With the Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) rematch off the table until at least September, unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) finally has his new opponent for May 5th.
It was announced on Wednesday that the Kazakh star will face Armenia’s Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The fight will be broadcast on HBO instead of HBO PPV, and undercard action featuring the return of Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-2, 38 KOs), as well as women’s boxing pound-for-pound standout Cecilia Braekhus (32-0, 9 KOs) is set to air on HBO Latino.