Alexander Besputin: record, next fight and profile →
Former World Boxing Association (WBA) "regular" champion Alexander Besputin is potentially going to return to action on September 25 in Yekaterinburg, according to statements made by the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation, Umar Kremlev, to TASS.
On November 30 in Monte Carlo, Alexander Besputin won a twelve round unanimous decision over countryman Radzhab Butaev to capture the vacant WBA "regular" welterweight title. But in January 2020 it was revealed that Besputin had failed a post-fight drug test. He tested positive for the performance enhancing drug Ligandrol.
More than seven months after being cheated in the ring, Radzhab Butaev is once again denied just due in his bid to become a welterweight titlist. Measures taken by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to free up its secondary version of the welterweight title appeared to have favored the Russian contender. Included among the list of activities during the 99th annual WBA convention was the sanctioning body electing to strip Alexander Besputin (14-0, 9KOs) of its “Regular” title. The unbeaten Russian scored a narrow win over Butaev in their vacant title fight last November, but tested positive for the banned substance Ligandrol.
Kirill Shchekutyev, a deputy general secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation and a member of the WBA governing board, revealed some plans on future fights and prospects of several Russian fighters in his video-interview for the RBF’s portal two weeks ago. Here are the most interesting excerpts:
With all of the drug testing facts now out in the open, the next step for Radzhab Butaev is to revisit his lifelong dream of winning a major title. The 26-year old welterweight contender from Khasavyurt, Russia—who now fights out of Brooklyn, New York—was forced to wait seven months for justice stemming from a vacant title fight loss to countryman Alexander Besputin last November. The initially declared unanimous decision was cast in shame after Besputin (14-0, 9KOs) tested positive for the banned substance Ligandrol.
World ranked welterweight contender Radzhab Butaev has spoken out following the recent details of Alexander Besputin’s failed drug test results from their WBA "regular" welterweight world championship fight on November 30, 2019 in Monte Carlo.
According to WBA (World Boxing Association) "regular" welterweight world champion Alexander Besputin, the opening of the B-sample of his doping test - scheduled for March 17 at an anti-doping laboratory in Paris - was cancelled due to the coronavirus [COVID-19] pandemic.
According to World Boxing Association (WBA) "regular" welterweight champion Alexander Besputin, he has requested additional information from the Voluntary Anti Doping Association (VADA) regarding his doping test that came up positive.
WBA "regular" welterweight champion Alexander Besputin of Russia has decided to open the B-sample of his doping test after his A-sample tested positive for a banned performance enhancing drug, the World Boxing Association revealed to TASS on Wednesday.
The "regular" welterweight world champion of WBA, Alexander Besputin, said he would be ready to make the first defense of his recently captured belt in the middle of spring. On November 30, Besputin was in action in Monaco, and secured a unanimous decision on points, by defeated compatriot Radjab Butaev and in turn captured the vacant regular title.