Arsen Aivazian

Published on October 12, 2004, Long Beach Press-Telegram (CA)

POLICE: ARMENIAN BOXER KILLED IN ORGANIZED CRIME DISPUTE

A professional boxer who aspired to be the Armenian ``Rocky was fatally shot by other members of an organized crime ring in a dispute over a credit-card scheme, officials said Monday. Arsen Aivazian, 30, of North Hollywood was killed about 9 p.m. Saturday at Valley Plaza Park, where members of a Russian-Armenian organized crime syndicate had gathered to settle a dispute over a fraud ring, authorities said.