title: Denis Inkin
text: # Denis Inkin
  
  Denis Inkin (born 7 January 1978) Russian: Инкин, Денис Анатольевич 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 the 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
  
  | 35 fights | 34 wins | 1 loss |
  | - | - | - |
  | By knockout | 24 | 0 |
  | By decision | 10 | 1 |
  | 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, Kiev, 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 | |
  