Erik Bazinyan (born 21 May 1995) Is an Armenian-born, Canadian-based boxer who holds the NABF and NABA super middleweight titles. He resides in Laval, Quebec, Canada.
Erik Bazinyan | |
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| Born | 21 May 1995 Yerevan, Armenia |
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| Other names | Bzo |
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| Weight(s) | Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 34 |
| Wins | 32 |
| Wins by KO | 23 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
Biography
editErik Bazinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia and currently resides on Laval, Quebec, Canada, Erik Bazinyan states that he had an Amateur career with a record of 108 wins and 1 loss, Bazinyan lost his Father in 2022 which made him focus on his family before returning to boxing in February 2023.[1]
Professional career
editEarly career
editBazinyan began his career as a light heavyweight, winning his first seven fights in the division from 2014 to 2015 as an 18 to 19 years old. On 27 March 2015, Bazinyan moved down to super middleweight and knocked Morgan Le Gal in the 5th round of their match.
Bazinyan vs. Schwartz
editOn 3 September 2016, Bazinyan fought Aro Schwartz for the vacant WBO Youth super middleweight title in a 10 rounder bout, with Bazinyan earning the unanimous decision victory.
Bazinyan vs. Zegarra
editOn 23 June 2018, Bazinyan fought a fresh from a loss in an inter-continental titled match Peruvian David Zegarra for the vacant NABO super middleweight title. Bazinyan slowly started with huge right hands that hurts Zegarra and on the hurt Zegarra badly in the third round, but Zegarra was saved by the bell, Bazinyan downed Zegarra twice in the next round, prompting the referee to stop the bout.[2]
Bazinyan vs. Ntetu
editOn 13 October 2018, Bazinyan was scheduled to defend his NABO super middleweight title against Francy Ntetu, the vacant NABA super middleweight title was also put at stake, on the natch, Bazinyan downed Ntetu in the sixth round, Ntetu later went recovered but Bazinyan knocked him down with flurry of punches, prompting the referee to halt the contest.[citation needed]
Bazinyan successfully defended his NABO and NABA titles against Ricardo Adrian Luna[3] and Alan Campa who he dominated in all 10 rounds.[citation needed]
Bazinyan vs. Román
editOn 13 December 2019, Erik Bazinyan fought Mexican veteran boxer, Saúl Román in a non-titled bout, on the night of the match, Bazinyan started with a halting work but slowly began to make notable progress and on the starting moments of the third round Bazinyan floored Román with a hard short-shot right hand, which Román didn't recover from.[4]
COVID-19 pandemic
editBefore the COVID-19 pandemic, Bazinyan defeated Finland's Timo Laine via technical knockout, but due to inactivity because of the pandemic, the NABO title was stripped off him, yet Bazinyan kept the NABA title.
Bazinyan vs. Sigmon
editOn 4 June 2021, Erik Bazinyan returned to boxing and put his NABA title on the line against Scott Sigmon, while the vacant NABF super middleweight title awaits in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in the second round of the match, Erik Bazinyan scored a knockout win against Sigmon.[5]
On 12 February 2022, it was announced that Bazinyan would fight Reinaldo Paniagua,[6] and was successful on retaining his NABF super middleweight title via TKO, later his NABA title got vacated, but on 28 April 2022, it was announced that he will defend his NABF super middleweight title, while the vacant NABA was put on the line on Bazinyan's bout against tough and resilient Argentinian boxer, Marcelo Esteban Coceres,[7] Bazinyan successfully defended his NABF title and regained his NABA title via unanimous decision as he dominated Coceres and gave Coceres a hard time to get in touch, unlike prior bouts of Coceres.
Bazinyan vs. Fox
editOn 15 December 2022, it was announced that Bazinyan would fight former WBA (Regular) super middleweight title challenger, Alantez Fox on 2 February 2023, at Montreal,[8] at the same time, the NABF and NABA super middleweight titles were at stake, Bazinyan earned a majority decision win, due to his simple yet fair and magnificent performance he earned the scores of 98–92 two times and 95–95.[9]
Bazinyan vs. Macias
editOn 5 April 2023, it was announced that Bazinyan was scheduled to defend his NABF and NABA super middleweight titles against former NABF middleweight champion and veteran Mexican boxer, Jose de Jesus Macias.[10] During the fight, Bazinyan showed magnificent performances from the starting round to the middle round, until in the 7th round, Macias unexpectedly caught him with a hard right hand that made Bazinyan wobble, but Bazinyan was able to stay on his feet and later continued to be in control until the dying moments of the bout.[11]
Bazinyan vs. Ellis
editBazinyan came back stronger prior to his last bout, ready to battle on his next bout against Ronald Ellis,[12] who has fought boxers like David Benavidez and Christian Mbili, despite how galant and elegant his achievements may look, Ellis hasn't competed in a professional bout for nearly 2 years, which would weigh Ellis down, yet he remains a strong and good opponent for Bazinyan, both made notable progress on their own but on the 6th round, out of no where, Bazinyan rocks Ellis with two right hands that dropped Ellis down, Ellis was able to recover but the referee halted the contest, making this the quickest loss of Ellis, prior to his previous bouts.[13]
Bazinyan vs. Godoy
editOn the 1st day of December, 2023, a scheduled fight between Erik Bazinyan and resilient Argentinian veteran boxer, Billi Facundo Godoy on 25 January 2024 is announced, Bazinyan's NABF super middleweight title being at stake, despite being Bazinyan's 32nd bout without any losses, the 28 years old Bazinyan is still looking to progress more instead of willing to compete in any world championships yet, despite his top 5 rankings in every boxing organizations on the super middleweight division.[14] Bazinyan would make a rather explosive and quick victory as he prevails against Godoy with a solid impressive combination which Godoy did not beat the 10-seconds count from, Bazinyan therefore retains his NABF title.[15]
Bazinyan vs. Phinn
editBazinyan was scheduled to make the seventh defense of his NABF super middleweight title and for the vacant WBA Continental (North America) super middleweight title against veteran Shakeel Phinn on April 11, 2024,[16] however the fight was postponed to May 2, 2024 after Bazinyan became ill.[17] Bazinyan earned his first draw against Phinn in a rather controversial fashion after being outclassed by Phinn.[18][19]
Bazinyan vs. Munguia
editBazinyan is scheduled to face Jaime Munguia in a super middleweight bout at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, AZ on September 20, 2024.[20]
Professional boxing record
edit| 34 fights | 32 wins | 1 loss |
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| By knockout | 23 | 1 |
| By decision | 9 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 34 | Loss | 32–1–1 |  Jaime Munguía
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KO | 10 (12), 2:36 | 20 Sep 2024 |  Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
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Lost WBC-NABF super middleweight title; For WBC Silver super middleweight title |
| 33 | Draw | 32–0–1 |  Shakeel Phinn
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SD | 10 | 02 May 2024 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Retained WBC-NABF super middleweight title; For vacant WBA Continental (Americas) super middleweight title |
| 32 | Win | 32–0 |  Billi Facundo Godoy
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TKO | 3 (10), 2:23 | 25 Jan 2024 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Retained WBC-NABF super middleweight title |
| 31 | Win | 31–0 | Ronald Ellis
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KO | 6 (10), 1:44 | 11 Oct 2023 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Retained WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA super middleweight titles |
| 30 | Win | 30–0 | Jose de Jesus Macias
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UD | 10 | 1 Jun 2023 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Retained WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA super middleweight titles |
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | Alantez Fox
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MD | 10 | 2 Feb 2023 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Retained WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA super middleweight titles |
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Marcelo Esteban Coceres
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UD | 10 | 23 Jun 2022 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Retained WBC-NABF super middleweight title; Won vacant WBA-NABA super middleweight title |
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Reinaldo Paniagua
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TKO | 9 (10), 1:10 | 3 Mar 2022 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Retained WBC-NABF super middleweight title |
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Scott Sigmon
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TKO | 2 (10), 1:55 | 4 Jun 2021 | Hotel Holiday Inn, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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Retained WBA-NABA super middleweight title; Won vacant WBC-NABF super middleweight title |
| 25 | Win | 25–0 |  Timo Laine
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TKO | 6 (10), 0:45 | 21 Feb 2020 | Le Centre Financier Sun Life, Rimouski, Canada
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| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Saúl Román
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KO | 3 (8), 0:46 | 13 Dec 2019 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
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| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Alan Campa
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UD | 10 | 2 May 2019 | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Retained WBO-NABO and WBA-NABA super middleweight titles |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Ricardo Adrian Luna
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TKO | 5 (10), 1:41 | 14 Dec 2018 | Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Canada
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Retained WBO-NABO and WBA-NABA super middleweight titles |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Francy Ntetu
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TKO | 6 (10), 1:30 | 13 Oct 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Retained WBO-NABO super middleweight title; Won vacant WBA-NABA super middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 |  David Zegarra
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TKO | 4 (10), 2:45 | 23 Jun 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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Won vacant WBO-NABO super middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Alejandro Gustavo Falliga
