Bakhtin-Darchinyan bout likely in OctoberJune 23, 2011 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Japanese record-breaking national champion and long-time bantamweight contender Alexander Bakhtin (27-0, 11 KOs), 29, fresh off his win over Jose Angel Berranza this May, looks for much harder challenges ahead of him. The next goal for the Russian, who spent merely a decade fighting exclusively in Japan, is his former USSR compatriot and famed multi-champion Vic Darchinyan (36-3-1, 27 KOs). “We have already conducted negotiations with Gary Shaw and currently preparing for a fight with Vic,” Bakhtin’s manager Vladimir Hryunov said. “There’s a possibility this clash will land somewhere in October at the Ice Palace in Balashikha, a few miles to the east of Moscow, or at “Dynamo” arena in Krylatskoye, the recent venue for Denis Lebedev vs. Roy Jones Jr.. Sasha also fought on the undercard of “The Battle of Two Empires”, while Balashikha is an adopted hometown for Bakhtin; he lives and trains there,” he said, BoxingScene.com reported. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |