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{{short description|Russian boxer}}
{{Infobox boxer
| image =
| name = Denis Inkin
| nickname =
| weight = [[Super middleweight]]
| height = 182 cm
| nationality = Russian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|1|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Novosibirsk]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| total = 35
| wins = 34
| KO = 24
| losses = 1
| draws =
| no contests =
}}
'''Denis Inkin''' (born 7 January 1978) {{langx|ru|Инкин, Денис Анатольевич}} is a Russian former [[professional boxer]] who fought in Germany at [[super middleweight]].<ref name="Boxrec">{{cite web | author=Boxrec | title=Denis Inkin | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=052473&cat=boxer | access-date=26 January 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930100405/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=052473&cat=boxer | archive-date=30 September 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Amateur career==
Before turning professional Inkin had an extensive career as an [[amateur boxing|amateur]] whilst serving as a Captain in the tank forces of the [[Russian Ground Forces|Russian army]].<ref name="BoxingDe"/>
===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 [[Military World Games|2nd Military World Games]] in [[Zagreb]], Croatia as a Middleweight. The results were:<ref name="BoxingDe">{{cite web|title=Denis Inkin |work=Boxing.de |url=http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/51/universum/boxer.html |access-date=26 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209113257/http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/51/universum/boxer.html |archive-date=December 9, 2007 }}</ref>
==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 [[Kazakhstan]]i fighter Talgat Abdykarimov with a first round [[knockout]].<ref name="Boxrec"/>
===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 [[knockout|KO]].<ref name="Boxrec"/>
===First belt===
During his time being based in Russia, Inkin fought for his first title belt against [[Bulgaria]]n 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Inkin takes WBO 168lb title; Gomez defeats Virchis! |publisher=Fightnews.com |date=2007-09-27 |url=http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkkkVuluVuKPwArWJi.html |access-date=2008-09-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930064058/http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkkkVuluVuKPwArWJi.html |archive-date=September 30, 2008 }}</ref>  In January 2009, in his first defence of the title, Inkin lost to [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Karoly Balzsay]] over 12 rounds in Germany.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=18382&more=1|title=Julio César Chávez Jr. Conf Call Transcript|author=Top Rank|work=Boxing News 24/7|access-date=2009-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522114907/http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=18382&more=1|archive-date=2011-05-22|url-status=live}}
</ref>
==Professional boxing record==
{{BoxingRecordSummary
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|ko-losses=
|dec-wins=10
|dec-losses=1
|dq-wins=
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|draws=
|nc=
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|35
|{{no2}}Loss
|34–1
|align=left| [[Károly Balzsay]]
|UD
|12
|Jan 10, 2009
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Lost WBO super middleweight title}}
|-
|34
|{{yes2}}Win
|34–0
|align=left| [[Fulgencio Zúñiga]]
|UD
|12
|Sep 27, 2008
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Color Line Arena, Altona, Germany}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant [[List of WBO world champions#Super middleweight|WBO super middleweight title]]}}
|-
|33
|{{yes2}}Win
|33–0
|align=left| Sergey Beloshapkin
|UD
|6
|Jul 24, 2008
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Vodoley, Ekaterinburg, Russia}}
|
|-
|32
|{{yes2}}Win
|32–0
|align=left| Martin Abel Bruer
|UD
|12
|Nov 24, 2007
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Germany}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBC International super middleweight title}}
|-
|31
|{{yes2}}Win
|31–0
|align=left| [[József Nagy (boxer, born 1975)|József Nagy]]
|TKO
|5 (12), {{small|2:08}}
|Jun 30, 2007
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBC International super middleweight title}}
|-
|30
|{{yes2}}Win
|30–0
|align=left| Emmanuel Duma
|TKO
|7 (10), {{small|1:48}}
|Feb 27, 2007
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Germany}}
|
|-
|29
|{{yes2}}Win
|29–0
|align=left| [[Mario Veit]]
|KO
|7 (12), {{small|1:52}}
|Oct 21, 2006
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Brandberge Arena, Halle an der Saale, Germany}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won WBC International super middleweight title}}
