Isa Chaniev


Isa Аskhabovich Chaniev is a Russian professional boxer who competes in the lightweight division. He has held the IBF Inter-Continental and WBO International titles since 2017.

Professional career

Isa Chaniev made his professional debut in 2015 at the age of 22. He won the IBF Youth super featherweight title in 2016, and amassed a record of 10 wins with half of them by stoppage.
On 25 May 2017, Chaniev faced Fedor Papazov for the latter's IBO and vacant IBF Inter-Continental lightweight titles in Riga, Latvia. The competitive fight resulted in a "razor-thin" unanimous decision win for Papazov. The scorecards were 115–114, 115-113 and 116–113. Chaniev's team protested the decision in addition to, what manager Khusein Buzurtanov described as, "the attempt to falsify the results of doping-control by the team of Papazov." On 9 July, it was reported the IBF had withdrawn its recognition of the title fight due to irregularities by Papazov's team during the post-fight drug testing.
Chaniev next faced Belgian veteran Jean-Pierre Bauwens for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental title on 26 August in Vilnius, Lithuania. He dominated Bauwens throughout the fight and won the bout by unanimous decision.
On 9 December, Chaniev defeated Filipino lightweight Juan Martin Elorde, grandson of Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, to claim the vacant WBO International title in Nazran, Ingushetia. Chaniev dominated Elorde throughout the fight before winning by technical knockout in the sixth round to successfully defend his IBF Inter-Continental title.
In April 2018, it was announced that Chaniev would defend his titles against Venezuelan veteran Ismael Barroso on 12 May in Riga, Latvia. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes
22Loss15–6–1Vildan MinasovRTD6, 3:0010 Feb 2024KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, Russia
21Loss15–5–1Ivan KozlovskyMD108 Sep 2023Traktor Sports Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
20Draw15–4–1Vyacheslav GusevSD86 Aug 2022RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia
19Loss15–4Denys BerinchykUD1218 Dec 2021Ice Palace "Terminal", Brovari, UkraineFor WBO International lightweight title.
18Win15–3Nurtas AzhbenovKO3, 0:4510 Jul 2021Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
17Win14–3Vladyslav MelnykUD1023 Aug 2020DiaMond, Minsk, Russia
16Loss13–3Pavel MalikovMD1212 Oct 2019Arena Riga, Riga, LatviaFor EBP lightweight title.
15Loss13–2Richard CommeyTKO2, 0:392 Feb 2019The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas, U.S.For vacant IBF lightweight title.
14Win13–1Ismael BarrosoUD1212 May 2018Arena Riga, Riga, LatviaRetained IBF Inter-Continental and WBO International lightweight titles.
13Win12–1Juan Martin ElordeTKO6, 1:529 Dec 2017Evloev Sports Palace, Nazran, RussiaRetained IBF Inter-Continental lightweight title; Won vacant WBO International lightweight title.
12Win11–1Jean Pierre BauwensUD1226 Aug 2017Club Loftas, Vilnius, LithuaniaWon vacant IBF Inter-Continental lightweight title.
11Loss10–1Fedor PapazovUD1225 May 2017Studio 69, Riga, LatviaFor IBO Inter-Continental and vacant IBF Inter-Continental lightweight titles.
10Win10–0Rimar MetudaUD1015 Dec 2016Qin Shi Huang Restaurant, Saint Petersburg, RussiaWon vacant IBF Youth super-featherweight title.
9Win9–0Ilya ReutskiUD1016 Nov 2016Saturn Boxing Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia
8Win8–0Sherzodbek MamajonovTKO3, 2:1023 Sep 2016Olimp, Krasnodar, Russia
7Win7–0Andrei SudasKO2, 0:5826 Aug 2016Match Point Sport Bar, Moscow, Russia
6Win6–0Aleksandr SaltykovRTD5, 3:0022 Apr 2016Pyynikin Palloiluhalli, Tampere, Finland
5Win5–0Firdavs AzimjonovTKO2, 2:5026 Feb 2016Alexander Morozov Boxing School #1, Saint Petersburg, Russia
4Win4–0Arkadi HarutyunyanUD85 Dec 2015Concert Hall "Russia", Pyatigorsk, Russia
3Win3–0Baskim JakupiKO1, 1:3527 Jun 2015Restaurant Chayka, Novorossiysk, Russia
2Win2–0Rustem AbdinanovUD425 Apr 2015Wonderland, Novorossiysk, Russia
1Win1–0Alexander AndrushchenkoUD431 Jan 2015Boxing Gym, Krasnodar, Russia