By Vadim Pushkin

WBA super middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov (14-0, 10KOs) is not a young fighter at 28-years-old, but he is now a world champion who is continuing to gain experience.

Last May Chudinov pulled off one of the big surprises of 2015 when he won a twelve round split decision over veteran Felix Sturm to capture the vacant WBA title. Sturm, based on sheer experience, was the big favorite to win the fight.

Chudinov made his first defense in September and won a twelve round decision over British fighter Frank Buglioni. To further his boxing education, Chudinov agreed to bring in former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. as a head trainer.

This coming Saturday in Germany, Chudinov will once again step in the ring with Sturm for a rematch that was mandated by the World Boxing Association. The rematch order was highly criticized, because there was no controversy over the first bout and Sturm has not won a fight since 2013.

Chudinov admits that he was approached with the idea of having a fight with WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs), who makes a mandatory defense of his title in April against Dominic Wade.

He is interested in the fight, but not at this moment. After sitting down with his team, they made a unified decision to have a few more fights in order to gain enough experience to face an opponent like Golovkin, who is regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.

"Yes, [that fight was] suggested to me. But my team decided that it was too early to fight with an opponent of this level. Of course I can just go into this fight, but I think I need another year or two to prepare, to gain experience. I would be very interested to face him. I'd like to do this in the future. Although there is one stumbling block - we are in different weight categories and if one of us decides to move to another weight class, the idea of the fight might be lost," Chudinov said.