Team Armenia finished the IBA-2025 World Championships with a record — five bronze medals

The Armenian national boxing team has completed its participation in the IBA-2025 World Championships. In Dubai, the Armenian team, represented by 13 athletes, won five bronze medals.

The medalists were: Rudolf Garboyan (51 kg), Artur Bazeyan (60 kg), Hovhannes Bachkov (67 kg), Rafael Hovhannisyan (86 kg), and Davit Chaloyan (+92 kg).

For Garboyan, Bazeyan, and Hovhannisyan, these were their first World Championship medals. Davit Chaloyan earned his second medal after winning silver in 2021, while Hovhannes Bachkov became a five-time World Championship bronze medalist.

In total, Armenian boxers earned 415,000 USD in prize money.

In terms of medal count, Team Armenia fully met expectations — five medals marked the best result in the history of independent Armenia. At the same time, at least two finalists were expected: both Hovhannes Bachkov and Davit Chaloyan came very close, having strong and even semifinal fights, but the judges awarded the victories to their opponents.

Results of Armenian boxers at the IBA-2025 World Championships

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48 kg — Baregam Harutyunyan
1/8: Harutyunyan vs. Tirapat Ethan (Thailand) — 4:1
1/4: Harutyunyan vs. Sahil Alakhverdovi (Georgia) — 2:5
Result: 1 win, 5th place, $10,000.

51 kg — Rudolf Garboyan
1/8: Garboyan vs. Armenio Reis (Portugal) — 5:0
1/4: Garboyan vs. Jovis Salfran (Puerto Rico) — 5:0
1/2: Garboyan vs. Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) — 0:5
Result: 2 wins, 3rd place, $75,000.

54 kg — David Egoryan
1/16: Egoryan vs. Francis Guillaume (Mauritius) — 5:0
1/8: Egoryan vs. Chandra Bahadur Thapa (Nepal) — 0:4
Result: 1 win, no prize money.

57 kg — Jirair Sargsyan
1/16: Sargsyan vs. Ben Sheikh Hassani (Comoros) — TKO
1/8: Sargsyan vs. Niven Chemban (Mauritius) — KO
1/4: Sargsyan vs. Khuzhanazar Nortozhiev (Uzbekistan) — 1:4
Result: 2 wins, 5th place, $10,000.

60 kg — Artur Bazeyan
1/16: Bazeyan vs. Abdul Karim Batili (Mali) — 5:0
1/8: Bazeyan vs. Ebenezer Ankra (Ghana) — 5:0
1/4: Bazeyan vs. Matvey Prokudins (Latvia) — 5:0
1/2: Bazeyan vs. Abdummalik Khalokov (Uzbekistan) — 0:5
Result: 3 wins, 3rd place, $75,000.

63.5 kg — Narek Hovhannisyan
1/16: Hovhannisyan vs. Shubham Kapil (India) — 4:1
1/8: Hovhannisyan vs. Omar Livaza (Kyrgyzstan) — 2:5
Result: 1 win, no prize money.

67 kg — Hovhannes Bachkov
1/16: Bachkov vs. Waisman Kavondo (Kenya) — TKO
1/8: Bachkov vs. Almaz Orozbekov (Kyrgyzstan) — 5:0
1/4: Bachkov vs. Vadim Vauchok (Belarus) — 5:0
1/2: Bachkov vs. Evgeny Kool (Russia) — 2:5
Result: 3 wins, 3rd place, $75,000.

71 kg — Ararat Harutyunyan
1/32: Harutyunyan vs. Alfino Caesar (Indonesia) — 5:0
1/16: Harutyunyan vs. Ablaykhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan) — 0:5
Result: 1 win, no prize money.

75 kg — Vakhtang Harutyunyan
1/16: Harutyunyan vs. Ankit Kumar (India) — KO
1/8: Harutyunyan vs. Faziddin Erkinboev (Uzbekistan) — 0:5
Result: 1 win, no prize money.

80 kg — Artush Hovhannisyan
1/16: Hovhannisyan vs. Brandon Ngon (Cameroon) — 4:1
1/8: Hovhannisyan vs. Zachary Brown (Australia) — 4:1
1/4: Hovhannisyan vs. Gazimagomed Jalidov (Spain) — 0:5
Result: 2 wins, 5th place, $10,000.

86 kg — Rafael Hovhannisyan
1/8: Hovhannisyan vs. Yan Zak (Israel) — 5:0
1/4: Hovhannisyan vs. Marlo Delgado (Ecuador) — 4:1
1/2: Hovhannisyan vs. Aleksei Aflfyorov (Belarus) — KO
Result: 2 wins, 3rd place, $75,000.

92 kg — Narek Manasyan
1/8: Manasyan vs. Leo Nicholson (Australia) — TKO
1/4: Manasyan vs. Emmanuel Reyes (Spain) — 2:5
Result: 1 win, 5th place, $10,000.

+92 kg — Davit Chaloyan
1/8: Chaloyan vs. Muhammad Abroridinov (Tajikistan) — 5:0
1/4: Chaloyan vs. Nurlan Saparbay (Kazakhstan) — 5:0
1/2: Chaloyan vs. Arman Makhanov (Uzbekistan) — 2:5
Result: 2 wins, 3rd place, $75,000.

The finals of the tournament will take place on December 13.