World Boxing Champion Misha Aloyan seeks to change name
October 22, 2011 – 12:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Misha Aloyan, Baku-hosted AIBA World Boxing
Championships’ gold winner, will apply to registry to change his name
to Mikhail.The 23-year-old Armenia-born Yezidi said it’s traditional
among his people to give diminutive names to children (Misha
diminutive to Mikhail).
The boxer confessed to having gained much experience over the last
years, intending to use all he leant to gain gold at 2012 London
Olympics, sport-express.ru reported.
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