Mikhail Aloyan


Mikhail Surenovich Aloyan is a Russian professional boxer of Yazidi origin who challenged for the WBO bantamweight title in 2018. As an amateur flyweight Aloyan won gold medals at the 2010 European Championships, the 2011 and 2013 World Championships, and bronze at the 2009 World Championships and 2012 Olympics.

Amateur career

At Moscow 2010 he beat Nordine Oubaali, Vincenzo Picardi and Khalid Saeed Yafai to win the European Championships.
At Baku 2011, he added a World title by defeating Rau'shee Warren and edging Welshman Andrew Selby 13–12.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he beat Samir Brahimi and Jeyvier Cintron before losing to Nyambayaryn Tögstsogt in the semifinal.
On 8 December 2016 he was stripped of the silver medal in 52 kg boxing won at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics after testing positive for tuaminoheptane.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
6Win5–1 Ronal BatistaUD12Dec 10, 2019 Kemerovo Arena, Kemerovo, Russia
5Loss4–1 Zolani TeteUD1213 Oct 2018 Expo Center, Yekaterinburg, RussiaFor WBO bantamweight title;
World Boxing Super Series: bantamweight quarter-final
4Win4–0 Alexander EspinozaSD103 Feb 2018 Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi, RussiaRetained WBA International bantamweight title
3Win3–0 Hermogenes Elizabeth Castillo109 Dec 2017 Kemerovo Arena, Kemerovo, RussiaWon vacant WBA International bantamweight title
2Win2–0 Marvin SolanoUD1222 Jul 2017 Red Square, Moscow, RussiaWon vacant WBC Silver super-flyweight title
1Win1–0 Yader Cardoza1011 May 2017 Kemerovo Arena, Kemerovo, RussiaWon vacant WBA East Asia super-flyweight title