They say that in the ring your strongest opponent is you yourself. Fedor Chudinov, one of the most successful Russian boxers, showed by his example how to fight against himself and against real opponents.
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Chudinov Fedor Aleksandrovich - a successful Russian athlete, a master of sports of international class. Performs in boxing competitions in the second middle weight category. The hometown of Fedor is Bratsk, Irkutsk region. His grandfather, Soloshenko Vladimir Petrovich, instilled a love for sports, as well as true life values in Fedor.
The beginning of a sports career
The boy came to his first boxing classes at the age of 10 with his brother Dmitry. Two years later, the head of the boxing section at the local sports club, Alexei Galeev, took up the training of the children. Until 2008, Chudinov spent more than 170 fights in amateur boxing, in each of which he won an unconditional victory.
In 2009, the Chudinov brothers were invited to continue training at a higher level in the world-famous corporation "Red Stars Boxing". After moving to the United States, Fedor's professional career began to develop rapidly.
Championship fights and titles
The first significant fight, the famous Chudinov Jr. held in the American ring with a very worthy partner, Sean Kirk. The fight was remembered by all the spectators by Fedor’s spectacular attack from the very first seconds of the battle, after which the opponent went knocked out.
In 2010, Chudinov decides to return to Russia and concludes a contract with domestic promoter Vladimir Khryunov. Among the titled rivals that could not resist the blow of Fedor Chudinov are Cuban Julio Acosta, Croat Stepan Bozhich, Frenchman Najib Mohammedi, as well as boxer from Germany Felix Sturm, the fight with which brought Chudinov the middleweight title.
In the winter of 2016, Chudinov automatically received the title of super champion in second middleweight. He did not have to participate in the fight due to the fact that the previous carrier of the belt Andre Ward was retrained to another weight category. In February 2018, in Sochi, he defended the last received WBA International title after a duel with a boxer from Greece Timo Laine.