# Azat Hovhannisyan

Azat Hovhannisyan (born 15 August 1988) is an Armenian professional boxer who challenged for the WBC super-bantamweight title in 2018.

## Professional career

Hovhannisyan made his professional debut on 23 April 2011, losing by unanimous decision (UD) over four rounds against Juan Reyes at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.
After compiling a record of 12–2 (10 KOs) he faced Sergio Frias for the vacant WBC Continental Americas super-bantamweight title on 23 September 2017, at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Serving as part of the undercard for the world title fight between Jorge Linares and Luke Campbell, Hovhannisyan captured his first professional title with a wide UD victory. Two judges scored the bout 100–90 and the third scored it 98–92.
He made a successful defence of his regional title in March 2018, defeating Ronny Rios via sixth-round knockout (KO), before challenging WBC super-bantamweight champion Rey Vargas on 12 May at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Hovhannisyan suffered his third professional defeat, losing by UD with the judges scorecards reading 118–110, 117–111, and 116–112.

## Professional boxing record

| 26 fights | 21 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 17 | 1 |
| By decision | 4 | 4 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 26 | Loss | 21–5 | Alan Picasso Romero | UD | 12 | 24 Aug 2024 | Mexico City Arena, Mexico City, Mexico | For vacant WBC Silver super bantamweight title |
| 25 | Loss | 21–4 | Luis Nery | KO | 11 (12), 1:51 | 18 Feb 2023 | Pomona Fox Theater, Pomona, California, US | |
| 24 | Win | 21–3 | Dagoberto Aguero | TKO | 2 (10), 1:11 | 9 Apr 2022 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, US | |
| 23 | Win | 20–3 | Jose Santos Gonzalez | UD | 10 | 9 Jul 2021 | Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 22 | Win | 19–3 | Enrique Bernache | KO | 8 (10), 2:59 | 13 Feb 2021 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, US | |
| 21 | Win | 18–3 | Franklin Manzanilla | KO | 4 (12), 2:58 | 5 Sep 2019 | Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 20 | Win | 17–3 | Glenn Porras | KO | 4 (10), 2:09 | 13 Jun 2019 | Avalon Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 19 | Win | 16–3 | Lolito Sonsona | KO | 5 (10), 2:23 | 9 Feb 2019 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, US | |
| 18 | Win | 15–3 | Jesus Martinez | KO | 4 (8), 0:30 | 12 Oct 2018 | Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 17 | Loss | 14–3 | Rey Vargas | UD | 12 | 12 May 2018 | Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, US | For WBC super-bantamweight title |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Ronny Rios | KO | 6 (10), 1:12 | 9 Mar 2018 | The Forum, Costa Mesa, California, US | Retained WBC Continental Americas super-bantamweight title |
| 15 | Win | 13–2 | Sergio Frias | UD | 10 | 23 Sep 2017 | The Forum, Inglewood, California, US | Won vacant WBC Continental Americas super-bantamweight title |
| 14 | Win | 12–2 | Isao Gonzalo Carranza | UD | 8 | 2 Jun 2017 | Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 13 | Win | 11–2 | Diuhl Olguin | KO | 6 (8), 2:47 | 23 Mar 2017 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, US | |
| 12 | Win | 10–2 | Israel Rojas | KO | 1 (6), 1:31 | 4 Nov 2016 | Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 11 | Win | 9–2 | Mario Ayala | KO | 5 (6), 2:18 | 15 Jul 2016 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, US | |
| 10 | Win | 8–2 | Jesus Serrano | KO | 3 (8), 2:29 | 24 Oct 2015 | Marriott Convention Center, Burbank, California, US | |
| 9 | Win | 7–2 | Daniel Quevedo | TKO | 3 (6), 0:36 | 31 Jul 2015 | Fair Grounds, Chino, California, US | |
| 8 | Loss | 6–2 | Walter Santibanes | MD | 6 | 29 Nov 2014 | Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Ali González | KO | 3 (6), 2:16 | 19 Sep 2014 | Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, US | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Manuel Galaviz | KO | 2 (6), 2:36 | 18 Jul 2014 | Quiet Cannon, Montebello, California, US | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Raymond Chacon | UD | 4 | 21 Sep 2012 | Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, California, US | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Michael Wood | TKO | 3 (4), 1:32 | 24 Aug 2012 | Geelong Arena, Geelong, Australia | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | William Fisher | KO | 4 (4), 2:43 | 17 Feb 2012 | Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, California, US | |
| 2 | Win | 1–1 | Sergey Tasimov | TKO | 2 (6), 2:50 | 3 Sep 2011 | Karen Demirchyan Complex, Yerevan, Armenia | |
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | Juan Reyes | UD | 4 | 23 Apr 2011 | Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, California, US | |