Mikhail Aloyan

Russian boxer (born 1988) Mikhail Surenovich Aloyan (Russian: Михаил Суренович Алоян; born 23 August 1988) is a Russian professional boxer of Kurdish origin, who challenged for the WBO bantamweight title 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 the 2012 Olympics. Early life Aloyan was born on 23 August 1988 in the village of Bambakashat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Armavir Province, Armenia) to a Kurds–Yazidi family. In 1997, his family moved to Novokuznetsk, Russia. He later moved to Novosibirsk. 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 title 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 Olymp