WBC International Feather-weight SILVER champion Aram Avagyan (Armenia)

The champion retained his belt by Unanimous Decision in Las Vegas against Francisco Esparza (US). Fight last May 4th by Golden Boy Promotion at the T-Mobile Arena on the undercard of the superfight Canelo-Jacobs.

The champion with WBC Supervisor Alberto Leon and referee Kenny Bayless

Avagyan (9-0-1, 4 KO) is a 28-year-old featherweight from Armenia, represented his country at the 2016 Olympics and lost in the second round to Ireland’s Michael Conlan, now a top prospect with Top Rank.

Avagyan struggled a bit early with Esparza (9-1-1, 3 KO), including getting dropped in the second round but, starting around the fourth, Avagyan’s class and skills just took over to outbox the 24-year-old Esparza. THe latter, in any case, turned out to be a worthy and brave challenger, indeed.

The final scoring was 96-93 (twice) and 97-92 (all in favor of the defending champion). The challenger scored a knockdown in round two with a left hook, but the champion came back to retain his crown.

Francisco Esparza 126 vs Aram Avagyan 125.5

Aram Avagyan (Armenia) had made a voluntary title defence in Moscow on 21st September 2018 against Evgeny Smirnov (Russia). The fight was promoted by Punch Boxing Promotions of Aram Davtyan

WBC International Featherweight Silver title voluntary defence