Rakhim Chakhkiev Explained

Rakhim Chakhkiev
Realname:Rakhim Ruslanovich Chakhkiev
Nickname:The Machine
Weight:Cruiserweight
Height:1.83 m
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:11 January 1983
Birth Place:Tobolsk, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union (now Russia)
Style:Southpaw
Total:29
Wins:26
Ko:19
Losses:3

Rakhim Ruslanovich Chakhkiev (Russian: Рахим Русланович Чахкиев; born 11 January 1983) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016.[1] He held the IBO cruiserweight title in 2015, the European cruiserweight title in 2014, and challenged once for the WBC cruiserweight title in 2013. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships and gold at the 2008 Olympics, both in the heavyweight division.

Amateur career

Chakhkiyev beat Jasur Matchanov inside the distance to become 2006 Military world champion at 201 lbs. He also beat Cuban Osmay Acosta 24:15 at the (team) World Cup 2006 but Russia lost.

In 2006 he lost to world class (silver medallist 2005) fellow southpaw Roman Romanchuk at the Russian Championships but defeated him 28-25 in 2007 to win the Russian national title 2007.

At the world championships he defeated among others Elchin Alizade of Azerbaijan 17-6 and John M'Bumba to reach the final where he lost 6:7 against Italian Clemente Russo. In 2008 he lost to Deontay Wilder in a Duals.

Olympic results

2008

World Championship results

2007 (as a heavyweight)

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
29Loss26–3 Maxim VlasovTKO7 (10), 3 Dec 2016
28Win26–2 Alejandro Emilio ValoriKO2 (10), 9 Sep 2016
27Win25–2 Tamas LodiUD821 May 2016
26Loss24–2 Ola AfolabiKO5 (12), 4 Nov 2015
25Win24–1 Hamilton VenturaUD824 Sep 2015
24Win23–1 Junior Anthony WrightKO8 (12), 22 May 2015
23Win22–1KO4 (10), 10 Apr 2015
22Win21–1 Jackson JuniorTKO4 (10), 28 Nov 2014
21Win20–1 Giacobbe FragomeniKO4 (12), 24 Oct 2014
20Win19–1 Santander SilgadoUD1230 May 2014
19Win18–1 Juho HaapojaTKO9 (12), 15 Mar 2014
18Win17–1 Giulian IlieKO10 (10), 5 Oct 2013
17Loss16–1 Krzysztof WłodarczykTKO8 (12), 21 Jun 2013
16Win16–0 Andres TaylorUD1010 Nov 2012
15Win15–0 Epifanio MendozaKO9 (10), 12 Oct 2012
14Win14–0 Zack PageTKO6 (8), 11 May 2012
13Win13–0 Jaidon CodringtonKO1 (10), 21 Apr 2012
12Win12–0 Alexandr KotlobayUD1028 Jan 2012
11Win11–0 Michael SimmsKO4 (10), 24 Sep 2011
10Win10–0 Harvey JollyKO3 (4), 9 Apr 2011
9Win9–0 Alex MogylewskiTKO1 (6), 26 Mar 2011
8Win8–0 Łukasz RusiewiczUD84 Dec 2010
7Win7–0 Chris ThomasKO1 (8), 19 Nov 2010
6Win6–0 Łukasz Rusiewicz63 Jul 2010
5Win5–0 Slavomir SelickyKO1 (6), 24 Apr 2010
4Win4–0 Rene Huebner4 (6), 17 Apr 2010
3Win3–0 Igor Pylypenko2 (6), 19 Dec 2009
2Win2–0 Denis SolomkoKO2 (4), 21 Nov 2009
1Win1–0 Tayar Mehmed2 (4), 10 Oct 2009

Notes and References

  1. . Retrieved 2 October 2016.