On the threshold of his clash vs. WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog, WBO #1 Gennady Martirosyan has had a sparring session with the former IBF light middleweight world champion Roman Karamzin of Russia.

The boxer’s coach Vladimir Vidov said to be satisfied with every stage of Martirosyan’s training, involving runs, work-outs and sparring sessions.

“Current stage of training involves technical and tactical preparation. I’m overjoyed with the level of Gennady’s motivation. We’re coming to Krasnodar to win,” allboxing.ru quoted Vidov as saying.