Fedor Chudinov

Fedor Chudinov is a name that resounds in the world of boxing. Born on September 15, 1987, in Bratsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, Fedor Chudinov is a professional boxer representing Russia. He is a Super-middleweight fighter who has been professionally fighting for over 13 years. Chudinov made a name for himself by winning his first world title against Felix Sturm in 2015 via 12 round split-decision. Let's dive in and take a closer look at the career of the super-middleweight boxer.

Career Summary

Chudinov made his professional boxing debut at the age of 21 against Shawn Kirk on July 10, 2009, and won the fight via 1st round TKO. After his first win, he went on to win 13 consecutive fights, which included 9 wins via stoppage. Chudinov had his first title fight at the age of 27 against Felix Sturm for the super-middleweight WBA (Regular) (vacant) title. He defeated Sturm via 12 round split-decision to become the super-middleweight champion of the world. Chudinov has won one world title at super-middleweight. For a detailed account of Chudinov's world title wins and defenses, refer to "Fedor Chudinov World Titles." Some of Chudinov's most notable victories include wins over Ben McCulloch, Ronny Mittag, Felix Sturm, Wuzhati Nuerlang, Jonathan Barbadillo, Frank Buglioni, and Ezequiel Maderna.

In his professional boxing career so far, Fedor Chudinov has had a total of three losses -- two of them in title bouts and one in a non-title bout. He suffered his first loss against Felix Sturm via 12 round majority decision on February 20, 2016, ending his 14-fight win streak. He has been stopped once and lost two times via decision. Detailed information about these defeats can be found in "All of Fedor Chudinov's losses." His most recent fight was a non-title bout against Farrukh Juraev on September 24, 2022, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision. As of now, Chudinov's professional boxing record is 26-3-1, including 17 knockout wins and one loss via knockout plus one title win. He is currently on a one-fight winning streak.

Career Highlights

Although Fedor Chudinov had a total of 30 fights up till now, this fight against Felix Sturm is the sole highlight of his career so far. On May 9, 2015, Chudinov won his first world title by defeating Felix Sturm via 12 round split-decision. He became the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight world champion.

Professional Career

Chudinov has been a professional boxer for over 13 years, starting his journey on July 10, 2009, in Reno, Nevada, against Shawn Kirk, which he won via a 1st round technical knockout (TKO) with 0:33 seconds left on the clock. Chudinov made his way up the ranks and secured the WBA interim super-middleweight title by defeating Ben McCulloch in Australia on September 11, 2014. With this win, he earned the right to challenge for the full world title. In his first world title fight, Chudinov challenged champion Felix Sturm on his own turf in Germany. The home fighter appeared to have some early success, proving to be more active with his punches. However, Chudinov showed great ring IQ and skill, especially in the latter part of the fight, and went on to win the fight by a split-decision (SD), securing his first-ever world championship title.

On September 26, 2015, Chudinov was scheduled to make his first defense of the title in the UK against British boxer Frank Buglioni, who was ranked #4 by the WBA. Chudinov went into the fight as a heavy favorite, and did not disappoint. Buglioni showed a lot of heart in the fight and even managed to drop his opponent. However, the knockdown was ruled illegal, and the referee deducted two points from the home fighter. From the ninth round onwards, Chudinov seemed to be able to punish Buglioni at will, and he won the fight by unanimous decision (UD).

In October 2015, Chudinov announced that he had agreed to a rematch against Felix Sturm. The rematch was far more competitive than their first encounter, with both fighters trading blows but not causing serious damage to each other. In the end, the win was awarded to the challenger, with one judge scoring the fight a draw at 114–114, while the other two scored it 115–113 in favor of Sturm.

In his next fight against George Groves, Chudinov had an opportunity to regain his title by fighting for the vacant WBA super-middleweight title. The fight was even for the first five rounds, with both fighters exchanging power shots on the ropes in the fifth round. However, in the sixth round, Groves unleashed a flurry of power punches from the beginning of the round. Even though Chudinov wasn't dropped, the referee noticed he was taking too much punishment and decided to stop the contest with 1:14 left in the round.

In May 2018, Chudinov announced he would be working with famous boxing trainer, Abel Sanchez, along with two other Sanchez-trained fighters, Gennady Golovkin and Murat Gassiev. On July 21, 2018, Chudinov fought former light-heavyweight world title challenger Nadjib Mohammedi to a controversial SD win. Many thought Mohammedi was the busier man for most of the rounds, and even the home crowd booed over the decision. One judge had it 118–111 for Mohammedi, while the other two had it 116–112 and 115–113 for the home fighter. Ezequiel Maderna, who Chudinov knocked out in the tenth round of their fight on July 22, 2019.

Chudinov fought former world champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam in December 2019. Chudinov was ranked #1 by the WBA, #6 by the WBC, #8 by the

Fedor Chudinov Fight Record