February 18, 2009 - 20:11 AMT
Armenian youth team comes third at International Boxing Friendly
Today, Armenian youth team yielded 16:21 to Russians, taking the 3rd place in the team event.

Uzbek boxers inflicted a 21:16 defeat on the Georgian team, taking the 2nd place. The Georgian team is at the bottom of the score table with 3 lost tours.

The Russian team became the winner, finishing the tournament with 3 victories.

The award ceremony was held right after the completion of the combat between Armenian and Russian boxers. Besides cups and medals awarded to the winners, medals and diplomas were handed to referees and tournament organizers.

National Olympic Committee President Gagik Tsarukyan awarded Armenian Boxing Federation President Arman Muradyan with a Diploma for an excellent organizational work and contribution to the development of box in Armenia.

Different nominations were instituted. Thus, Russia's Aydar Netoleev, awarded with a cup of Russian Youth Team, was nominated for best boxer and Russia's Dmitri Matveyev for best referee. Also, memorial souvenirs were awarded to the Olympic champion Vyatcheslav Yanovskiy, Russian Boxing Federation Deputy President Andrey Korobkov and Armenian Boxing Federation Deputy President Derenik Gabrielyan.