Armenian representative Henrikh Sargsyan (91 kg) has launched with a victory the World Boxing Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
In the first bout the Armenian boxer won American Adrian Tillman and qualified for the 1/8 finals.
Of 8 boxers of the Armenia team left for the Championship the struggle is still continued by Artur Hovhannisyan (52 kg), Hovhannes Bachkov (63 kg), Arman Darchinyan (75 kg) and super heavyweight Gurgen Hovhannisyan who will fight for reaching the semifinals.