Career
Arbachakov was an amateur boxing star in the Soviet Union. Arbachakov emigrated to Japan as part of the perestroika program, along with Orzubek Nazarov. He trained with the Kyoei boxing gym, and fought almost all of his fights in Japan.
He made his professional debut in February, 1990, under the name "Yuri Chakov", in the bantamweight division. After winning the world titles, he took out "Ebihara" from his ring name, and began fighting as "Yuri Arbachakov." He made this change because "Ebi" closely resembles the Russian word for "Fuck."
In August, 1996, he made his 9th defense by 8th round KO, but injured his right hand during the fight. The injury forced him into a long period of inactivity.
His 10th defense was scheduled for November, 1997, over a year since his last fight. His professional record was 23-1-0 (16KOs).
He defended the title once before returning it. He would go on to defend his titles nine times over five years.