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Unbeaten welterweight Gor Yeritsyan (11-0, 10 KOs) made his U.S.A. debut a successful one with a sixth round stoppage over Derion Chapman (3-5-1, 2 KOs) on Friday night at the Burbank Marriott, in Burbank, CA. Yeritsyan, a 24-year-old hailing from Yerevan, Armenia, had all his previous fights in Russia but was in good company for his American debut with Freddy Roach and former U.S. Olympian, Vanes Martirosyan, working his corner.
In Russia, Yeritsyan had been facing higher level opponents than Chapman, including former world title challenger Ali Funeka, and was originally scheduled to face Amir Khan conqueror Breidis Prescott, but the fight fell through days ago requiring the last minute replacement of Chapman.
Yeritsyan was all business from the opening bell, ignoring the taunts and clowning around of Chapman. With a chant of “Gor, Gor, Gor!!!” from his fans in attendance, Yeritsyan was the hunter and Chapman was the prey. Chapman was able to make it through the first three rounds without heavy damage but Yeritsyan was in command of the fight. In the fourth round, however, Yeritsyan would drop Chapman and he’d drop him again in the fifth round of the scheduled six round fight.
Between the fifth and sixth round, Chapman’s corner informed the referee that their fighter had seen enough and the bout was waved off making Yeritsyan the knockout winner at 3:00 of the sixth round. Yeritsyan clearly established himself as a welterweight with a lot of promise. He will likely be back to a much higher caliber opponent next time around and has the potential to become a very welcome addition to the American fight scene. With Roach and Martirosyan on his team, the sky is the limit for the very talented Yeritsyan.