BAKU WILL SEE TWO ARMENIAN BOXERS COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER
Tert.am
26.04.10
World Junior Boxing Championship is starting today in the Azerbaijani
capital of Baku. The draw has already been conducted, and it is
already known whom the Armenian boxers will compete with.
There are six boxers in the Armenian team, but there are also Armenian
boxers who will participate in this championship on behalf of other
countries.
Koryun Soghomonyan (48kg) will compete with Nurbek Ablagov (Kyrgyzstan)
today. Should he defeat Ablagov, Soghomonyan will then compete with
the winner of Moris Ochieng (Kenya)- Charlie Edwards (England) couple.
Narek Abgaryan (51kg) will compete with Hesham Mahmud (Egypt) on
April 28.
Hovhannes Bachkov will fight with Edgaras Skurdelis (Lithuania)
in the 54 kg category.
Also today Karen Tonakanyan will in the 57 category compete with
Henry Thompson.
Among Armenians to compete today is also Hrayr Matevosyan (60kg). His
rival is Juan Karasko (Argentine).
Arthur Karajyan will in the 64 category fight against another Armenian
boxer, Araik Marutyan, who represents Germany.
Armen Simonyan, representing Ukraine will compete in the 91 category
with the Azerbaijani Haji-Baba Haji-Babaev, reports Armsport.am.