Dennis Bakhtov

Denis Bakhtov (born December 7, 1979, in Kazakhstan) is a Russian professional boxer.

Professional career
On October 11, 2014, Bakhtov fought future world champion Anthony Joshua, losing by technical knockout in the second round.

In 2015 Bakhtov was suspended after his fight against Arnold Gjergjaj due to failing a test which detected banned substances.

Professional boxing record
WBC Mediterranean heavyweight title
 * align="center" colspan=8|39 Wins (26 knockouts, 13 decisions), 19 Losses (11 knockouts, 7 decisions)
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-19
 * align=left|🇰🇿 Ivan Dychko
 * KO
 * 1 (8), 1:00
 * 10/07/2021
 * align=left|🇰🇿 Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-18
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Abdulkerim Edilov
 * KO
 * 1 (8), 0:50
 * 03/09/2020
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Grozny, Russia
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-17
 * align=left| Evgenios Lazaridis
 * RTD
 * 4 (8), 3:00
 * 21/09/2019
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Sporthalle, Zinnowitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-16
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Vladyslav Sirenko
 * TKO
 * 7 (8), 1:43
 * 23/06/2019
 * align=left| Time Square, Menlyn, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-15
 * align=left| Petar Milas
 * TKO
 * 6 (10), 1:51
 * 06/04/2019
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Ballhaus Forum, Unterschleißheim, Bayern, Germany
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-14
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Hussein Muhamed
 * DQ
 * 3 (8), 2:54
 * 28/12/2018
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Gildehaus, Luechow, Niedersachsen, Germany
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-13
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Evgeny Romanov
 * TKO
 * 1 (8), 2:15
 * 22/04/2018
 * align=left|🇷🇺 DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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 * -align=center
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-12
 * align=left|🇧🇾 Viktar Chvarkou
 * UD
 * 6
 * 30/09/2017
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Sports Palace Quant, Troitsk, Moscow
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 39-11
 * align=left| Arnold Gjergjaj
 * UD
 * 12
 * 07/06/2015
 * align=left|🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland
 * align=left|''' For vacant EBU-EE (European External European Union) Heavyweight title.
 * -align=center
 * Win
 * 39-10
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Yuri Lunev
 * TKO
 * 3 (8)
 * 08/11/2014
 * align=left|🇪🇪 Narva, Estonia
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 38-10
 * align=left| Anthony Joshua
 * TKO
 * 2, 1:00 (12)
 * 11-10-2014
 * align=left|🇬🇧 The O2, Greenwich, London
 * align=left| WBC International Heavyweight title.
 * -align=center
 * Win
 * 38-9
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Konstantin Airich
 * UD
 * 8 (8)
 * 26/07/2014
 * align=left|🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia
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 * -align=center
 * Win
 * 37-9
 * align=left|🇦🇲 Sedrak Agagulyan
 * TKO
 * 2 (6)
 * 12/04/2014
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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 * -align=center
 * Loss
 * 36-9
 * align=left|🇸🇾 Manuel Charr
 * RTD
 * 5 (12)
 * 19/10/2013
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Sachsen, Germany
 * align=left|WBC International Silver Heavyweight title.
 * 19/10/2013
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Sachsen, Germany
 * align=left|WBC International Silver Heavyweight title.

