Only 3 out of 9 Armenian boxers make it to 1/8 finalsSeptember 7, 2009 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In 1/8 finals of Milan World Championship Armenia will be represented by 3 boxers only: Hovhannes Danielyan (48 kg), Azat Hovhannesyan (57 kg) and Andranik Hakobyan (75kg). Hovhannes Danielyan (48 kg), unlike other representatives of Armenian team, entered the field in 1/16 finals, beating Harry Tanamor of Philippines 11:3. Azat Hovhannesyan have been fighting twice, defeating Hektor Mansania of Venezuela in 1/32 finals and Jitis Vaitkus of Lithuania in 1/16 finals. Andranik Hakobyan made it to 1/8 finals, having beaten Iraqi boxer Abdulrid Vahid and Swedish boxer Naim Terbunja. In 1/8 finals Danielyan will combat against South African boxer Lebogang Pilane, Hovhannesyan will rival Alessio Di Savino of Italy and Hakobyan fight against Irish boxer Darren O'Neal on September 7 and 8. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |