Erik Bazinyan
Born (1995-05-21) 21 May 1995
Yerevan, Armenia
NationalityArmenian–Canadian
Other namesBzo
Statistics
Weight(s)Super Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights31
Wins31
Wins by KO22

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.

Biography

Erik 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

Bazinyan 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 March 27, 2015, Bazinyan moved down to super middleweight and knocked Morgan Le Gal in the 5th round of their match.

WBO Youth Super Middleweight Championship

On September 3, 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.

NABO Super Middleweight Championship

On June 23, 2018, Bazinyan fought a fresh from a loss from 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

On October 13, 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.

Bazinyan successfully defended his NABO and NABA titles against Ricardo Adrian Luna[3] and Alan Campa whom he dominated in all 10 rounds.

Erik Bazinyan vs. Román

On December 13, 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 buts 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

Before 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

On June 4, 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 February 12, 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 April 28, 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

On December 15, 2022, it was announced that Bazinyan would fight former WBA (Regular) super middleweight title challenger, Alantez Fox on February 2, 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

On April 5, 2023, it was announced that Bazinyan was schedule 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

Bazinyan came back stronger prior to his last bout, ready to battle on his next bout against Ronald Ellis,[12] whom 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 last bouts.[13]

Bazinyan vs. Godoy

On the 1st day of December, 2023, a scheduled fight between Erik Bazinyan and resilient Argentinian veteran boxer, Billi Facundo Godoy on January 25, 2024 is announced, Bazinyan's NABF and NABA titles 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]

Professional boxing record

31 fights 31 wins 0 losses
By knockout 22 0
By decision 9 0
No. Result Record[15] Opponent Type Round, Time Date Location Notes
31 Win 31–0 United StatesRonald Ellis KO 6 (10), 1:44 11 Oct 2023 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal Retained NABF and NABA super middleweight titles
30 Win 30–0 MexicoJose de Jesus Macias UD 10 1 Jun 2023 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal Retained NABF and NABA super middleweight titles
29 Win 29–0 United StatesAlantez Fox MD 10 2 Feb 2023 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal Retained NABF and NABA super middleweight titles
28 Win 28–0 ArgentinaMarcelo Esteban Coceres UD 10 23 Jun 2022 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal Retained NABF;Won vacant NABA super middleweight titles
27 Win 27–0 MexicoReinaldo Paniagua TKO 9 (10), 1:10 3 Mar 2022 Canada Montreal, Quebec Retained NABF super middleweight title
26 Win 26–0 United StatesScott Sigmon TKO 2 (10), 1:55 4 Jun 2021 Mexico Hotel Holiday Inn, Cuernavaca Retained NABA;Won vacant NABF super middleweight titles
25 Win 25–0 FinlandTimo Laine TKO 6 (10), 0:45 21 Feb 2020 Canada Le Centre Financier Sun Life, Rimouski
24 Win 24–0 MexicoSaúl Román KO 3 (8), 0:46 13 Dec 2019 United States Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio
23 Win 23–0 MexicoAlan Campa UD 10 2 May 2019 United States Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, The Joint, Las Vegas Retained NABO and NABA super middleweight titles
22 Win 22–0 MexicoRicardo Adrian Luna TKO 5 (10), 1:41 14 Dec 2018 Canada Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton Retained NABO and NABA super middleweight titles
21 Win 21–0 CanadaFrancy Ntetu TKO 6 (10), 1:30 13 Oct 2018 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal Retained NABO;Won vacant NABA super middleweight titles
20 Win 20–0 PeruDavid Zegarra TKO 4 (10), 2:45 23 Jun 2018 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal Won vacant NABO super middleweight title
19 Win 19–0 ArgentinaAlejandro Gustavo Falliga TKO 3 (8), 1:38 26 May 2018 Canada Centre Vidéotron, Quebec City
18 Win 18–0 HungaryFerenc Albert TKO 3 (8), 2:35 31 Mar 2018 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal
17 Win 17–0 GermanyBernard Donfack KO 2 (8), 1:16 9 Sep 2017 Canada Tohu, Montreal
16 Win 16–0 MexicoRolando Paredes TKO 4 (8), 1:43 10 Jun 2017 Canada Tohu, Montreal
15 Win 15–0 MontenegroAlis Sijaric TKO 4 (8), 2:00 8 Apr 2017 Canada Tohu, Montreal
14 Win 14–0 GermanyAro Schwartz UD 10 3 Sep 2016 Canada Tohu, Montreal Won vacant WBO Youth super middleweight title
13 Win 13–0 HungaryZoltan Sera KO 2 (8), 2:02 17 Jun 2016 Canada Tohu, Montreal
12 Win 12–0 HungaryGergo Horvath KO 2 (8), 1:22 12 Mar 2016 Canada Tohu, Montreal
11 Win 11–0 PolandMichal Ludwiczak UD 8 21 Jan 2016 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal
10 Win 10–0 CanadaRoody Rene TKO 4 (6), 2:36 24 Oct 2015 Canada Complexe Sportif Gilles Tremblay, Repentigny
9 Win 9–0 GermanyLeeAnthony Spitzka KO 3 (6), 2:57 15 Aug 2015 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal
8 Win 8–0 FranceMorgan Le Gal TKO 5 (6), 2:38 27 Mar 2015 Canada Olympia Theatre, Montreal
7 Win 7–0 MexicoVictor Manuel Palacios KO 1 (6), 2:33 7 Nov 2014 Canada Château Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-Dorion
6 Win 6–0 FranceBaptiste Castegnaro UD 6 27 Sep 2014 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal
5 Win 5–0 CanadaGary Kopas UD 6 28 Jun 2014 Canada Soccerplexe Catalogna, Lachine
4 Win 4–0 MexicoJaudiel Zepeda UD 4 24 May 2014 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal
3 Win 3–0 CanadaAlexandre Bouvier TKO 3 (6), 2:28 21 Mar 2014 Canada Holiday Inn, Pointe-Claire
2 Win 2–0 CanadaAhmad Selemani TKO 4 (4), 1:16 8 Nov 2013 Canada Holiday Inn, Pointe-Claire
1 Win 1–0 CanadaMatt Heim KO 1 (4), 0:33 21 Sep 2013 Canada Halifax Forum, Halifax

