William Abelyan

William Abelyan (born September 27, 1978) is a retired Armenian-American professional boxer.

Early Career Abelyan was born in Armenia and moved to the United States at age nine. He started boxing three years later at the age of twelve. In the early part of his career, he was trained by 1976 Summer Olympics flyweight boxing bronze medalist David Torosyan. He started to box professionally in 1998. Abelyan defeated Orlando Soto for the vacant WBO-NABO featherweight title on August 17, 2002. In 2001 Abelyan defeated Orlando Salido. Salido would later be ranked as the number one featherweight in the world.The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: Featherweight--2010s . Boxrec.com (2012-03-06). Retrieved on 2012-05-14. He boxed at Las Vegas casinos 13 times.

In 2001 he upset former world champion Guty Espadas Jr. by 10-round decision. On June 19, 2004, Abelyan was TKO'd by Scott Harrison for the WBO featherweight world title.

Injured & Suspended From Boxing Abelyan was ranked as the #1 ranked contender by the World Boxing Organization at one point in his career. He was injured in his last match against Phillip Payne on May 27, 2005 at Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and never fought again. He suffered a subdural hematoma in his match with Payne and was permanently suspended by Nevada Boxing Commission. Abelyan finished his seven-year professional boxing career with a record of 24-6-1 (13 KO's).

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes31LossPhillip PayneTKO10 (10), 27 May 200530Win24–5–1Martin HonorioKO4 (10), 5 Nov 200429Loss23–5–1Scott HarrisonTKO3 (12), 19 Jun 200428Win23–4–1Alejandro EstradaKO3 (8), 21 Jun 200327Win22–4–1Jose Luis TulaUD1221 Mar 200326Win21–4–1Armando CórdobaMD1011 Oct 200225Win20–4–1Orlando SotoTKO10 (12), 17 Aug 200224Win19–4–1Alvin BrownTKO2 (8), 18 May 200223Win18–4–1Jesus SaludUD1027 Apr 200222Win17–4–1Guty Espadas Jr.UD105 Aug 200121Win16–4–1Marcos BadilloUD61 Jun 200120Win15–4–1Orlando SalidoUD623 Mar 200119Win14–4–1Adarryl JohnsonTKO6 (8), 26 Jan 200118Win13–4–1Shamir ReyesTKO8 (10), 11 Aug 200017Win12–4–1Mario LechowskiTKO4 (6), 16 Jun 200016Win11–4–1Fernando Omar LizárragaKO4 (6), 14 Apr 200015Loss10–4–1Víctor PoloTKO1 (8)22 Jan 200014Win10–3–1Israel CorreaUD819 Jun 199913Win9–3–1Luis Alfonso LizárragaUD827 Mar 199912Win8–3–1Antonio DeSantiagoUD420 Feb 199911Draw7–3–1Juan Luis TorresPTS86 Feb 199910Win7–3Luis Enrique ValenzuelaTKO1 (?)19 Dec 19989Loss6–3Héctor LizárragaUD1020 Nov 19988Win6–2Juan Roberto ColinKO3 (6)17 Oct 19987Win5–2Joey BorreroTKO1 (?)19 Sep 19986Win4–2Roger MedalTKO5 (6), 18 Jul 19985Win3–2Frankie CarmonaKO2 (4)30 May 19984Win2–2Israel CorreaUD416 May 19983Win1–2Alejandro GonzálezUD418 Apr 19982Loss0–2Alejandro GonzálezDQ1 (4)9 Apr 19981Loss0–1Jose Antonio VargasUD418 Fab 1998

William Abelyan

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