David Ayrapetyan
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David Valeryevich Ayrapetyan ' onMouseout='HidePop("54880")' href="/topics/Baku">Baku
) is a Russian-Armenian amateur boxer. He is best known for having won the European title at light flyweight in 2006, and a silver medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
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at the Russian Championships.
At the World Championships 2007 he beat Pal Bedak
(27-18) but ran into defending and future champ Zou Shiming
and lost 23-6.
At the 2008 Olympics he was upset in the first round by Georgiy Chygayev
, he didn't participate in the Euros 2008.
At the World Champs 2009 he lost the final to Mongolian Serdamba Purevdorj.
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
) is a Russian-Armenian amateur boxer. He is best known for having won the European title at light flyweight in 2006, and a silver medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy from September 1, 2009 to September 12, 2009 in the Mediolanum Forum. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history...
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Career
In 2006 and 2007, the southpaw beat the highly-decorated veteran Sergey KazakovSergey Kazakov
Sergey Kazakov is a Russian amateur boxer best known to win the World Championships 2003 and European Championships 1998, 2002 and 2004 in the Men's Light Flyweight.Kazakov won the European Championships in 1998...
at the Russian Championships.
At the World Championships 2007 he beat Pal Bedak
Pál Bedák
Pál Bedák is a boxer from Hungary best known to win the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His older brother Zsolt Bedák is a bantamweight boxer....
(27-18) but ran into defending and future champ Zou Shiming
Zou Shiming
Zou Shiming is the most successful amateur boxer from the People's Republic of China. He has won three world titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light flyweight division.-Career:...
and lost 23-6.
At the 2008 Olympics he was upset in the first round by Georgiy Chygayev
Georgiy Chygayev
Georgiy Chygayev is a Ukrainian amateur boxer in the flyweight division who qualified for the 2008 Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2008 European championships.- 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships :...
, he didn't participate in the Euros 2008.
At the World Champs 2009 he lost the final to Mongolian Serdamba Purevdorj.