Arsen Goulamirian: Feroz The Meat Grinder Of Toulouse-The Cruiserweight Armenian Flamethrower.

I haven't seen much of him but he looks very strong, durable and he applies a lot of pressure and seems very difficult to discourage from doing so. Usyk and Gassiev will probably head on up to HW after the WBSS final so the division will be wide open again. I can't think of many CWs I'd have as favourites to beat him and I think he'll even probably be a tough nights work for the few I would. I need to see a bit more of him in action first but he looks a handful to me.

 

I think I'd favour him over Glowacki. I'd like to see a match up between him and Dorticos and I suspect there's a decent chance it could happen given how the Cuban is known to French fans after beating Kalenga over there. Vlasov vs Arsen is a great match up too.

BTW, Brit level = the elite of the elite level

 

Goulamirian who is the WBA interim champ should absolutely have been offered an invite to this season of the WBSS. Maybe he was and he declined for whatever reason but if he wasn't Kalle needs some of his blow confiscated by way of punishment.

Does anyone doubt he would've beaten Fayer and Tabiti had he been included in the tourney? I think he would've beaten Gevor (granted I've seen very little of him) too, and at the very least would give everyone else in the tourney very tough fights IMO.

Flanagan is a tough, gritty and competent boxer who seems to pack a fairly decent whack gave him a decent tussle.

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The French came out victorious against Australian Mark Flanagan, who threw in the towel in the 9th round. He keeps his WTA belt light-heavy.

Seven months after being crowned WBA lightweight heavyweight champion, Arsen Goulamirian kept his belt on Saturday at a Palais des Sports in Marseilles. His opponent, Australian Mark Flanagan, had only his bravery to oppose the French, winning by throwing in the towel at the 9 th recovery. A logical victory: the Australian had so far received 134 shots, against 54 for the Frenchman who saw his 24th victory in as many fights.

He dedicates his victory to Charles Aznavour

"I need three or four rounds to get into the fight," Goulamirian said. We knew it would be a tough opponent, but not so much. Respect, he cashed the shots, but I was very well trained. Before I was looking for the knockout, today I am trying to touch.

Of Armenian origin, Arsen Goulamirian dedicated his victory to Charles Aznavour.

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It would be a very good fight but to be perfectly honest I'd rather not see Masternak in another tough one for a while where he'll end up taking a lot of punishment again, especially considering the problems with double vision he's been dealing with since the Bellew fight which can't have been helped by all the heavy shots he took off Dorticos last night.

I thought he clearly won the first round but in the 2nd and 3rd it looked like Dorticos' considerable power was going to overwhelm him, that's one of the reasons why I have so much respect for him, because he was clearly feeling the weight off all those shots but he gritted it out to the end and put up a really commendable effort. A lot of fighters would've quit if they were in his position and they'd already had vision problems to contend with going into the fight.