Boxer Andranik Hakobyan breaks through to world championship final

Armenian boxer Andranik Hakobyan breaks through to world championship
final
12.09.2009 09:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s Andranik Hakobyan bet Alfonso Blanco of
Venezuela during a men’s middleweight 75 kilogram semifinal world
boxing championship match on Friday.

Today, Hakobyan will fight Uzbekistan’s Abbos Atoyev for the
champion’s title.

Andranik Hakoyan is the only of 9 Armenian boxers who managed to
secure a medal for Armenia.

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