World Boxing C'ships: Armenia’s Henrik Sargsyan starts with victory
Armenian athlete Henrik Sargsyan (91 kg) has started with a victory at the AIBA World Boxing Championships underway in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
In the first bout the Armenian boxer beat American Adrian Tillman to be qualified for the 1/8 finals, the National Olympic Committee's press service reported.
Of 8 boxers of the Armenia team left for the championship the struggle is still continued by Artur Hovhannisyan (52 kg), Hovhannes Bachkov (63 kg), Arman Darchinyan (75 kg) and super heavyweight Gurgen Hovhannisyan who will fight for reaching the semifinals.