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Denis BAKHTOV

Male

"Darth Vader"
(aka Dennis Bakhtov)
(Денис Бахтов)
Heavyweight, Kazakhstan, based in Russia, St Petersburg
Born: 7 December 1979, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
(other source reports 17 July 1979, Karaganda, Kazakhstan)
Height: 5ft 11 1/2in, mt 1,81
Weight: 210-208-214.25-218.25-225.5 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1999
+ Sept. 29	Vladislav Belonogov	Moscow, Russia	KO 1
- Oct. 7	Alexey Varakin	Saint Petersburg, Russia	TKO by 4
2000
+ Mar. 10	Sergey Tretyakov	Saint Petersburg, Russia	W 4
+ Apr. 28	Mikhail Nikitin	Moscow, Russia	TKO 2
+ May 17	Vladislav Berlev	Saint Petersburg, Russia	W 4
- Sept. 16	Mathew Ellis	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	L 4
2001
+ Feb. 8	Alexey Varakin	Ekaterinburg, Russia	KO 2
+ Mar. 1	Dmitri Bannov	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia	TKO 4
+ Apr. 13	Alexandre Vasiliev	Moscow, Russia	TKO 8
(Won vacant WBC International Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 1	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	Vyborg, Russia	TKO 1
+ Sept. 22	Alvin Miller	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Dec. 20	Vitali Strelkov	Saint Petersburg, Russia	TKO 2
2002
+ Mar. 2	Mathew Ellis	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	TKO 5
(Retained WBC International Heavyweight Title)
+ June 13	Mihail Bekish	Saint Petersburg, Russia	TKO 5
+ Aug. 29	Kostyantyn Pryziuk	Vyborg, Russia	W 6
+ Dec. 21	Baldwin Hlongwane	Saint Petersburg, Russia	TKO 3
(Retained WBC International Heavyweight Title)
2003
+ Apr. 19	Garing Lane	Saint Petersburg, Russia	TKO 4
(Retained WBC International Heavyweight Title)
+ July 16	Alexander Mileiko	Saint Petersburg, Russia	TKO 1
2004
+ Jan. 24	Keith Long	Wembley, Great Britain	W 12
(Retained WBC International Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 30	Vitaly Shkraba	Saint Petersburg, Russia	TKO 8
+ June 16	Roman Suchoterin	Minsk, Belarus	W 6
- Nov. 20	Sinan Samil Sam	Kempten, Germany	TKO by 10
(Lost WBC International Heavyweight Title)
2005
+ Feb. 11	Nuri Seferi	Saint Petersburg, Russia	W 10
- Apr. 27	Saul Montana	Moscow, Russia	TKO by 5
2006
+ Feb. 24	Joseph Akhasamba	Yugorsk, Russia	W 10
+ May 11	Igor Shukala	Ekaterinburg, Russia	TKO 3
+ Dec. 3	Andriy Oliynyk	Ekaterinburg, Russia	W 12
(Won vacant PABA Interim Heavyweight Title)
2007
+ Mar. 24	Awadh Tamim	Almaty, Kazakhstan	TKO 3
(Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific and retained PABA interim Heavyweight Titles)
- June 16	Juan Carlos GOMEZ	Ankara, Turkey	L 12
(For vacant PABA Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 25	Cedrak Agagulyan	Ekaterinburg, Russia	TKO 6
+ Dec. 23	Corey Sanders	Halle an der Saale, Germany	W 6
2008
+ May 22	Juho Haapoja	Saint Petersburg, Russia	KO 10
(Won vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 20	Mazur Ali	Salavat, Russia	TKO 4
(Regained vacant PABA and retained WBC ABC Heavyweight Titles)
2009
+ Apr. 30	Isroil Kurbanov	Moscow, Russia	W 6
+ June 26	Steffen Kretschmann	Voelklingen, Germany	TKO 1
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 24	Sherzod Mamajanov	Ekaterinburg, Russia	KO 4
+ Dec. 19	Edgar Kalnars	Ekaterinburg, Russia	KO 1
2010
+ Mar. 27	Steffen Kretschmann	Alsterdorf, Germany	TKO 9
(Retained PABA Heavyweight Title)
2011
- Mar. 26	Vyacheslav Glazkov	Ekaterinburg, Russia	L 8
- Oct. 22	Alexander Ustinov	Cherkasy, Ukraine	L 12
(For EBA Heavyweight Title)
2012
+ Apr. 4	Jonte Willis	Myakinino, Russia	W 8
+ May 19	Sergey Babich	Klimovsk, Russia	TKO 2
- June 2	Andrzej Wawrzyk	Bydgoszcz, Poland	L 10
(For WBA International and vacant WBC CISBB Heavyweight Titles)
+ Dec. 8	Danny Williams	Podolsk, Russia	W 10
2013
- Oct. 19	Manuel Charr	Leipzig, Germany	TKO by 6 (0:15)
(For WBC International Silver, Mediterranean and WBC Baltic Heavyweight Titles)
2014
+ July 26	Konstantin Airich	Riga, Latvia	W 8
- Oct. 11	Anthony Joshua	Greenwich, England	TKO by 2 (1:00)
(For vacant WBC International Heavyweight Title)
2015
- June 6	Arnold Gjergjai	Basel, Switzerland	L 12 UD
(For External European Union Heavyweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 48, Won: 37 (24 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0