Denis Inkin (born 7 January 1978) is a Russian former professional boxer who fought in Germany at super middleweight.
Amateur career Before turning professional Inkin had an extensive career as an amateur whilst serving as a Captain in the tank forces of the Russian army.
Amateur record 1994 won the European Cadet Championships (U-17) in Patras, Greece as a Light Middleweight. 1997 won the Military World Championships in San Antonio, USA as a Middleweight. 1999 won the 2nd Military World Games in Zagreb, Croatia as a Middleweight. The results were:
Professional career
Debut fight Inkin's first fight as a professional boxer was in June 2001, in his home town of Novosibirsk, when he beat Kazakhstani fighter Talgat Abdykarimov with a first round knockout.
Russian base Inkin fought all of his first 23 fights in Russia and Ukraine, with the exception of one in the United Kingdom, winning all of his fights with 17 wins by KO.
First belt During his time being based in Russia, Inkin fought for his first title belt against Bulgarian Veselin Nikolaev Vasilev in Moscow, for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title. Inkin knocked Vasilev out in the first round to take the title.
Move to Germany He moved to Germany in June 2005 from where he boxed in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia and won that WBC International super middleweight title against German Mario Veit with a seventh round KO of Veit.
WBO Super middleweight title On September 27, 2008, at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany, Inkin claimed the vacant WBO super middleweight title, previously held by Joe Calzaghe for over 11 years, with a twelve round unanimous decision victory over Fulgencio Zuniga. In January 2009, in his first defence of the title, Inkin lost to Hungarian Karoly Balzsay over 12 rounds in Germany.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes35Loss34–1 Károly BalzsayUD12Jan 10, 200934Win34–0 Fulgencio ZúñigaUD12Sep 27, 200833Win33–0 Sergey BeloshapkinUD6Jul 24, 200832Win32–0 Martin Abel BruerUD12Nov 24, 200731Win31–0 József NagyTKO5 (12), Jun 30, 200730Win30–0 Emmanuel DumaTKO7 (10), Feb 27, 200729Win29–0 Mario VeitKO7 (12), Oct 21, 200628Win28–0 Konni KonradUD8May 23, 200627Win27–0 Peter MashamaiteUD10Feb 28, 200626Win26–0 Antonio Valentin OchoaTKO5 (10), Dec 13, 200525Win25–0 Malik DziarraKO4 (10), Sep 17, 200524Win24–0 Gerardo SoriaTKO4 (8)Jun 18, 200523Win23–0 Maneno OswaldTKO3 (10)May 19, 200522Win22–0 George Adipo OdourKO1 (8)Mar 9, 200521Win21–0Branko SobotTKO2 (8)Dec 16, 200420Win20–0 Julio César VásquezTKO7 (10)Sep 24, 200419Win19–0 Denis SolomkoTKO3 (10)Jul 6, 200418Win18–0 Ovill McKenziePTS8Apr 3, 200417Win17–0 Yuri TsarenkaUD8Jan 30, 200416Win16–0 Chris NembhardTKO4 (8)Nov 27, 200315Win15–0 Jose Hilton Dos SantosTKO7 (12)Sep 6, 200314Win14–0 Veselin VasilevKO1 (12)Jun 26, 200313Win13–0 Dmitry GerasimovKO4 (6)Apr 19, 200312Win12–0 Sergey KaranevichUD8Jan 26, 200311Win11–0 Ilyas TaramovTKO2 (8)Dec 22, 200210Win10–0 Bakhtiyar KhodzhiyevTKO3 (8)Nov 6, 20029Win9–0 Ilyas TaramovTKO1 (6)Oct 10, 20028Win8–0 Viktor GeraschenkoUD6Aug 31, 20027Win7–0 Viktor GeraschenkoTKO5 (6)May 18, 20026Win6–0 Dmitry TreskovTKO5 (6)Mar 28, 20025Win5–0 Igor LyzunykTKO4 (8)Feb 16, 20024Win4–0 Vage KocharyanUD6Dec 11, 20013Win3–0 Aliaksandr KravchankaKO1 (6)Nov 10, 20012Win2–0 Mger MkrtchyanTKO2 (6)Oct 13, 20011Win1–0 Talgat AbdykarimovKO1 (4)Jun 30, 2001
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