Russian boxer Chudinov Dmitry

Russian boxers have always shone in international competitions. A lot of athletes achieved important personal titles on the world stage. Among them, Dmitry Chudinov is a boxer, who during the year was the WBA world champion.

Parish in amateur boxing

Chudinov Dmitry Alexandrovich was born on September 15, 1986 in Bratsk, Irkutsk region. As a child, the sport did not attract much of the boy, but in the school years his parents gave him to the sports section. At 12 years young Dima started boxing, and his first coach was Alexei Galeev, Honored Coach of Russia. As a result, after 5 years of intensive training Chudinov was able to achieve the title of master of sports of international class, having won the title of champion of the Junior World Championship in boxing.

The beginning of success and the first medal

In 2005, Dmitry won the Youth European Championship, not without difficulty becoming the champion of the title in the middle weight category. Two years later Chudinov was able to reach the finals of the Russian championship, where he lost to Matvey Korobov, but the technique, progress and personal success of the athlete allowed him to enter the Russian national team for the 2008 World Cup held in Moscow. At the world championship, he lost in the semifinals boxer Alfonso Blanco from Venezuela. As a result, this year was the last for the athlete as an amateur. In total for this time on the account of the Russian 155 victories in 170 duels were registered.

Becoming a pro

In 2009 Chudinov Dmitry decided to raise the bar on the level of fights in the ring and went with his younger brother to America, where he started a professional career.

For two and a half years, the Russian 7 times came to the ring and never left him defeated. Only in one case the judges recorded a draw, all the remaining 6 fights remained for Dmitri. Dissatisfied with the level of rivals, in 2012 the Russian boxer decided to return to his homeland, which, as it turned out later, was due to the bankruptcy of the company that invited the brothers for the ocean.

Defense of the champion title

In Russia, the new promoter of the athlete was Vladimir Khryunov, who organized the battles of Dmitry Chudinov. As the first contestants after the return of the boxer went to strong fighters from Colombia - Jonathan Ricard and Milton Nunez, defeating them, the Russian won the title of interim champion in middleweight under the PABA - Pan Asian boxing association. In May 2013, Dmitry defended his title, ahead of time defeating the American Grady Brewer.

In the summer of the same year, Chudinov continued his victorious procession, winning the WBA International title in middleweight, winning a technical knockout from Venezuelan Juan Novoa. In the winter of 2013 Dmitry became a temporary world champion in the WBA version, twice defended him over the next year. In the first fight, the Russian struck the first defeat in the career of the Dane Patrick Nielsen, confidently defeating that on scoring points. And the second opponent of the boxer was Frenchman Mehdi Bouadla, who was knocked out in the third round.

And in 2015, the third time going into the ring to defend the title, Dmitry Chudinov suffered the first defeat on a professional level. In the 17th battle in his career, the Russian player lost by technical knockout to British Chris Jubenk, the youngest son of the legendary boxer. After that, the Siberian fighter has never lost, having won 6 wins in a row at the moment. At the same time in the summer of 2016 Dmitry made his debut in light heavyweight, having won by a unanimous decision of the judges from the Latvian Andrey Pokumeiko.

Personal life

Dmitry has a younger brother - Fedor, who also goes through a difficult boxing path after him. In 2007, on March 1, Chudinov Dmitry married his girlfriend Galina, whom he met for several years. The couple in 2008 was born a first-born, who was called Daniil, and in 2015 Galina gave her husband and his second son, Alexander.