Armenian representative Artur Hovhannisyan (52 kg) has reached the quarterfinal of the World Boxing Championship underway in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

In the 1/8 final Hovhannisyan defeated 5:0 Azerbaijani Masud Yusifzada and qualified for the quarterfinal.
Hovhannes Bachkov at 63 kg has also qualified for the quarterfinal. He won Columbia’s representative.
Of 8 boxers of the Armenia team left for the Championship the struggle is still continued by Arman Darchinyan (75 kg), Henrikh Sargsyan (91 kg) and super heavyweight Gurgen Hovhannisyan.