|-
|28
|{{yes2}}Win
|28–0
|align=left| Konni Konrad
|UD
|8
|May 23, 2006
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Sportna Dvoran Center, Ptuj, Slovenia}}
|
|-
|27
|{{yes2}}Win
|27–0
|align=left| Peter Mashamaite
|UD
|10
|Feb 28, 2006
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Alte Reithalle, Stuttgart, Germany}}
|
|-
|26
|{{yes2}}Win
|26–0
|align=left| Antonio Valentin Ochoa
|TKO
|5 (10), {{small|2:40}}
|Dec 13, 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Freizeit Arena, Soelden, Austria}}
|
|-
|25
|{{yes2}}Win
|25–0
|align=left| Malik Dziarra
|KO
|4 (10), {{small|2:09}}
|Sep 17, 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Harzlandhalle, Ilsenburg, Germany}}
|
|-
|24
|{{yes2}}Win
|24–0
|align=left| Gerardo Soria
|TKO
|4 (8)
|Jun 18, 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Amphitheater Arena, Pula, Serbia}}
|
|-
|23
|{{yes2}}Win
|23–0
|align=left| [[Maneno Oswald]]
|TKO
|3 (10)
|May 19, 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Giant Hall, Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia}}
|
|-
|22
|{{yes2}}Win
|22–0
|align=left| George Adipo Odour
|KO
|1 (8)
|Mar 9, 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Infinity Nightclub, Moscow, Russia}}
|
|-
|21
|{{yes2}}Win
|21–0
|align=left|[[Branko Sobot]]
|TKO
|2 (8)
|Dec 16, 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Centr na Tulskoy, Moscow, Russia}}
|
|-
|20
|{{yes2}}Win
|20–0
|align=left| [[Julio César Vásquez]]
|TKO
|7 (10)
|Sep 24, 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|19
|{{yes2}}Win
|19–0
|align=left| Denis Solomko
|TKO
|3 (10)
|Jul 6, 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK}}
|
|-
|18
|{{yes2}}Win
|18–0
|align=left| [[Ovill McKenzie]]
|PTS
|8
|Apr 3, 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK}}
|
|-
|17
|{{yes2}}Win
|17–0
|align=left| Yuri Tsarenka
|UD
|8
|Jan 30, 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia}}
|
|-
|16
|{{yes2}}Win
|16–0
|align=left| Chris Nembhard
|TKO
|4 (8)
|Nov 27, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Olimpyskiy Sports Palace, Chekhov, Russia}}
|
|-
|15
|{{yes2}}Win
|15–0
|align=left| Jose Hilton Dos Santos
|TKO
|7 (12)
|Sep 6, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Sport Palace, Kyiv, Ukraine}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title}}
|-
|14
|{{yes2}}Win
|14–0
|align=left| Veselin Vasilev
|KO
|1 (12)
|Jun 26, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|USC Soviet Wings, Moscow, Russia}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title}}
|-
|13
|{{yes2}}Win
|13–0
|align=left| Dmitry Gerasimov
|KO
|4 (6)
|Apr 19, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Circus, Saint Petersburg, Russia}}
|
|-
|12
|{{yes2}}Win
|12–0
|align=left| Sergey Karanevich
|UD
|8
|Jan 26, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|11
|{{yes2}}Win
|11–0
|align=left| Ilyas Taramov
|TKO
|2 (8)
|Dec 22, 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|10
|{{yes2}}Win
|10–0
|align=left| Bakhtiyar Khodzhiyev
|TKO
|3 (8)
|Nov 6, 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|9
|{{yes2}}Win
|9–0
|align=left| Ilyas Taramov
|TKO
|1 (6)
|Oct 10, 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ekaterinburg, Russia}}
|
|-
|8
|{{yes2}}Win
|8–0
|align=left| Viktor Geraschenko
|UD
|6
|Aug 31, 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|7
|{{yes2}}Win
|7–0
|align=left| Viktor Geraschenko
|TKO
|5 (6)
|May 18, 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ice Palace, Tyumen, Russia}}
|
|-
|6
|{{yes2}}Win
|6–0
|align=left| Dmitry Treskov
|TKO
|5 (6)
|Mar 28, 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ekaterinburg, Russia}}
|
|-
|5
|{{yes2}}Win
|5–0
|align=left| Igor Lyzunyk
|TKO
|4 (8)
|Feb 16, 2002
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|4
|{{yes2}}Win
|4–0
|align=left| Vage Kocharyan
|UD
|6
|Dec 11, 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|3
|{{yes2}}Win
|3–0
|align=left| Aliaksandr Kravchanka
|KO
|1 (6)
|Nov 10, 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|2
|{{yes2}}Win
|2–0
|align=left| [[Mger Mkrtchyan]]
|TKO
|2 (6)
|Oct 13, 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Giant Hall, Casino Conti, Saint Petersburg, Russia}}
|
|-
|1
|{{yes2}}Win
|1–0
|align=left| Talgat Abdykarimov
|KO
|1 (4)
|Jun 30, 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia}}
|
|-
|}
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* {{boxrec|id=52473}}
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{{s-vac|last=[[Joe Calzaghe]]<br><small>Vacated</small>}}
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Super-middleweight boxers]]
[[Category:World Boxing Organization champions]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Novosibirsk]]
[[Category:Russian male boxers]]