The Armenian Boxing Federation has received security guarantees from the Azerbaijani side for the participation of the Armenian team at the World Championships, to be held from September 22 to October 10 in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, the Internet portal Panarmenian.net reports, with reference to the Armenian national team coach Rafael Mehrabian.
It will be one of the few visits of Armenian athletes to Baku, as Armenia and Azerbaijan are in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. It is reported that the Armenian boxers will travel to the capital of Azerbaijan on September 21.
"At the moment we are training in Abovyan, and fees will end on September 20. The boxers are in decent physical shape and will do everything for a good performance," Mehrabian said.
The national team of Armenia will be sending Hovhannes Danielian (weight category up to 49 kilograms), Hovhannes Bochkov (56 kg), Vladimir Sarukhanyan (60 kg), Hrachik Javakhyan (64 kg), Samvel Matevosyan (up to 69 kg) ,Andranik Hakobyan (75 kg), Artur Khachatryan (81 kg) and Armen Simonian (over 91 kg).
The upcoming World Championship is a rated one, so the top eight boxers will go through to the Olympic Games in London in 2012.
