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William Abelyan (born 27 September 1978) is a retired Armenian professional boxer.

William Abelyan
Statistics
Real name	William Abelyan
Nickname(s)	The Conqueror
Weight(s)	Featherweight
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Reach	66 in (168 cm)
Nationality	Armenian
Born	(1978-09-27) 27 September 1978 (age 43) Yerevan, Armenia
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	31
Wins	24
Wins by KO	13
Losses	6
Draws	1
No contests	0

Career

Abelyan started boxing at the age of 12, and began training with the legendary Olympic Bronze Medalist David Torosyan. He started to box professionally in 1998.[1] Abelyan had once defeated Orlando Salido, who would later be ranked the number one featherweight in the world.[2] William was an WBO NABO Featherweight Champion and was a WBO #1 ranked contender. He was named fighter of the year in 2005.^{[by whom?]} He upset former world champion Guty Espadas Jr., winning their 10-round fight by decision.[3] Abelyan challenged Scott Harrison for the WBO Featherweight title, but lost. William is now retired from the sport of boxing.

See also

• List of Armenian boxers

References

External links

• Harrison Gets Abelyan Date
• Boxing record for William Abelyan from BoxRec (registration required)

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