Armenia’s Gurgen Hovhannisyan gains victory at start of European Boxing Championships

Armenia’s heavyweight boxer Gurgen Hovhannisyan won his first bout at the European Boxing Championships underway in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

As the Armenian National Olympic Committee told Panorama.am, the Armenian boxer defeated Vladan Babic from Serbia and made it through to the 1/8 finals.

Vladimir Margaryan (69 kg) and Narek Manasyan (91 kg) will begin competing today.