Career rankings

As of December 2023, Erik Bazinyan is ranked No. 16 in active super middleweight boxers in accordance to BoxRec[16] and No. 6 by The Ring.[17]

He is ranked No. 3 on WBC, No. 2 on WBA, No. 4 on IBF and No. 5 on WBO super middleweight rankings.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Boxrec: Erik Bazinyan vs David Zegarra match results". boxrec.com. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Gerry Modejonge (13 December 2018). "Erik Bazinyan putting both titles on the line against Adrian Flores". edmontonsun.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Armenian boxer Erik Bazinyan scores a victory against Scott Sigmon". sports.new.am. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Francisco Salazar (12 February 2022). "Erik Bazinyan takes on Reinaldo Paniagua in Montreal on March 3". mirrorspectator.com.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Francisco Salazar (15 December 2022). "Erik Bazinyan to face Alantez Fox on February 2 in Montreal". ringtv.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Keith Idec (2 February 2023). "Erik Bazinyan wears down Alantez Fox, wins 10 Round majority Decision in Montreal". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Anson Wainwright (5 April 2023). "Unbeaten Erik Bazinyan to face Jose de Jesus Macias on June 1". ringtv.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ RANDOM HITS (24 August 2023). "Erik Bazinyan vs. Ronald Ellis set for October 11 in Montreal". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ RANDOM HITS (1 December 2023). "Erik Bazinyan, Albert Ramirez to see in action on January 25 in Montreal". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "BoxRec: Erik Bazinyan's Record".
  16. ↑ "BoxRec: Active Super middleweight boxers ranking".
  17. ↑ "The Ring Super Middleweight division ratings".
  18. ↑ "WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO rankings".

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