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.
[3] In his next fight he faced Jakov Gospic for the vacant WBC-CISBB heavyweight title[4] on 11 July 2015 at the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Germany.
The bout was part of the undercard of the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title fight between Ruslan Chagaev and Francesco Pianeta.
[5] 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.