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Dec. 11, 2025, 12:30 p.m.
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Today, December 11, the eighth day of the IBA 2025 World Boxing Championships will take place in Dubai. On this day of competition, the semifinals in all 13 weight categories will be held.
Five boxers will represent Team Armenia: Rudolf Gharboyan (51 kg), Artur Bazeyan (60 kg), Hovhannes Bachkov (67 kg), Rafael Hovhannisyan (86 kg), and Davit Chaloyan (+92 kg).
Never before has Armenia had five semifinalists at a World Boxing Championship. Throughout history, Armenia has had only three finalists in total, and just one world champion — in 1993 (Nshan Munchyan). Therefore, this tournament will go down in Armenia’s history.
This World Championship is also historic for Russia — 13 semifinalists.
The fights will start at 15:00 Moscow time and 16:00 in Yerevan (and Dubai).
Schedule of Day 8 of the 2025 Boxing World Championships (December 11)
Semifinals
Afternoon Session (16:00)
48 kg:
Edmond Khudoyan (Russia) — Temirtas Zhussupov (Kazakhstan)
Subkhan Mamedov (Azerbaijan) — Sahil Alakhverdovi (Georgia)
54 kg:
Vyacheslav Rogozin (Russia) — Asylbek Zhalilov (Uzbekistan)
Saken Bibossynov (Kazakhstan) — Chandra Bahadur Thapa (Nepal)
60 kg:
Abdumalik Khalokov (Uzbekistan) — Artur Bazeyan (Armenia)
Akmal Ubaidov (Tajikistan) — Vsevolod Shumkov (Russia)
67 kg:
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Uzbekistan) — Alexandru Paraskiv (Moldova)
Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) — Evgeny Kool (Russia)
75 kg:
Sabyrzhan Akkalyk (Kazakhstan) — Fariddin Erkinboev (Uzbekistan)
Ismail Mutsolgov (Russia) — Djibril Traoré (Mali)
86 kg:
Sharabutdin Ataev (Russia) — Giorgi Kushitashvili (Georgia)
Aleksei Alferov (Belarus) — Rafael Ovannisyan (Armenia)
+92 kg:
Arman Makhanov (Uzbekistan) — David Chaloyan (Armenia)
David Surov (Russia) — Mukhammad Abdullaev (Azerbaijan)
Evening Session (21:00)
51 kg:
Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) — Rudolf Gharboyan (Armenia)
Bair Batlaev (Russia) — Patrick Chinyemba (Zambia)
57 kg:
Orazbek Asykulov (Kazakhstan) — Andrei Peglivanyan (Russia)
Khuzhanazar Nortozhiev (Uzbekistan) — Khusravkhon Rakhimov (Tajikistan)
63.5 kg:
Emmanuel Katema (Zambia) — Omar Livaza (Kyrgyzstan)
Ilya Popov (Russia) — Yerugtan Zeynulov (Kazakhstan)
71 kg:
Nurmukhamedov Bayramdurdy (Turkmenistan) — Sergei Koldenkov (Russia)
Ikhtiyar Nishonov (Kyrgyzstan) — Ablaikhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan)
80 kg:
Arlen Lopez Cardona (Cuba) — Javokhir Ummataliyev (Uzbekistan)
Jambulat Bizhamov (Russia) — Gasimagomed Jalidov (Spain)
92 kg:
Turabek Khabibullaev (Uzbekistan) — Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez (Azerbaijan)
Emmanuel Reyes (Spain) — Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (Russia)
All tournament bouts will be broadcast live on the official IBA YouTube channel. Streams are free and available to viewers in all countries.
Armenia’s and Russia’s records — all semifinalists of the IBA 2025 World Boxing Championships
Updated: Dec. 11, 2025, 12:30 p.m.