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TKO | 3 (8), 1:38 | 26 May 2018 | Centre Vidéotron, Quebec City, Canada
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| 18 | Win | 18–0 |  Ferenc Albert
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TKO | 3 (8), 2:35 | 31 Mar 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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| 17 | Win | 17–0 |  Bernard Donfack
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KO | 2 (8), 1:16 | 9 Sep 2017 | Tohu, Montreal, Canada
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| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Rolando Paredes
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TKO | 4 (8), 1:43 | 10 Jun 2017 | Tohu, Montreal, Canada
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| 15 | Win | 15–0 |  Alis Sijaric
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TKO | 4 (8), 2:00 | 8 Apr 2017 | Tohu, Montreal, Canada
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| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Aro Schwartz
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UD | 10 | 3 Sep 2016 | Tohu, Montreal, Canada
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Won vacant WBO Youth super middleweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Zoltan Sera
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KO | 2 (8), 2:02 | 17 Jun 2016 | Tohu, Montreal, Canada
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| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Gergo Horvath
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KO | 2 (8), 1:22 | 12 Mar 2016 | Tohu, Montreal, Canada
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| 11 | Win | 11–0 |  Michal Ludwiczak
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UD | 8 | 21 Jan 2016 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada
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| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Roody Rene
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TKO | 4 (6), 2:36 | 24 Oct 2015 | Complexe Sportif Gilles Tremblay, Repentigny, Canada
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 | LeeAnthony Spitzka
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KO | 3 (6), 2:57 | 15 Aug 2015 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
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| 8 | Win | 8–0 |  Morgan Le Gal
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TKO | 5 (6), 2:38 | 27 Mar 2015 | Olympia Theatre, Montreal, Canada
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| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Victor Manuel Palacios
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KO | 1 (6), 2:33 | 7 Nov 2014 | Château Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Baptiste Castegnaro
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UD | 6 | 27 Sep 2014 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Gary Kopas
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UD | 6 | 28 Jun 2014 | Soccerplexe Catalogna, Lachine, Canada
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jaudiel Zepeda
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UD | 4 | 24 May 2014 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Alexandre Bouvier
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TKO | 3 (6), 2:28 | 21 Mar 2014 | Holiday Inn, Pointe-Claire, Canada
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ahmad Selemani
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TKO | 4 (4), 1:16 | 8 Nov 2013 | Holiday Inn, Pointe-Claire, Canada
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Matt Heim
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KO | 1 (4), 0:33 | 21 Sep 2013 | Halifax Forum, Halifax, Canada
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Career rankings
editAs of February 2024, Erik Bazinyan is ranked No. 14 in active super middleweight boxers in accordance to BoxRec[21] and No. 6 by The Ring.[22]
He is ranked No. 3 on WBC, No. 2 on WBA, No. 5 on IBF and No. 3 on WBO super middleweight rankings.[23]
References
edit- ^ Anson Wainwright (10 October 2023). "Erik Bazinyan looks to leave his Personal Tragedy behind as he takes on Ronald Ellis". ringtv.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Boxrec: Erik Bazinyan vs David Zegarra match results". boxrec.com. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Gerry Modejonge (13 December 2018). "Erik Bazinyan putting both titles on the line against Adrian Flores". edmontonsun.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Scott Christ (13 December 2019). "Luiz Feliciano and Erik Bazinyan scored victories on Prelimenary matches of Ortiz vs. Solomon match". badlefthook.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Armenian boxer Erik Bazinyan scores a victory against Scott Sigmon". sports.new.am. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Francisco Salazar (12 February 2022). "Erik Bazinyan takes on Reinaldo Paniagua in Montreal on March 3". mirrorspectator.com.
- ^ Anson Wainwright (28 April 2022). "Erik Bazinyan will risk his unbeaten record against Marcelo Coceres on June 23, 2022". ringtv.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Francisco Salazar (15 December 2022). "Erik Bazinyan to face Alantez Fox on February 2 in Montreal". ringtv.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Keith Idec (2 February 2023). "Erik Bazinyan wears down Alantez Fox, wins 10 Round majority Decision in Montreal". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Anson Wainwright (5 April 2023). "Unbeaten Erik Bazinyan to face Jose de Jesus Macias on June 1". ringtv.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Keith Idec (1 June 2023). "Erik Bazinyan survives scare in 7th Round, Outpoints huge underdog Jose de Jesus Macias". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ RANDOM HITS (24 August 2023). "Erik Bazinyan vs. Ronald Ellis set for October 11 in Montreal". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ Keith Idec (11 October 2023). "Erik Bazinyan blasts Ronald Ellis with right hand, Drops and Stops Him in 6th Round". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ RANDOM HITS (1 December 2023). "Erik Bazinyan, Albert Ramirez to see in action on January 25 in Montreal". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Ken Hissner (26 January 2024). "Boxing Results: Erik Bazinyan stops Godoy in Montreal!". boxingnews24.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (16 February 2024). "Erik Bazinyan: I've known Shakeel Phinn for 11 years, but no friendship in the ring". FIGHTMAG. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Wainwright, Anson (29 April 2024). "ERIK BAZINYAN RETURNS TO ACTION FULLY HEALED TO FACE SHAKEEL PHINN ON THURSDAY". ringtv.com. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ Hissner, Ken (2 May 2024). "Boxing Results: Erik Bazinyan Draws With Shakeel Phinn!". boxingnews24.com. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Judge Denies Shakeel Phinn A Victory Over Erik Bazinyan". 3kingboxing.com. Bo. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (1 August 2024). "Jaime Munguia returns against Erik Bazinyan in September in Glendale, AZ". FIGHTMAG.
- ^ "BoxRec: Active super middleweight boxers ranking".
- ^ "The Ring super middleweight division ratings".
- ^ "WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO rankings".
External links
editBoxing record for Erik Bazinyan from BoxRec (registration required)