vacant WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) heavyweight title

WBC Baltic heavyweight title
 * -align=center
 * Win
 * 36-8
 * align=left| Danny Williams
 * UD
 * 10
 * 08/12/2012
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Podolsk, Russia
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 * Loss
 * 35-8
 * align=left|🇵🇱 Andrzej Wawrzyk
 * UD
 * 10
 * 02/06/2012
 * align=left|🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz, Poland
 * align=left|WBA International heavyweight title
 * Win
 * 35-7
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Serhiy Babych
 * TKO
 * 2
 * 19/05/2012
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Klimovsk, Russia
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 * Win
 * 34-7
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Jonte Willis
 * SD
 * 8
 * 04/04/2012
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
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 * Loss
 * 33-7
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Alexander Ustinov
 * UD
 * 12
 * 22/10/2011
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Cherkasy, Ukraine
 * align=left|EBA Heavyweight Title. 111-117, 110-118, 110-119.
 * Loss
 * 33-6
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Vyacheslav Glazkov
 * UD
 * 8
 * 26/03/2011
 * align=left| Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
 * align=left|72-80, 72-80, 72-80.
 * Win
 * 33-5
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Steffen Kretschmann
 * TKO
 * 9
 * 27/03/2010
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany
 * align=left|PABA Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:46 of the ninth round.
 * Win
 * 32-5
 * align=left|🇱🇻 Edgars Kalnars
 * KO
 * 1
 * 19/12/2009
 * align=left| Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
 * align=left|Kalnars knocked out at 0:15 of the first round.
 * Win
 * 31-5
 * align=left|🇺🇿 Sherzod Mamajanov
 * KO
 * 4
 * 24/10/2009
 * align=left| Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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 * Win
 * 30-5
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Steffen Kretschmann
 * TKO
 * 1
 * 26/06/2009
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Völklingen, Saarland, Germany
 * align=left|PABA Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:34 of the first round.
 * Win
 * 29-5
 * align=left|🇺🇿 Isroil Kurbanov
 * UD
 * 6
 * 30/04/2009
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|59-56, 58-56, 58-56.
 * Win
 * 28-5
 * align=left|🇪🇬 Mazur Ali
 * TKO
 * 4
 * 20/09/2008
 * align=left| Salavat, Bashkortostan, Russia
 * align=left|PABA/WBC ABC Heavyweight Titles.
 * Win
 * 27-5
 * align=left|🇫🇮 Juho Haapoja
 * KO
 * 10
 * 22/05/2008
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|PABA/WBC ABC Heavyweight Titles. Haapaja knocked out at 1:59 of the tenth round.
 * Win
 * 26-5
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Corey "T-Rex" Sanders
 * UD
 * 6
 * 23/12/2007
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
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 * Win
 * 25-5
 * align=left|🇦🇲 Sedrak Agagulyan
 * TKO
 * 6
 * 25/10/2007
 * align=left| Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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 * Loss
 * 24-5
 * align=left|🇨🇺 Juan Carlos Gomez
 * UD
 * 12
 * 16/06/2007
 * align=left|🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
 * align=left|PABA Heavyweight Title. 108-120, 109-120, 108-120.
 * Win
 * 24-4
 * align=left|🇸🇪 Awadh Tamim
 * TKO
 * 3
 * 24/03/2007
 * align=left|🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
 * align=left|WBO Asia Pacific/PABA Heavyweight Titles.
 * Win
 * 23-4
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Andriy Oliynyk
 * UD
 * 12
 * 03/12/2006
 * align=left| Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
 * align=left|PABA Heavyweight Title.
 * Win
 * 22-4
 * align=left|🇧🇾 Ihar Shukala
 * TKO
 * 3
 * 11/05/2006
 * align=left| Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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 * Win
 * 21-4
 * align=left|🇰🇪 Joseph Akhasamba
 * UD
 * 10
 * 24/02/2006
 * align=left| Yugorsk, Yugra, Russia
 * align=left|99-91, 99-91, 99-91.
 * Loss
 * 20-4
 * align=left|🇲🇽 Saul Montana
 * TKO
 * 5
 * 27/04/2005
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 20-3
 * align=left|🇨🇭 Nuri Seferi
 * UD
 * 10
 * 11/02/2005
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
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 * Loss
 * 19-3
 * align=left|🇹🇷 Sinan Samil Sam
 * TKO
 * 10
 * 20/11/2004
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Kempten, Bayern, Germany
 * align=left|WBC International Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:48 of the tenth round.
 * Win
 * 19-2
 * align=left|🇧🇾 Raman Sukhaterin
 * UD
 * 6
 * 16/06/2004
 * align=left|🇧🇾 Minsk, Belarus
