Azat Hovhannisyan (born 15 August 1988) is an Armenian

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who challenged for the WBC

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title in 2018.

Professional career

Hovhannisyan made his professional debut on 23 April 2011, losing by

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(UD) over four rounds against Juan Reyes at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in

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. After compiling a record of 12–2 (10 KOs) he faced Sergio Frias for the vacant WBC Continental Americas

title on 23 September 2017, at The Forum in

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. Serving as part of the undercard for the world title fight between

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and

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, Hovhannisyan captured his first professional title with a wide UD victory. Two judges scored the bout 100–90 and the third scored it 98–92. He made a successful defence of his regional title in March 2018, defeating

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via sixth-round

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(KO), before challenging WBC super-bantamweight champion

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on 12 May at the

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. Hovhannisyan suffered his third professional defeat, losing by UD with the judges scorecards reading 118–110, 117–111, and 116–112.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovhannisyan, Azat Living people 1988 births Boxers from Yerevan Armenian male boxers Super-bantamweight boxers