Arsen Goulamirian is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on October 4, 1987 in Armenia, France. Goulamirian displayed the Regular WBA cruiserweight belt in Marseille on July 20, 2019 without fighting Lebedev.
In February 2019, Goulamirian’s promoter Sébastien Acariès lost a purse bid against Don King, Shumenov’s promoter. King won after submitting a winning bid of $821,000, for the proposed WBA “Regular” cruiserweight title fight between titleholder Beibut Shumenov and interim champion Arsen Goulamiriam in Kazakhstan sometime in May. When asked about the fight King said “I’m excited about the prospect of Shumenov returning home to defend his title and meet both the outgoing and the new President of his country. I’m planning to put together another great Don King Productions extravaganza. It will be a night of boxing that Kazakhstan and the United States will not forget.”
The WBA changed the status of Goulamirian to Regular to Interim after Beibut Shumenov, the champion of the past, returned from an eye injury to regain his Regular WBA cruiserweight title by beating Turkish Hizni Altunkaya , on July 7, 2018.
On the 20th of October, Goulamirian defended his Interim title for the first time in a fight against his opponent Australian Mark Flanagan in Marseille, France. Flanagan’s corner threw in a towels in the 9th round, after two falls. Goulamirian ended up keeping his title after the ninth round’s TKO.
On June 2019, The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee called for the Purse bid to grant the promotional rights of the Cruiserweight division, between the Super Champion, Denis Lebedev and the Regular Champion, Arsen Goulamirian. But the auction was suspended because both sides reached an agreement to finalize the fight. In July 2019, the Lebedev vs Goulamirian fight collapsed, as Denis Lebedev decided to retire on aged 39.
