Career
He was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009. Javakhyan began boxing at the age of 14 under honored coach of Armenia, Gevorg Misakyan. The following year, Javakhyan qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
In 2008, at the Olympic Games, Javakhyan received a first round bye, defeated Rasheed Lawal in the second round without losing a point and had a walkover against Jong Sub-Baik.
In the semifinals, Javakhyan faced Tishchenko again. Although he put up a better challenge than before, Javakhyan ultimately lost.
Olympic Games Results
2008
1st round bye
Defeated Rasheed Lawal (Nigeria) 12-0
Defeated Jong Sub-Baik (South of Korea) WO
Lost to Aleksei Tishchenko (Russia) 5-10
World Amateur Championships Results
2005
Lost to Ibrahim Kamal (Canada) 18-29
2007
Defeated Aivars Romanovskis (Latvia) 17-14
Defeated Sadam Ali (United States) 20-16
Defeated Genebert Basadre (Philippines) 17-6
Lost to Domenico Valentino (Italy) 12-27
2009
Defeated Aivars Romanovskis (Bulgaria) 11-1
Lost to Éverton Lopes (Brazil) 3-10
2011
Defeated David Mueller (Germany) 17-11
Lost to Zdeněk Chládek (Czechoslovakian Republic) 6-10
European Championships Results
2006
Defeated Ovidiu Bobirnat (Cyprus) 34-17
Defeated Krzysztof Szot (Poland) 20-10
Defeated Vazgen Safaryants (Belarus) 25-16
Lost to Aleksei Tishchenko (Russia) 15-39
2010
Defeated Alex Vasiljev (Finland) 11-2
Defeated Georgian Popescu (Romania) 9-3
Defeated David Mueller (Germany) 5-3
Defeated Olexandr Klyuchko (Ukraine) 5-1
Defeated Gyula Kate (Hungary) 3-2.