pounds for the DAZN main event Saturday evening from Fox Theater in Pomona, California.
The winner will become the WBC mandatory challenger to reigning WBC/WBO junior featherweight champion Stephen Fulton (21-0, 8KOs), who next faces three-division champ Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21KOs) later this spring.
Nery (33-1, 25KOs) previously held WBC titles at bantamweight and junior featherweight. Both reigns ended without a single successful defense. He left his WBC bantamweight title at the scales after blowing weight ahead of a knockout win over Shinsuke Yamanaka in their March 2018 rematch.
Five wins followed, including a twelve-round, unanimous decision over unbeaten countryman Aaron Alameda in their September 2020 vacant WBC junior featherweight title fight. Nery suffered his lone defeat one fight later, conceding the title to then-unbeaten Brandon Figueroa in May 2021. Two wins have followed, including a ten-round decision over undefeated Carlos Castro to move to the number-one position in the WBC junior featherweight rankings.
Hovhannisyan (21-3, 17KOs) is riding a seven-fight win streak since his lone career title challenge, a May 2018 points loss to then-undefeated WBC 122-pound titlist Rey Vargas. In his last start, the 34-year-old Hovhannisyan scored a second-round knockout of Dagoberto Aguero last April 9 in San Antonio, Texas.
In the co-feature, second-generation contender Shane Mosley Jr. (18-4, 10KOs) fights in his true hometown for the first time in his pro career, as he faces Mexico’s Mario Lozano (33-10, 24KOs).
Mosley—who now lives in Las Vegas and trains with former 122-pound champ Clarence ‘Bones’ Adams—was 167.4 pounds. Lozano—inactive since 2019 and who has lost his last two starts—checked in at 165.2 pounds for their scheduled 10-round middleweight contest.
The fight is the first for Mosley since a ten-round, split decision victory over Gabriel Rosado last April 9 in San Antonio, Texas. The 32-year-old middleweight—whose father Shane Mosley Sr. is a Hall of Fame former three-division champion—has won five of his last six starts since a points loss to Brandon Adams in the series finale of ‘The Contender’ boxing reality TV show.
DAZN main card, 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT
Ricardo Sandoval (20-2, 15KOs), Rialto, California, 111.8 pounds vs. Jerson Ortiz (17-6, 8KOs), Managua, Nicaragua, 111.6 pounds—10 rounds, flyweight
Rowdy Legend Montgomery (8-4-1, 6KOs), Victorville, California, 167.2 pounds vs. Cristian Olivas (22-8, 19KOs), San Ysidro, California via Mexicali, 167.6 pounds—8 rounds, super middleweight
Golden Boy YouTube, 6:10 p.m. ET/3:10 p.m. PT
Asa Stevens (3-0, 1KO), Waianae, Hawaii, 127 pounds vs. Jenn Gonzalez (9-16-1, 5KOs), Santa Tereza, Nicaragua, 129.8 pounds—4 rounds, junior lightweight
Andrii Novytskyi (pro debut), Hollywood, 232.2 pounds vs. Gabriel Costa (1-3, 0KOs), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 204.2 pounds—4 rounds, heavyweight

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

Guess they decided not to air the prelims

 

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Guess they decided not to air the prelims

It wasn't on the GB youtube?

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

It wasn't on the GB youtube?

Nope. Tried on my Xbox and phone

 

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that opener looks like a huge mismatch

 

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fun little fight so far

 

[TheNig]

Every time I see Gabe's name on a card I just

 

[TheNig]

Cuzz was gasping for air!!!

 

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mean body shot!!!

 

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Cuzz was gasping for air!!!

thats how you do it