First International Boxing Tournament after Gagik Tsarukyan will be held between April 6 and 10 in Yerevan.
According to Secretary-General of the Armenian Boxing Federation Levon Hovhannisyan, the tournament will be attended by approximately 100 fighters. Applications already received from Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Iran, Moldova and Armenia, as well as Macedonia.
According to the head coach of the Armenian Boxing Team, Rafael Mehrabyan Armenian national team will be represented at the tournament by 3 teams: 3 boxers in each weight category.
The Gagik Tsarukyan tournament claims to become a rating one at the London Olympics 2012.
This tournament will be the last for the Armenian fighters before the start of the European Championship in Moscow between June 4 and 13.