Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov competing in the 63 weight category has qualified for the semifinals at the World Boxing Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia. As the National Olympic Committee reported, the acting European champion defeated De Los Santos of the Dominican Republic 5:0.

Another representative of Armenia Hovhannes Bachkov competing in the 63 weight category won the bout against the representative of Columbia and qualified for quarterfinals.

Other representatives of Armenia Artur Hovhannisyan (52 kg) and Arman Darchinyan (75kg) suffered defeats from Kazakh boxers at the quarterfinals and dropped out the competition.