Alexander Alexandrovich Besputin (russian: Александр Александрович Беспутин; born 26 April 1991) is a Russian

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2013 European Championships and silver at the

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Professional career

Besputin vs. Butaev

Besputin turned professional in 2015 and compiled a record of 13–0 before getting an opportunity to fight for a world title against fellow Russian boxer

Radzhab Butaev Radzhab Yusupovich Butaev (russian: Раджаб Юсупович Бутаев; born 15 December 1993) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the WBA (Regular) welterweight title from October 2021 to April 2022. At regional level he held the ...

. Butaev was ranked #3 by the WBA at welterweight at the time. In the fight Besputin would go on to win via

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to capture the

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and EBP

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titles.

Six-month suspension

In January 2020 it was reported that Besputin had failed a post-fight drug test for the bout with Butaev, testing positive for the

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. Upon hearing the news, Butaev said, "Ahead of the fight my team insisted on VADA testing while he and his team were denying it all along, and even after I agreed to pay for both sides, including his costs, he was very reluctant. After finally enrolling he attempted to ignore the requests from VADA for two weeks for his whereabouts to be tested." Besputin elected to have a secondary 'B sample' tested, which also came back positive for the same substance in June. Following the second test result, the WBA stripped Besputin of his title and issued a six-month suspension on 4 July.

Besputin vs. Plotnikov

On 20 March, 2021, Besputin fought Viktor Plotnikov in his comeback fight after his suspension. Besputin dominated in the first two rounds, which prompted the opposition's trainer to end the fight right after the end of the second round.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Alexander Besputin - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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