Apti Alkhazurovich Davtaev () is a Russian professional boxer.
Professional career Davtaev made his professional debut on 30 March 2013, scoring a second-round stoppage victory via corner retirement (RTD) against Ivan Bogdanov at the Galich Hall in Krasnodar, Russia.
After winning his first eight fights, all by stoppage, he fought Ante Verunica to a split draw (SD) over six rounds on 18 October 2014. In his next fight he faced Jakov Gospic for the vacant WBC-CISBB heavyweight title on 11 July 2015 at the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Germany. Davtaev captured his first professional via second-round knockout (KO). The bout was part of the undercard of the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title fight between Ruslan Chagaev and Francesco Pianeta.
After scoring another five wins, four by stoppage, he faced German Skobenko for the vacant WBA Asia heavyweight title on 5 September 2018 at the Amphitheatre in Grozny, Russia. Davtaev defeated Skobenko via sixth-round technical knockout (TKO) to capture his second regional title by a major sanctioning body.
Following a first-round KO victory against Richard Carmack in February 2019, Davtaev defeated Pedro Otas via fifth-round KO to capture the WBC-ABC Continental heavyweight title. The bout took place on 18 April at the Colosseum Sport Hall in Grozny.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes22Loss20–1–1Jack MulowayiTKO8 (10), 8 Apr 202121Win20–0–1John NapariKO2 (10), 21 Feb 202020Win19–0–1Keith BarrTKO3 (8), 10 Jan 202019Win18–0–1Daniel Martz TKO1 (10), 19 Sep 201918Win17–0–1Pedro OtasKO5 (10), 18 Apr 201917Win16–0–1Richard CarmackKO1 (10), 15 Feb 201916Win15–0–1German SkobenkoTKO6 (10), 5 Sep 201815Win14–0–1Cory PhelpsTKO2 (8), 22 Jun 201814Win13–0–1Garrett Wilson612 Jan 201813Win12–0–1Talgat DosanovTKO1 (10)28 May 201612Win11–0–1Davit GorgiladzeTKO1 (6), 5 Mar 201611Win10–0–1Sherzod Mamajonov TKO3 (8), 26 Dec 201510Win9–0–1Jakov GospicKO2 (10), 11 Jul 20159Draw8–0–1Ante Verunica618 Oct 20148Win8–0Andrey Zapisov RTD2 (4), 5 Sep 20147Win7–0Oleksandr NesterenkoKO1 (6), 6 Jul 20146Win6–0Roman MirzoevKO1 (4), 23 May 20145Win5–0Oleksandr PritulaKO2 (4), 8 Feb 20144Win4–0Frantisek KynkalTKO1 (6), 30 Nov 20133Win3–0Vyacheslav Shcherbakov1 (4), 26 Oct 20132Win2–0Semen Pakhomov1 (4), 27 Jul 20131Win1–0Ivan Bogdanov2 (4), 30 Mar 2013
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