Azat Hovhannisyan (born 15 August 1988) is an Armenian professional boxer who challenged for the WBC super-bantamweight title in 2018.
Professional career Hovhannisyan made his professional debut on 23 April 2011, losing by unanimous decision (UD) over four rounds against Juan Reyes at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.
After compiling a record of 12–2 (10 KOs) he faced Sergio Frias for the vacant WBC Continental Americas super-bantamweight title on 23 September 2017, at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Serving as part of the undercard for the world title fight between Jorge Linares and Luke Campbell, 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 Ronny Rios via sixth-round knockout (KO), before challenging WBC super-bantamweight champion Rey Vargas on 12 May at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Hovhannisyan suffered his third professional defeat, losing by UD with the judges scorecards reading 118–110, 117–111, and 116–112.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29Win23–6Eduardo BaezMD105 Apr 202628Win22–6Aidos MedetUD823 Jan 202627Loss21–6Sebastian HernandezUD1010 May 202526Loss21–5David PicassoUD1224 Aug 202425Loss21–4Luis NeryKO11 (12), 18 Feb 202324Win21–3Dagoberto AgueroTKO2 (10), 9 Apr 202223Win20–3Jose Santos GonzalezUD109 Jul 202122Win19–3Enrique BernacheKO8 (10), 13 Feb 202121Win18–3Franklin ManzanillaKO4 (12), 5 Sep 201920Win17–3Glenn PorrasKO4 (10), 13 Jun 201919Win16–3Lolito SonsonaKO5 (10), 9 Feb 201918Win15–3Jesus MartinezKO4 (8), 12 Oct 201817Loss14–3Rey VargasUD1212 May 201816Win14–2Ronny RiosKO6 (10), 9 Mar 201815Win13–2Sergio FriasUD1023 Sep 201714Win12–2Isao Gonzalo CarranzaUD82 Jun 201713Win11–2Diuhl OlguinKO6 (8), 23 Mar 201712Win10–2Israel RojasKO1 (6), 4 Nov 201611Win9–2Mario AyalaKO5 (6), 15 Jul 201610Win8–2Jesus SerranoKO3 (8), 24 Oct 20159Win7–2Daniel QuevedoTKO3 (6), 31 Jul 20158Loss6–2Walter Santibanes629 Nov 20147Win6–1Ali GonzálezKO3 (6), 19 Sep 20146Win5–1Manuel GalavizKO2 (6), 18 Jul 20145Win4–1Raymond ChaconUD421 Sep 20124Win3–1Michael WoodTKO3 (4), 24 Aug 20123Win2–1William Fisher4 (4), 17 Feb 20122Win1–1Sergey Tasimov2 (6), 3 Sep 20111Loss0–1Juan Reyes423 Apr 2011
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