Professional Armenian Boxers Hovhannes Bachkov (8-0) and Gurgen Hovhannisyan (9-0) were first included in the top ten of the World Boxing Association (WBA) rankings.
Bachkov rose to 8th place in the first half of the year. In this weight category, the world champion is American Barley Antoine Russell.
On July 2, Bachkov defeated Colisan's Ndongeni with knockout in Turkey and won the IBA International title, and to protect the WBA Continental belt.
Gurgen Hovhannisyan is the 10th in the super-class classification table. The absolute world champion in this weight category is Ukrainian Alexander's Sheet.
On July 18, Hovhannisyan defeated American Chris Thomas with knockout and won his first title, the WBA Continental Zone.
