Armen Zakaryan

Armen Zakaryan
Personal information
Born Armenia
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Boxing
Event(s) Light Welterweight
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Eindhoven Box Cup
2016 Eindhoven Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
2013 Minsk Light Welterweight

Armen Zakaryan (Armenian: Արմեն Զաքարյան, Russian: Армен Закарян) is an Armenian-born[2] Russian amateur boxer.

Career

Zakaryan won gold at the Russian National Boxing Championship in November 2012.[3] He won a gold medal at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships.[4]

On January 31, 2015, he became the AIBA Pro Boxing world champion in his weight category by defeating Artem Harutyunyan, in a closely fought game. Zakaryan won five out of the eight rounds.[5] However, in September 2015, he lost the Championship bout to Artem Harutyunyan, in an even more close game. Harutyunyan was declared the winner by split decision of the judges after 12 rounds of boxing.[6]

In 2016 Artem Zakaryan won a gold medal in the Eindhoven Box Cup 2016[7] in the Netherlands. In the quarterfinals he won against British Royal Navy boxer Luke Fisher (England) by split decision. The semi-finals he saw a unanimous win over Ben Rees Davies (England). In the final Zakaryan won by KO over Indonesia's Kennedy Pattinama.

References

  1. ↑ "Armen Zakaryan - AIBA Profile".
  2. ↑ "First Golds for Russia at Euro Boxing Champs". RIANOVOSTI. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "21.Russian National Championships - Syktyvkar - November 12-20 2012". Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "40.European Championships Palace of Sport, Minsk, Belarus June 1-8, 2013". Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Jim McGrady (31 January 2015). "Five More Champions Crowned as AIBA Pro Progresses". The Boxing Tribune.
  6. ↑ "APB championships: Mihai Nistor pulls off big upset, TKOs Erik Pfeifer". ProBoxing-Fans.com. 22 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Eindhoven Box Cup - Eindhoven, The Netherlands - May 14-16 2016". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2016-08-14.

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