Frank Martin light tank to face Artem Harutyunyan

FIGHT WEEK

Hot lightweight competitor Frank Martin will face off against Artem Harutyunyan in Las Vegas. Additionally, in Detroit, Alycia Baumgardner will defend her 130-pound title in a rematch with the only woman to beat her, Christina Linardatou.

FRANK MARTIN (17-0, 12 KOs) VS.
ARTEM HARUTYUNYAN (12-0, 7 KOs)

• Day: Saturday, July 15
• Time: 10pm ET / 7pm Pacific Time (main event follows)
• Where: International of Las Vegas
• television/stream: Showtime
• Assignment: Light weight (135 pounds)
• threatened: No main title
• the odds: Martin 10-1 favorite (multi-store average)
• Also on the card: Nonito Donaire vs Alexandro Santiago, bantamweight (for the vacant WBC title); Elvis Rodriguez vs Viktor Postol, junior weight class
• Guess: Martin KO 9
• Background: Martin is in the process of making his way into the top 135 pounder group. The talented 28-year-old from Indianapolis is about to have his biggest win yet, a decide on the previously undefeated Michel Rivera Last December in Las Vegas. He is ranked in the Top 7 by all four major sanctioning agencies, ranked 2nd by the WBA. Harutyunyan is a boxer from Germany who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. However, Martin represents a significant step forward in the opposition of the 32-year-old. And Harutyunyan, who lives in Hamburg, has never fought outside his country. He last fought in June last year, when he easily overcame Humberto Galindo in Hamburg.

ALYCIA BAUMGARDNER (14-1, 7 KOs) VS. CHRISTINA LINARDATOU (14-2, 6 KOs)

• Day: Saturday, July 15
• Time: 8pm ET / 5pm PT (main event after that)
• Where: Masonry Temple, Detroit
• television/stream: DAZN
• Assignment: Lightweight for kids (130 pounds)
• threatened: Baumgardner’s undisputed championship
• the odds: Baumgardner 8-1 favorite (multi-store average)
• Also on the card: Andy Cruz vs. Juan Carlos Burgos, lightweight; Jermaine Franklin versus Junior Anthony Wright, heavyweights; Marc Castro vs Gonzalo Fuenzalida, lightweight
• Guess: University of Baumgardner
• Background: Baumgardner will seek revenge for the loss to Linardatou, which happened 5 years ago. She won 6-0 and was still growing when the Greek boxer beat her by split decision in a 130-pound bout in 2018. Since then, Baumgardner won 8-0 and has grown One of the best female boxers in the world. The 29-year-old from Detroit had a breakout win last October, when she beat the previously undefeated Mikaela Mayer by a split decision to unify three of the four major 130-pound titles. After that, she easily replenished the empty WBA belt. pointed out Elhem Mekhaled on Feb. 4. It was her most recent fight. Linardatou followed up her win over Baumgardner by stopping Kandi Wyatt for six rounds to win the 140-pound belt and successfully defended it by passing Deanha Hobbs a few months later. She then lost the title to weightlifter Katie Taylor by a unanimous decision in November 2019. She fought once in early 2020 and then nearly 2 and a half years away from boxing. . She returned last July, defeating Aleksandra Vujovic, and hasn’t competed since.

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