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I thought Danny Williams had retired, but he's fighting the small but tough journeyman heavyweight Denis Bakhtov tomorrow in Russia.

Freedom2013 wrote:I thought Danny Williams had retired, but he's fighting the small but tough journeyman heavyweight Denis Bakhtov tomorrow in Russia.

He got his license back this week.
Bakhtov is tough, it is coming to the point were Danny is going to get seriously hurt.

Unless Bakhtov has seriously regressed he is by far the best guy Williams has faced lately. Bakhtov by KO in the first 2.

Did Williams ever do that unlicenced show?

Dennis Bakhtov is only a tough plodder really who does find out some flawed (i.e. chinny) heavyweights like Steffen Kretschmann. He got stopped by little Matthew Ellis way back in 2000, so he's been around a long time too. Granted at this stage he's probably got a fair bit more to offer than Danny. I imagine Danny can land a few shots though and get towards the middle rounds before calling it a night.

Danny seems to be a bit of a loon these days. I don't think he knows what he wants. The phone must ring and it's simply too tempting to take the free flights and hotels and the few thousand quid purses. You can't blame him really but you can only get battered so many times before you start to face the consequences.

FFS give it up Danny, get some door work,security or something..I think he should go and see someone like Howard Clark to see what he could face in later life the more punishment he takes.

Its ashame to see this happening ,a once decent fighter go on to become a shadow of himself ....

I hope Danny's racking up the frequant flyer points. That's the only positive I thing I can say.

Freedom2013 wrote:I thought Danny Williams had retired, but he's fighting the small but tough journeyman heavyweight Denis Bakhtov tomorrow in Russia.

Will this even be on TV?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1V-T3fZEb0

This will always be my immediate memory when people mention Dennis Bakhtov.

jameswilson wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1V-T3fZEb0

This will always be my immediate memory when people mention Dennis Bakhtov.

nice to see the uppercuts being thrown without being forecast!! .....

jameswilson wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1V-T3fZEb0

This will always be my immediate memory when people mention Dennis Bakhtov.

I would love to see the old Danny come out and destroy him but after watching his last fights, I can't see that happening.

rhino222 wrote:

jameswilson wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1V-T3fZEb0

This will always be my immediate memory when people mention Dennis Bakhtov.

nice to see the uppercuts being thrown without being forecast!! .....

I remember having a huge discussion on that on eastside just after the fight. Some German was making out that Sam was the second coming of Sonny Liston and I said anyone fighting him just has to defend or move when he sticks his arm out to the side to forecast his uppercut coming. The German very sarcastically retaliated by saying 'why dont you become a boxing coach if you think you know so much.'

And to think I thought sarcasm was a British trait.

Danny's punch resistance has long since left the building.

The man is a disaster waiting to happen.

I just can't understand how people like him can satisfy authorities that they are fit to box .

Offal wrote:

Complex wrote: I would love to see the old Danny come out and destroy him but after watching his last fights, I can't see that happening.

If you watch the Charr fight you do get to see odd bursts of the 'old Danny' but in his last two fights against Baby Butterbean and Hammer he's looked terrible (his legs were completely gone against Hammer)

I'm in two minds about this I don't want to see Danny get bashed up again and I'd love to see him flatten this bloke BUT if he does/did win he will carry and it may lead to a bigger fight against someone who will damage him.

I did't see the fat fin, but I saw the other one on Eurosport. I still think he could fight but not at 20 stone.

Didn't he knock Charr down?

Complex wrote:

Freedom2013 wrote:I thought Danny Williams had retired, but he's fighting the small but tough journeyman heavyweight Denis Bakhtov tomorrow in Russia.

Will this even be on TV?

It's not on any major Russian TV network.

Remember Bakhtov fighting on the undercard of Williams Sprott II about 10 years ago.

Williams please give it up pal it cant be good for your health physical or psychological

bakhtov is an average punching pressure fighter....perfectly decent former b-class.

exactly what danny dsnt need. sustained beating

and with every fight he ruins his reputation and legend

personally im starting to not care what happens now.

where does the money go?

williams has earned a fortune in his time !!!!

Anybody know the result of this fight?

Danny lost a UD shut-out on the cards over 10 rounds. Maybe it was closer, it was Russia after all. Not seen a report yet.

polecateddy wrote:Danny lost a UD shut-out on the cards over 10 rounds. Maybe it was closer, it was Russia after all. Not seen a report yet.

it was a very close fight

90-99 | 91-99 | 88-99

88-99? was there knock downs or point deductions?

Yeah like I said, we don't know how biased the cards were to the home fighter.

That close?