2nd INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT OF ARMENIAN BOXING GREAT DEVOTEE, EDVARD ARISTAKESIAN, STARTS IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
Sep 3, 2007
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The second international tournament
of the great devotee of Armenian boxing school, USSR honored coach,
Edvard Aristakesian, started on September 2 at Yerevan’s Dinamo
training ground. 71 sportsmen from Krasnodar, Tbilisi, Samara, and
different Armenian towns take part in the tournament.
Aristakesian’s sister and son, Nora and Ruben Aristakesians,
were present at the ceremony of tournament’s official
opening. The competitions are dedicated to Aristakesian’s 85th
birth anniversary. The great sportsman has trained many talented
boxers. Vladimir Yengibarian among them has become an Olympic Games
champion.
Competitions of the tournament’s preliminary stage are being held at
present. The tournament will finish on September 5.