Denis Bakhtov Plans To Return To Action in February

By Ruslan Chikov & Alexander Pavlov

Russian heavyweight contender Denis Bakhtov (33-7, 23KOs) is planning to return to action in the month of February. Bakhtov suffered a hand injury in his twelve round decision loss to Alexander Ustinov in October. Prior to losing to Ustinov, Bakhtov dropped an eight round decision to Vyacheslav Glazkov in March. They were the first pair of losses for Bakhtov since a twelve round defeat to Juan Carlos Gomez in 2007.

"I would like to fight in February - in Moscow or Kazakhstan. But there's something specific that I'll find out in the next few days after speaking with my promoter. We're discussing an average opponent from overseas. For me, I need someone average and not a top ten contender. I have to do this in light of the operation on my hand, which I recently recovered from," Bakhtov said.

Alexander Pavlov covers boxing for sportbox.ru