European Games champions Artur Hovhannisyan at 52 kg and Hovhannes Bachkov at 63 kg started with a victory the World Boxing Championship underway in Yekaterinburg.
Artur Hovhannisyan at 52 kg won 5:0 Netherland’s Mohammad Algharaghil in the 1/16 final and qualified for the 1/8 final.
Hovhannes Bachkov at 63 kg gained advantage 4:1 over Thailand’s Somchai Vongsuvan and reached the 1/8 final too.
On September 14 Arman Darchinyan at 75 kg will spend his second bout.