Rated at Bantamweight Stance Orthodox Wins by KO 7 Name Volodymyr Sydorenko Height 1.62 m Total fights 27 | Nationality Ukrainian Wins 22 Losses 3 Role Professional Boxer Martial art Boxing Division Lightweight, Bantamweight | |
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Born September 23, 1976 (age 47)
Energodar, Ukrainian SSR ( 1976-09-23 ) Olympic medals Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Flyweight People also search for Jerome Thomas, Wijan Ponlid, Bulat Zhumadilov | ||
Nonito Donaire vs Volodymyr Sydorenko
Volodymyr Sydorenko (Ukrainian: Volodimir Sidorenko; born 23 September 1976), sometimes known as Wladimir Sidorenko, is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who held the WBA bantamweight title. His twin brother is Valeriy Sydorenko, who fought as an amateur.
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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.
Sydorenko represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Light Flyweight division by Cuba's eventual bronze medalist Maikro Romero. His results were:
He compiled a 290-20 record during 13 year amateur career.
Professional career
Sidorenko 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.