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    Emil Lazarian
  • 4 years ago
    • Categories: 2022

EUBC U22: Two Armenian boxers enter finals after wins over Azeri, Turkish opponents

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YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Two Armenian boxers entered the finals at the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championship in Croatia after defeating their opponents from Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Ruslan Aslikyan (57kg) and Artur Shakhpazyan (63,5kg) will fight for gold during the March 23 finals.

In the semi-finals, Aslikyan defeated Tahir Akkoyun of Turkey and made it to the finals, while Shakhpazyan scored a 4:1 victory over Jalal Gurbanov of Azerbaijan.

Shakhpazyan will face Turkey’s Ozmen Kerim while Ruslan Aslikyan will face Italy’s Michele Baldassi in the finals. 

In the women’s division, Armenian boxer Elida Kocharyan (60 kg) won bronze.

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