Wladimir Sidorenko

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Wladimir Sidorenko
Real name	Wolodymyr Sydorenko
Rated at	Bantamweight
Nationality	Ukrainian
Birth date	September 23, 1976 (1976-09-23) (age 31)
Birth place	Energodar, Soviet Union
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	21
Wins by KO	7
Losses	1
Draws	2
No contests	0

Medal record
Competitor for Ukraine
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Flyweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver	2001 Belfast	Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	1998 Minsk	Flyweight
Gold	2000 Tampere	Flyweight

Wladimir Sidorenko (born on September 23, 1976 in Energodar, Ukraine) is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) division. He is the former WBA world bantamweight champion.

1 Amateur career
2 Professional career
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Amateur career

Sidorenko won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics as a flyweight, and a silver medal at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the same division. He won the title at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

Sidorenko's amateur highlights are as follows:

Won the Flyweight Bronze medal for Ukraine at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. His results were:
- Defeated Daniel Ponce de León (Mexico) 16-8
- Defeated Omar Andrés Narváez (Argentina) 16-10
- Defeated Andrzej Rżany (Poland) RSC 3
- Lost to Wijan Ponlid (Thailand) 11-14

1998 European Championships Gold Medalist
2000 European Championships Gold Medalist
2001 World Championships Silver Medalist

Compiled a 290-20 record during 13 year amateur career.

[edit] Professional career

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

He lost his title by unanimous decision to Anselmo Moreno in May of 2008.^[1]