Armen Petrosyan
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Armen Petrosyan Արմեն Պետրոսյան |
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| Born |
November 6, 1986 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Native name | Արմեն Պետրոսյան |
| Nationality |
 Armenian Italian
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Gorizia, Italy |
| Team | Satori Gladiatorium Nemesis |
| Trainer | Alfio Romanut |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 85 |
| Wins | 68 |
| By knockout | 25 |
| Losses | 16 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Notable relatives | Giorgio Petrosyan (brother) |
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Armen Petrosyan (Armenian: Արմեն Պետրոսյան, born November 6, 1986) is an Armenian-Italian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. An aggressive fighter, Petrosyan began training in Muay Thai after moving to Italy from Armenia, Armen Petrosyan and his brother Giorgio Petrosyan was put under contract of Oktagon management and born in Oktagon events that allow its growth worldwide, he became a two-time Italian champion and a European titlist before arriving on the world stage in 2010 when he took back-to-back wins over Vuyisile Colossa and Dzhabar Askerov and later appeared as a competitor on the Enfusion reality television show. In March 2013, he won the eight-man Haarlem Fight Night IV tournament in the Netherlands to be crowned the WMTA World Super Welterweight Champion.
Armen Petrosyan was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Armenia) and moved to Gorizia, Italy at the age of thirteen with his mother, Karine, and sister, Lianna, joining up with his father, Andranik, and older brothers Giorgio and Stepan who had moved to the country a year earlier. He is a naturalized Italian citizen.
Petrosyan rose to prominence by becoming the World Professional Kickboxing Council (WPKC) Italian Champion in 2006 and the Muay Thai Association (MTA) European Champion in 2007. On November 16, 2008, he competed in the Dodge Trophy 2008 at 73 kg/161 lb in Ulm, Germany, losing to Vladimír Moravčík by knockout in the final.
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