IBA Boxing World Championship 2025 Draw Held: All Tournament Brackets

On December 3, in Dubai (UAE), the official draw for the 2025 IBA Boxing World Championship took place. The tournament will kick off on December 4. All brackets for the 13 weight categories have been published.

The men’s IBA World Championship 2025 will run until December 13. Team Armenia has registered athletes in all 13 weight categories. The main news of the day was the return of Olympic medalist Hovhannes Bachkov to the ring — he will compete in the 67 kg category, replacing Armen Mashkaryan. Earlier it was reported that Bachkov would skip the tournament, but the situation changed in favor of the athlete and the team.

First opponents of Armenia’s national boxing team

48 kg (Round of 16)
Baregam Harutyunyan (Armenia) — Tan (Thailand)

51 kg (Round of 16)
Rudolf Garboyan (Armenia) — Zeleki (Ethiopia) / Santush dos Reis (Portugal)

54 kg (Round of 16)
David Egoryan (Armenia) — Saken Bibossynov (Kazakhstan)

57 kg (Round of 32)
Jirair Sargsyan (Armenia) — Ben Sheikh (Comoros)

60 kg (Round of 32)
Artur Bazeyan (Armenia) — Roka Magar (Nepal) / Batili (Mali)

63.5 kg (Round of 32)
Narek Hovhannisyan (Armenia) — Shubham (India)

67 kg (Round of 32)
Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) — Nwate (Kenya)

71 kg (Round of 64)
Ararat Harutyunyan (Armenia) — Caesar (Indonesia)

75 kg (Round of 64)
Vahtang Harutyunyan (Armenia) — Adamu (Niger)

80 kg (Round of 32)
Artush Hovhannisyan (Armenia) — Ngon (Cameroon)

86 kg (Round of 16)
Rafael Hovhannisyan (Armenia) — Zak (Israel) / dos Santush Rodrigues (Portugal)

92 kg (Round of 32)
Narek Manasyan (Armenia) — Shuster (Cook Islands)

+92 kg (Round of 16)
David Chaloyan (Armenia) — Muhammad Abroriddinov (Tajikistan)

Results of the IBA World Championship 2025 Draw: All Tournament Brackets