WORLD BOXING COUNCIL Jose Sulaimán WBC ETERNAL PRESIDENT (+) Mauricio Sulaimán WBC PRESIDENT WBC STATS WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE STUBHUB CENTER CARSON, CALIFORNIA, USA MAY 5, 2018 TV: HBO & HBO LATINO / CANAL SPACE / PANAMA RPC CHANNEL 4 / TELEVISA / TV AZTECA THIS WILL BE WBC’S 2004 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FIGHT IN THE FIFTY- FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF THE WBC GGG PROMOTIONS & TOM LOEFFLER, PRESENT: GENNADY GOLOVKIN VANES MARTIROSYAN (KAZAKHSTAN) (ARMENIA) WBC CHAMPION WBC Challenger/ no. 1 - SW Nationality: Kazakhstan Nationality: Armenia Date of Birth: April 8, 1982 Date of Birth: May 1, 1986 Birthplace: Karaganda, Kazakhstan Birthplace: Abovyan, Armenia Residence: Los Angeles, California Residence: Glendale, California Alias: ‘GGG’ Alias: Nightmare Record: 37-0-1, 33 KO’S Record: 36-3-1, 21 KO’S KO’S %: 87% KO’S %: 53% Age: 36 Age: 32 Guard: Orthodox Guard: Orthodox Total rounds: 184 Total rounds: 224 World title fights: 19 (19-0-1) WBC titles: SILVER / NABF Manager: Tom Loeffler Manager: Promoter: K2 Promotions Promoter: Don King WBC´S MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONS NAME PERIODO CHAMPION 1. DICK TIGER (NIGERIA) 1963 2. JOEY GIARDELLO (US) 1963 - 1965 3. DICK TIGER (NIGERIA) * 1965 - 1966 4. EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRG. ISLAND) 1966 - 1967 5. NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) 1967 6. EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRG. ISLANDS) * 1967 - 1968 7. NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) * 1968 - 1970 8. CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) 1970 - 1974 9. RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) 1974 - 1976 10. CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) * 1976 - 1977 11. RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) * 1977 - 1978 12. HUGO CORRO (ARGENTINA) 1978 - 1979 13. VITO ANTUOFERMO (ITALY) 1979 - 1980 14. ALAN MINTER (GB) 1980 15. MARVIN HAGLER (US) 1980 - 1987 16. RAY LEONARD (US) 1987 17. THOMAS HEARNS (US) 1987 - 1988 18. IRAN BARKLEY (US) 1988 - 1989 19. ROBERTO DURAN (PANAMA) 1989 20. JULIAN JACKSON (VIRG. ISLAND) 1990 - 1993 21. GERALD MCCLELLAN (US) 1993 - 1995 22. JULIAN JACKSON (VIRG. ISLANDS) * 1995 23. QUINCY TAYLOR (US) 1995 - 1996 24. KEITH HOLMES (US) 1996 - 1998 25. HASSINE CHERIFI (FRANCE) 1998 - 1999 26. KEITH HOLMES (US) * 1999 - 2001 27. BERNARD HOPKINS (US) 2001 - 2005 28. JERMAIN TAYLOR (US) 2005 -2007 29. KELLY PAVLIK (US) 2007 - 2010 30. SEBASTIAN ZBIK (GERMANY) INTERIM 2009 - 2011 31. SERGIO GABRIEL MARTINEZ (ARGENTINA) 2010 32. JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. (MEXICO) 2011 - 2012 33. SERGIO GABRIEL MARTINEZ (ARGENTINA) * 2012 – 2014 34. MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO (MEXICO) INTERIM 2014 35. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (KAZAKHSTAN) INTERIM 2014 - 2016 36. MIGUEL COTTO (P. RICO) 2014 – 2015 37. SAUL ALVAREZ (MEXICO) 2015 - 2016 38. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (KAZAKHSTAN) * 2016 - * RECONQUERED WBC´S MIDDLEWEIGHT TOP TEN CHAMPIONS 1. RAY LEONARD (US) 2. BERNARD HOPKINS (US) 3. CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) 4. MARVIN HAGLER (US) 5. NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) 6. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (KAZAKHSTAN) 7. EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRGIN ISLANDS) 8. GERALD MCCLELAN (US) 9. SERGIO MARTINEZ (ARGENTINA) 10. RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC 29 WORLD CHAMPIONS RECOGNIZED BY THE WBC OF WHICH 7 HAVE REGAINED THEIR TITLE: DICK TIGER (NIGERIA) TWICE EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRG. IS.) TWICE NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) TWICE CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) TWICE RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) TWICE JULIAN JACKSON (VIRG. IS.) TWICE KEITH HOLMES (US) TWICE SERGIO GABRIEL MARTINEZ (ARG) TWICE 116 WORLD TITLE BOUTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC 74 TITLE FIGHTS OF WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN UNITED STATES IN THE WBC HISTORY WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUTS BY COUNTRY IN WBC HISTORY USA 74 ITALY 8 MONACO 7 FRANCE 6 GERMANY 4 ARGENTINA 4 ENGLAND 4 MEXICO 2 COLOMBIA 2 YUGOSLAVIA 1 SPAIN 1 PUERTO RICO 1 NIGERIA 1 DENMARK 1 TOTAL 116 WBC TITLE FIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA STATE IN THE WBC HISTORY 208 WORLD TITLE FIGHTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN CALIFORNIA STATE IN THE WBC HISTORY 6 TITLE FIGHTS IN THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN CALIFORNIA STATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC AND THIS WILL BE THE 209 WBC TITLE FIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA STATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC FIGHTS BY DIVISION IN CALIFORNIA STATE IN THE WBC HISTORY BANTAM 28 SUPERBANTAM 24 WELTER 20 SUPERFEATHER 20 FEATHER 19 LIGHT 18 SUPERLIGHT 14 LT. FLY 12 SUPERWELTER 11 SUPERFLY 11 HEAVY 7 MIDDLE 6 LT. HEAVY 5 SUPERMIDDLE 4 FLY 4 CRUISER 3 STRAW 2 TOTAL FIGHTS 208 .