Artyom Simonyan (Armenian: Արտյոմ Սիմոնյան, born December 27, 1975, in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian amateur boxer.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Boxing | ||
Representing  Armenia
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| European Championships | ||
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1998 Minsk | Featherweight |
| World Cup | ||
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1998 Beijing | Featherweight |
Amateur career edit
Simonyan won a silver medal at the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the featherweight division[1] and a bronze medal at the 1998 Boxing World Cup in the featherweight division.[2][3]
Professional career edit
Simonyan amassed a record of 13-0-1 (7 KO) from 2000 to 2003 and won the USBA Super Bantamweight title. He then won an IBF Super Bantamweight Title Eliminator and challenged Israel Vázquez for the IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Simonyan lost via fifth round technical knockout. He later retired with a record of 15-3-2 (7 KO).
References edit
- ^ "32.European Championships - Minsk, Belarus - May 17-24 1998". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Artyom SIMONYAN". www.sportenote.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ "8.World Cup - Beijing, China - June 1998". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
External links edit
- Boxing record for Artyom Simonyan from BoxRec (registration required)
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