Ex-WBO champion Arthur Grigoryan to fight againFebruary 17, 2009 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ex-WBO lightweight champion Arthur Grigoryan, who finished his career in 2004, will be fighting at 25th Anniversary Show of Universum Promotion Company. Arthur Grigoryan will rival Bulgaria's Kirkor Kirkorov in a six-round match.World Boxing champions Suzy Ketikyan, Ina Menzer, Alesia Graf and Regina Halmich will adopt unusual roles of ring card girls to announce the start of rounds. Grigoryan, who'll become 42 this year, carried the belt of WBO Champion from 1996 to 2004. Arthur is an Uzbek boxer of Armenian descent. He was an amateur competition champion at Goodwill Games in Seattle, won a silver medal at 1991 World Boxing Championship and was awarded with USSR Honored Master of Sports title. He came out victorious against such famous professionals as Leonardo Dorin and Shane Mosley. During his professional career, he had 37 winning combats, losing only once - to Brazilia's unbeatable Acelino Freitas. After termination of his sports career Artur Grigoryan stayed at Universum Company in the capacity of a coach. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |