Career
He reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and thus qualified for the upcoming Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Danielyan beat Thomas Essomba in the first round before, but lost to Birzhan Zhakypov in the following round. He defeated Jose de la Nieve Linares in the finals.
Danielyan, along with Eduard Hambardzumyan, became the first boxers from the independent Republic of Armenia to become European Champions.