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    Emil Lazarian
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Sports: Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bakhchov knocks out Turkish opponent in first round

News.am, Armenia
April 9 2021

Two-time European boxing champion, bronze medalist of the world championship, senior player of the Armenia national boxing team Hovhannes Bachkov (64 kg category) outscored Ukraine’s representative, Turkish boxer Binali Shakhmandarov during the second duel held in the professional ring.

During the #MTKFightNight held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Bachkov knocked out his opponent in the first round.

The boxer’s first duel in the professional ring was held at Rotunda Rumble IV on October 9, 2020 in Dubai where, by the unanimous decision of the referees, Bachkov won 32-year-old Venezuelan Samuel Gonzalez.

Bachkov had dedicated his first victory to Armenian soldiers.

In July 2020, Bachkov signed a three-year contract with MTK Global. According to the contract, alongside his performance in the professional ring, Europe’s two-time champion will also train for the rating tournaments of Tokyo 2020.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS