# Denis Inkin

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**Denis Inkin** (born 7 January 1978) Russian: Инкин, Денис Анатольевич is a Russian former [professional boxer](/source/Professional_boxer) who fought in Germany at [super middleweight](/source/Super_middleweight).[1]

## Amateur career

Before turning professional Inkin had an extensive career as an [amateur](/source/Amateur_boxing) whilst serving as a Captain in the tank forces of the [Russian army](/source/Russian_Ground_Forces).[2]

### Amateur record

- **1994** won the European Cadet Championships (U-17) in [Patras](/source/Patras), Greece as a Light Middleweight.
- **1997** won the Military World Championships in [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio), USA as a Middleweight.
- **1999** won the [2nd Military World Games](/source/Military_World_Games) in [Zagreb](/source/Zagreb), Croatia as a Middleweight. The results were:[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](/source/Kazakhstan) fighter Talgat Abdykarimov with a first round [knockout](/source/Knockout).[1]

### Russian base

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

### First belt

During his time being based in Russia, Inkin fought for his first title belt against [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgaria) Veselin Nikolaev Vasilev in [Moscow](/source/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](/source/Austria), [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia) and [Croatia](/source/Croatia) and won that WBC International super middleweight title against German [Mario Veit](/source/Mario_Veit) with a seventh round KO of Veit.

### WBO Super middleweight title

On September 27, 2008, at the [Color Line Arena](/source/Color_Line_Arena) in [Hamburg, Germany](/source/Hamburg,_Germany), Inkin claimed the vacant WBO super middleweight title, previously held by [Joe Calzaghe](/source/Joe_Calzaghe) for over 11 years, with a twelve round unanimous decision victory over [Fulgencio Zuniga](/source/Fulgencio_Zuniga).[3] In January 2009, in his first defence of the title, Inkin lost to [Hungarian](/source/Hungary) [Karoly Balzsay](/source/Karoly_Balzsay) over 12 rounds in Germany.[4]

## Professional boxing record

No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes 35 Loss 34–1 Károly Balzsay UD 12 Jan 10, 2009 Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany Lost WBO super middleweight title 34 Win 34–0 Fulgencio Zúñiga UD 12 Sep 27, 2008 Color Line Arena, Altona, Germany Won vacant WBO super middleweight title 33 Win 33–0 Sergey Beloshapkin UD 6 Jul 24, 2008 Vodoley, Ekaterinburg, Russia 32 Win 32–0 Martin Abel Bruer UD 12 Nov 24, 2007 Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany Retained WBC International super middleweight title 31 Win 31–0 József Nagy TKO 5 (12), 2:08 Jun 30, 2007 Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany Retained WBC International super middleweight title 30 Win 30–0 Emmanuel Duma TKO 7 (10), 1:48 Feb 27, 2007 Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Germany 29 Win 29–0 Mario Veit KO 7 (12), 1:52 Oct 21, 2006 Brandberge Arena, Halle an der Saale, Germany Won WBC International super middleweight title 28 Win 28–0 Konni Konrad UD 8 May 23, 2006 Sportna Dvoran Center, Ptuj, Slovenia 27 Win 27–0 Peter Mashamaite UD 10 Feb 28, 2006 Alte Reithalle, Stuttgart, Germany 26 Win 26–0 Antonio Valentin Ochoa TKO 5 (10), 2:40 Dec 13, 2005 Freizeit Arena, Soelden, Austria 25 Win 25–0 Malik Dziarra KO 4 (10), 2:09 Sep 17, 2005 Harzlandhalle, Ilsenburg, Germany 24 Win 24–0 Gerardo Soria TKO 4 (8) Jun 18, 2005 Amphitheater Arena, Pula, Serbia 23 Win 23–0 Maneno Oswald TKO 3 (10) May 19, 2005 Giant Hall, Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia 22 Win 22–0 George Adipo Odour KO 1 (8) Mar 9, 2005 Infinity Nightclub, Moscow, Russia 21 Win 21–0 Branko Sobot TKO 2 (8) Dec 16, 2004 Centr na Tulskoy, Moscow, Russia 20 Win 20–0 Julio César Vásquez TKO 7 (10) Sep 24, 2004 Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia 19 Win 19–0 Denis Solomko TKO 3 (10) Jul 6, 2004 M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK 18 Win 18–0 Ovill McKenzie PTS 8 Apr 3, 2004 M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK 17 Win 17–0 Yuri Tsarenka UD 8 Jan 30, 2004 DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia 16 Win 16–0 Chris Nembhard TKO 4 (8) Nov 27, 2003 Olimpyskiy Sports Palace, Chekhov, Russia 15 Win 15–0 Jose Hilton Dos Santos TKO 7 (12) Sep 6, 2003 Sport Palace, Kyiv, Ukraine Retained IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title 14 Win 14–0 Veselin Vasilev KO 1 (12) Jun 26, 2003 USC Soviet Wings, Moscow, Russia Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title 13 Win 13–0 Dmitry Gerasimov KO 4 (6) Apr 19, 2003 Circus, Saint Petersburg, Russia 12 Win 12–0 Sergey Karanevich UD 8 Jan 26, 2003 Novosibirsk, Russia 11 Win 11–0 Ilyas Taramov TKO 2 (8) Dec 22, 2002 Novosibirsk, Russia 10 Win 10–0 Bakhtiyar Khodzhiyev TKO 3 (8) Nov 6, 2002 Novosibirsk, Russia 9 Win 9–0 Ilyas Taramov TKO 1 (6) Oct 10, 2002 Ekaterinburg, Russia 8 Win 8–0 Viktor Geraschenko UD 6 Aug 31, 2002 Novosibirsk, Russia 7 Win 7–0 Viktor Geraschenko TKO 5 (6) May 18, 2002 Ice Palace, Tyumen, Russia 6 Win 6–0 Dmitry Treskov TKO 5 (6) Mar 28, 2002 Ekaterinburg, Russia 5 Win 5–0 Igor Lyzunyk TKO 4 (8) Feb 16, 2002 Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia 4 Win 4–0 Vage Kocharyan UD 6 Dec 11, 2001 Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia 3 Win 3–0 Aliaksandr Kravchanka KO 1 (6) Nov 10, 2001 Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia 2 Win 2–0 Mger Mkrtchyan TKO 2 (6) Oct 13, 2001 Giant Hall, Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia 1 Win 1–0 Talgat Abdykarimov KO 1 (4) Jun 30, 2001 Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia

## References

1. Boxrec. ["Denis Inkin"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120930100405/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=052473&cat=boxer). *Boxrec Fighter Page*. Archived from [the original](http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=052473&cat=boxer) on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2008.

1. ["Denis Inkin"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071209113257/http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/51/universum/boxer.html). *Boxing.de*. Archived from [the original](http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/51/universum/boxer.html) on December 9, 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2008.

1. ["Inkin takes WBO 168lb title; Gomez defeats Virchis!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080930064058/http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkkkVuluVuKPwArWJi.html). Fightnews.com. 2007-09-27. Archived from [the original](http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkkkVuluVuKPwArWJi.html) on September 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-27.

1. Top Rank. ["Julio César Chávez Jr. Conf Call Transcript"](http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=18382&more=1). *Boxing News 24/7*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110522114907/http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=18382&more=1) 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

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