Tokyo 2020: Armenia’s Bachkov takes bronze after losing to USA’s Keyshawn Davis

09:55, 6 August, 2021

TOKYO, AUGUST 6, ARMENPRESS. Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov will be coming home with bronze after losing the fight with USA’s Keyshawn Davis at the lightweight semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Davis had a point deduction in round 2 but the bout ended 5:0 nevertheless.

Bachkov’s bronze bring Team Armenia’s medal count to 4, with earlier wins by weightlifter Simon Martirosyan (silver), Greco-roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan (silver) and gymnast Artur Davtyan (bronze).

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 


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