Armenia's Rafael Hovhannisyan (80 kg) defeated Iran's Meisam Geshlaghi in the 1/4 finals of the Olympic qualification in Bangkok.
The bout ended with Oganesyan winning by unanimous 5-0 judges' decision. This is Rafael's fourth victory at the tournament in Bangkok.
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Tomorrow Rafael will fight for the Olympic quota against the Dominican Christian Pinales, who has 4 wins here with the score 5-0.
In case of defeat, the day after tomorrow Rafael will fight for the last quota against the loser of Ishaish (Jordan) - Jonjoho (Thailand).
At the moment 4 boxers continue to fight for the quota in the Armenian national team: Ekaterina Sycheva (54 kg), Ani Hovsepyan (66 kg), Rafael Hovhannisyan (80 kg) and Davit Chaloyan (+92 kg).
