Armenia secures first medal: boxer Hovhannes Bachkov reached semi-finals of World Boxing Championships

Armenia’s Hovhannes Bachkov secured at least bronze and entered the semi-finals in the light welterweight division at the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships 2023 in Tashkent after his 5:0 quarter-final win over Colombia’s Jose Manuel Viafara Fori.

Aside from a highly successful amateur career (three-time bronze medalist of the World Boxing Championships, three-time champion of Europe and a bronze medalist of the 32nd Summer Olympics), Bachkov went pro in 2020 and is so far undefeated with 5 wins, 4 of which by way of knock-out. He is fighting in the super lightweight division as a professional.