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 * Win
 * 18-2
 * align=left|🇧🇾 Vitali Shkraba
 * TKO
 * 8
 * 30/04/2004
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the eighth round.
 * Win
 * 17-2
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Keith Long
 * UD
 * 12
 * 24/01/2004
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Wembley, London, United Kingdom
 * align=left|WBC International Heavyweight Title. 116-113, 117-112, 117-112.
 * Win
 * 16-2
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Oleksandr Myleiko
 * TKO
 * 1
 * 16/07/2003
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
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 * Win
 * 15-2
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Garing "Freight Train" Lane
 * TKO
 * 4
 * 19/04/2003
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|WBC International Heavyweight Title.
 * Win
 * 14-2
 * align=left|🇿🇦 Baldwin Hlongwane
 * TKO
 * 3
 * 21/12/2002
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|WBC International Heavyweight Title.
 * Win
 * 13-2
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Kostyantyn Pryziuk
 * UD
 * 6
 * 29/08/2002
 * align=left| Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
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 * Win
 * 12-2
 * align=left|🇧🇾 Mihail Bekish
 * TKO
 * 5
 * 13/06/2002
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
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 * Win
 * 11-2
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Matthew Ellis
 * TKO
 * 5
 * 02/03/2002
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
 * align=left|WBC International Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:58 of the fifth round.
 * Win
 * 10-2
 * align=left|🇪🇪 Vitali Strelkov
 * TKO
 * 2
 * 20/12/2001
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 9-2
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Alvin "The Chipmunk" Miller
 * KO
 * 1
 * 22/09/2001
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
 * align=left|Miller knocked out at 1:25 of the first round.
 * Win
 * 8-2
 * align=left|🇱🇹 Mindaugas Kulikauskas
 * RTD
 * 1
 * 01/08/2001
 * align=left| Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 7-2
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Alexander "The Great" Vasiliev
 * TKO
 * 8
 * 13/04/2001
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|WBC International Heavyweight Title.
 * Win
 * 6-2
 * align=left|🇪🇪 Dmitri Bannov
 * TKO
 * 4
 * 01/03/2001
 * align=left|🇪🇪 Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 5-2
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Alexey Varakin
 * KO
 * 2
 * 08/02/2001
 * align=left| Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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 * Loss
 * 4-2
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Matthew Ellis
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 16/09/2000
 * align=left|🇬🇧 Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
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 * Win
 * 4-1
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Vladislav Berlev
 * UD
 * 4
 * 17/05/2000
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 3-1
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Mikhail Nikitin
 * TKO
 * 2
 * 28/04/2000
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 2-1
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Sergey "Iron Pause" Tretyakov
 * UD
 * 4
 * 10/03/2000
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 1-1
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Alexey Varakin
 * TKO
 * 4
 * 07/10/1999
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=center|
 * Win
 * 1-0
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Vladislav Belonogov
 * KO
 * 1
 * 29/09/1999
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|Vlad knocked out at 1:53 of the first round.
 * }
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Vladislav Berlev
 * UD
 * 4
 * 17/05/2000
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 3-1
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Mikhail Nikitin
 * TKO
 * 2
 * 28/04/2000
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 2-1
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Sergey "Iron Pause" Tretyakov
 * UD
 * 4
 * 10/03/2000
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 1-1
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Alexey Varakin
 * TKO
 * 4
 * 07/10/1999
 * align=left| Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * align=center|
 * Win
 * 1-0
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Vladislav Belonogov
 * KO
 * 1
 * 29/09/1999
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|Vlad knocked out at 1:53 of the first round.
 * }
 * 29/09/1999
 * align=left| Moscow, Russia
 * align=left|Vlad knocked out at 1:53 of the first round.
 * }