Misha Aloyan
Mikhail Surenovich Aloyan (Russian: Михаил Суренович Алоян; born 23 August 1988) is a Russian professional boxer who challenged for the WBO bantamweight *le in 2018. As an amateur flyweight Aloyan won gold medals at the 2010 European Championships, the 2011 and 2013 World Championships, and bronze at the 2009 World Championships and 2012 Olympics.
Contents
- 1 Amateur career
- 2 Professional boxing career
- 2.1 Aloyan vs. Tete
- 2.2 Aloyan vs. Batista
- 2.3 Aloyan vs. Hryshchuk
- 2.4 Aloyan vs. Yohana
- 2.5 Aloyan vs. Barreto
- 3 Professional boxing record
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Amateur career
At Moscow 2010 he beat Nordine Oubaali, Vincenzo Picardi and Khalid Saeed Yafai to win the European Championships.
At Baku 2011, he added a World *le by defeating Rau'shee Warren and edging Welshman Andrew Selby 13–12.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he beat Samir Brahimi and Jeyvier Cintron before losing to Nyambayaryn Tögstsogt in the semifinal. He won another medal four years later in Rio 2016, a silver.
On 8 December 2016 he was stripped of the silver medal in 52:kg boxing won at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics after testing positive for tuaminoheptane.
Professional boxing career
Aloyan made his professional debut against Yader Cardoza on May 11, 2017, in a fight for the vacant WBA East Asia super-flyweight *le. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Aloyan next faced Marvin Solano for the vacant WBC Silver super-flyweight *le on July 22, 2017, and won the fight by unanimous decision. Five months later, on December 9, 2017, Aloyan was scheduled to face Hermogenes Elizabeth Castillo for the vacant WBA International bantamweight *le. He won the fight by split decision. Aloyan made his first, and only, WBA International *le defense against Alexander Espinoza on February 3, 2018, and won the fight by split decision.
Aloyan vs. Tete
Aloyan participated in the 2018 World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament. He was scheduled to face the WBO World bantamweight champion Zolani Tete in the tournament quarterfinals, on October 13, 2018. Tete won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 114-111, 114-111 and 114-110. Both fighters were deducted a point for excessive holding, Tete in the eleventh and Aloyan in the twelfth round.
Aloyan vs. Batista
Aloyan was scheduled to face Ronal Batista for the inaugural WBA Gold super-flyweight *le on December 10, 2019. Batista was ranked #14 by the WBA at super flyweight. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Aloyan vs. Hryshchuk
He made his first WBA Gold *le defense against Oleksandr Hryshchuk on June 4, 2021. Hryshchuk retired from the bout at the end of the eight round.
Aloyan vs. Yohana
Aloyan faced Mchanja Yohana on July 22, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him a 99-91 scorecard.
On January 30, 2022, Aloyan held a press conference, during which he announced he would retire after his next fight.
Aloyan vs. Barreto
On February 8, it was announced that Aloyan would face David Barreto in his farewell fight, which will take place on February 21, 2022. Aloyan won the fight by majority decision.
Professional boxing record
See also
- Yazidis in Armenia
References
External links
- Boxing record for Mikhail Aloyan from BoxRec (registration required)
- Misha Aloian at the International Olympic Committee
- Mikhail Surenovich "Misha" Aloyan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Mikhail Aloyan - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live