Robert Marek Parzeczewski vs. Dmitrii Alexandrovich Chudinov

Saturday in Katowice, on PolSat - with the vacant Republic of Poland International super middleweight title at stake for some reason. There has been a growing trend of foreigners being allowed to contend for RoP titles lately.

Parzeczewski is returning to 168lbs for the first time since 2014. His swansong at light heavyweight after compiling a 19-1 (14) record in that division was a knockout scored over countryman Dariusz Sęk last December. That result is probably the high point of his careers, along with similarly middling stoppages of Brazilian glass cannon Jackson "Demoledor" Junior Dos Santos and gutsy & lovable Czech underdog Tomáš "Jumbo" Adámek.

Chudinov is riding an uncomfortably bumpy skid, 1-3 in his last four outings. Frankly he didn't even look too hot in the one UD8 victory, over a shot to bits Sergei Khomitsky (subsequently halted by Vladimir Shishkin in his very next outing in under eight rounds). Once considered the more promising Chudinov brother, he is proving to be the larger bust than Fedor by far (and the younger sibling is hardly setting the world afire himself, struggling his way past Nadjib Mohammedi last July).

 

Odds:

Parzeczewski 3/19
Chudinov 9/2
Draw 28/1