On February 18, 2023, a 34-year-old Azat Hovhannisyan (21-3, 17 KOs) and a 28-year-old Mexican boxer Luis Nery (33-1, 25 KOs) met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Hovhannisyan came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 9 days. Nery was on a 2-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 17 days.
Luis Nery stopped Azat Hovhannisyan via TKO in the 11th round. Nery improves his record to 34-1 (26 KOs), while Hovhannisyan adds a loss to his record at 21-4.
On May 12, 2018, a 29-year-old Azat Hovhannisyan (14-2, 11 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight WBC title held by 27-year-old Mexican boxer Rey Vargas (31-0, 22 KOs).
Hovhannisyan came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 3 days. Vargas was on a 31-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 10 days.
Rey Vargas defeated Azat Hovhannisyan via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 32-0, while Hovhannisyan adds a loss to his record at 14-3.
On November 29, 2014, a 26-year-old Azat Hovhannisyan (6-1, 5 KOs) and Walter Santibanes met in the ring.
Hovhannisyan came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 10 days.
Azat Hovhannisyan lost to Walter Santibanes via majority decision in the 6-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 6-2.
On April 23, 2011, a 22-year-old Azat Hovhannisyan (debutant) and Juan Reyes met in the ring.
Azat Hovhannisyan lost to Juan Reyes via unanimous decision in the 4-round fight, making an unsuccessful professional debut.