David Torosyan

David Torosyan (born September 23, 1950) is a retired boxer of Armenian descent, who represented the USSR at the Summer Olympics at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 54 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by Cuba's Ramón Duvalón. He also captured the bronze medal at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba. Torosyan trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Yerevan. Torosyan later moved to Glendale, California, where he opened a gym, and notably worked with Armenian-American boxer Vanes Martirosyan early in his amateur career.

Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Hassen Sheriff (Ethiopia) walk-over, country boycotted over New Zealand
• Defeated Giovanni Camputaro (Italy) RSC 2
• Defeated Ung Jo-Jong (North Korea) 5-0
• Lost to Ramón Duvalón (Cuba) DQ 2

World Amateur championships

1974

• Defeated Joe Destimo (Ghana) PTS
• Defeated Bernardo Onori (Italy) DQ 3
• Defeated Chris Emenogu (Nigeria) PTS
• Lost to Luis Jorge Romero (Cuba) PTS

Source

• New Faces: Vanes Martirosyan, The Ring, July 2008