Vladimir Igorevich Shishkin (born July 26, 1991) is a Russian

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Amateur career

Shishkin had an amateur record of 301-29.

Professional career

Shishkin made his professional debut on 31 July 2016, scoring a fourth-round

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(TKO) victory against Andrejs Loginovs at the

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in Latvia. After compiling a record of 5–0 (2 KOs), he defeated Sergey Khomitsky via seventh-round TKO on 30 May 2018 at the Zimney Stadion in Saint Petersburg, capturing the vacant WBA Asia interim

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title. Shishkin was scheduled to face Andrey Sirotkin on 21 July at the

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. Sirotkin was forced to withdraw from the bout after suffering an injury during training, subsequently being replaced by Gasan Gasanov. With the vacant WBA Continental (Europe) super-middleweight title on the line, Shishkin defeated Gasanov via fifth-round TKO to capture his second professional title. Shishkin fought

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for the vacant IBF

title at Stadthalle in

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, Germany, on 19 October 2024. He lost the contest, and his unbeaten professional record, by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shishkin, Vladimir Living people 1991 births Russian male boxers Super-middleweight boxers 21st-century Russian sportsmen Sportspeople from Saratov Oblast