Denis Inkin

Denis Inkin
Statistics
Real name	Denis Inkin
Rated at	super middleweight
Height	182 cm
Nationality	Russian
Born	7 January 1978 (1978-01-07) (age 33) Novosibirsk, Russia
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	35
Wins	34
Wins by KO	24
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Denis Inkin (born 7 January 1978, Novosibirsk, Russia, Soviet Union) is a German based Russian professional boxer who fights in the Super-Middleweight division.^[1]

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.^[2]

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:^[2]
  • Defeated Adaliat Agayev (Azerbaijan) RSCI-4
  • Defeated Tommy Sheahan (Ireland) PTS (11-2)
  • Defeated Petrit Dobroschi PTS (4-2)

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.^[1]

Russian base

Inkin fought all of his first 23 fights in Russia and the Ukraine, with the exception of one in the United Kingdom, winning all of his fights with 17 wins by KO.^[1]

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.^[3] In January 2009, in his first defence of the title, Inkin lost to Hungarian Karoly Balzsay over 12 rounds in Germany.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Boxrec. "Denis Inkin". Boxrec Fighter Page. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=052473&cat=boxer. Retrieved 26 January 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Denis Inkin". Boxing.de. http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/51/universum/boxer.html. Retrieved 26 January 2008. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Inkin takes WBO 168lb title; Gomez defeats Virchis!". Fightnews.com. 2007-09-27. http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkkkVuluVuKPwArWJi.html. Retrieved 2008-09-27. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Eastside boxing | Balzsay decisions Inkin

External links

Preceded by Joe Calzaghe Vacated

WBO Super Middleweight Champion September 27, 2008- January 10, 2009

Succeeded by Károly Balzsay

• Professional boxing record for Denis Inkin from BoxRec

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Name	Inkin, Denis
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Date of birth	7 January 1978
Place of birth	Novosibirsk, Russia
Date of death
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