By Alexey Sukachev
According to Vladimir Hryunov, the younger of the Chudinov brothers – Fedor (11-0, 9 KOs) – will have a chance to win the same strap his elder sibling Dmitry possesses in the middleweight division.
“Fedor Chudinov will fight next on November 8 in Tyumen”, said Hryunov to the R-Sport Russian media agency. “He will fight WBA #6 super middleweight Ben McCulloch of Australia for a vacant WBA Interim strap. The contract for this fight has already been signed and approved by the World Boxing Association. Fedor is presently in Serpukhov together with his brother Dmitry, preparing for the upcoming match-up. He is working with Russian sparring partners now, but we expect foreign boxers also to join the camp”.
32-year old McCulloch has been on a kayo streak recently, having scored 8 stoppage wins since April 2011. He is a PABA and IBF Pan Pacific super middleweight titleholder. WBA #2 Chudinov, 27, has emerged as a contender in just a year, scoring consecutive stoppages over Francis Cheka, Stjepan Bozic and Andy Perez, as well as a one-sided decision against Jimmy Colas.
WBA Interim title was vacated when its previous holder Stanislav Kashtanov of Ukraine retired due to health issues earlier this year.
“Rumours are widespread”, said Hryunov, “that WBA champion Carl Froch can retire sooner than later. False or true, but Fedor can become a full titleholder in this case”.
Also on this card is 1-0 heavyweight Pavel Doroshilov.