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Artyom Simonyan

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Artyom Simonyan
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Armenia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Minsk Featherweight
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Beijing Featherweight

Artyom Simonyan (Armenian: Արտյոմ Սիմոնյան, born December 27, 1975, in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian amateur boxer.

Amateur career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "32.European Championships - Minsk, Belarus - May 17-24 1998". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Artyom SIMONYAN". www.sportenote.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ^ "8.World Cup - Beijing, China - June 1998". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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