Russian bantamweight Alexander Bakhtin (25-0, 11 KOs) soon may get a shot for a title bout. The manager of the boxer, Wladimir Hryunov, awaits for the outcome of the Hozumi Hasegawa-Fernando Montiel bout on April 30, and assumes that afterwards the Japanese fighter will move up in weight, and Bakhtin will be able to challenge for the vacant WBC bantamweight belt. [Click Here To Read More]
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Bakhtin is a decent enough fighter but it would be nice if he actually challenged Hasegawa, instead of waited around for Hasegawa to move up so he can fight somebody else for the title. Bakhtin's career has been carefully managed. He hasn't beaten any top 20 fighter in the division and his "eliminator" was against a guy who had lost two of his previous four fights fights. I will be interested to see him take on a legitimate contender. He's been fighting for almost nine years so it can't come soon enough.
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