Sports: Armenia’s Rafael Hovhannisyan is in the final

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Armenia –

Armenia has the first participant in the final of the European Boxing Championship.

Rafael Hovhannisyan, the first Armenian participant to enter the ring on the 6th day of the European Championships in Yerevan, competed in the 86 kg weight category semifinals with Poland’s Tomasz Niedzwiecki and celebrated a brilliant victory, securing at least a silver medal.

In all three rounds, the referees awarded the victory to the representative of Armenia.

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Emil Lazarian

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