Volodymyr Sydorenko Explained

Volodymyr Sydorenko
Weight:Bantamweight
Height:1.62 m
Nationality:Ukrainian
Birth Date:September 23, 1976
Birth Place:Energodar, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Style:Orthodox
Total:27
Wins:22
Ko:7
Losses:3
Draws:2

Volodymyr Sydorenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Сидоренко; born 23 September 1976), also known as Wladimir Sidorenko, is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2010, and held the WBA bantamweight title from 2005 to 2008. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships, and consecutive golds at the 1998 and 2000 European Championships; all in the flyweight division. His twin brother is former amateur boxer Valeriy Sydorenko.

Amateur career

Sydorenko won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics as a flyweight:

Sydorenko claimed an amateur record of 290–20.

Professional career

Sydorenko won the vacant WBA bantamweight title at expense of Julio Zarate on 26 February 2005. From there, he went on to defend that title six times.

He lost his title by unanimous decision to Anselmo Moreno in May 2008, and again in the rematch on 2 May 2009 by split decision. On 4 December 2010, he was knocked down 3 times en route to 4th-round KO loss to Nonito Donaire.[1]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
27Loss22–3–2Nonito DonaireKO4 (12), 4 Dec 2010
26Win22–2–2Mbwana MatumlaUD1228 Aug 2010
25Loss21–2–2Anselmo Moreno122 May 2009
24Loss21–1–2Anselmo MorenoUD1231 May 2008
23Win21–0–2Nobuto IkeharaUD1210 Jan 2008
22Win20–0–2Jerome ArnouldKO7 (12)29 Jun 2007
21Draw19–0–2Ricardo CordobaMD1217 Mar 2007
20Win19–0–1Poonsawat KratingdaenggymUD1215 Jul 2006
19Draw18–0–1Ricardo Cordoba1211 Mar 2006
18Win18–0Jose de Jesus LopezUD1226 Nov 2005
17Win17–0Julio ZarateUD1226 Feb 2005
16Win16–0Leo GamezUD1226 Oct 2004
15Win15–0Joseph Agbeko1218 May 2004
14Win14–0Moises CastroUD1217 Feb 2004
13Win13–0Sergei TassimovPTS813 Dec 2003
12Win12–0Giovanni AndradeTKO3 (8)18 Nov 2003
11Win11–0Alberto OntiverosUD823 Sep 2003
10Win10–0Simphiwe XabendliniTKO2 (6)31 May 2003
9Win9–0Emil StoicaUD626 Apr 2003
8Win8–0Pál LakatosTKO5 (6)23 Mar 2003
7Win7–0Vuyisile Nunu2 (6)21 Dec 2002
6Win6–0Tamas Szakallas612 Oct 2002
5Win5–0Imrich ParlagiKO2 (8), 7 Sep 2002
4Win4–0Frederic PatracPTS46 Apr 2002
3Win3–0Christophe RodriguesPTS48 Feb 2002
2Win2–0Stefan Berza2 (4)15 Dec 2001
1Win1–0Vladimir Varhegyi43 Nov 2001

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Moreno dethrones Sidorenko!. Fightnews.com. 31 May 2008. 1 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081008123808/http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkEkkyuVZFFNloGeIr.html. 8 October 2008. live. dmy-all.