A newly-appointed head coach of Armenian boxing team Karen Aghamalyan commented on the prospects of the squad.

“With several promising sportsmen joining the squad, boxers will participate in Dec 12-25 Tsaghkadzor-hosted team practice session in preparation for Jan 23-29 Armenian Championships,” the head coach said.

“Based on performance at Armenian Championship, a squad will be formed to represent the country at 2012 international tournaments in Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Finland as well as qualification tournament in Istanbul,” Armenian National Olympic Committee website quoted him as saying.