Volodymyr Sydorenko ( uk, 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

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he won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships, and consecutive gold at the

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and 2000 European Championships; all in the flyweight division. His twin brother is former amateur boxer

Valeriy Sydorenko Valeriy Petrovych Sydorenko (born 23 September 1976) is a Ukrainian former amateur boxer. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Olympics and later won the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He is the twin brother of Volodymyr S ...

Amateur career

Sydorenko won a

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at the

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as a flyweight: *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 Police Lieutenant colonel Wijan Ponlid ( th, วิจารณ์ พลฤทธิ์; ; born April 26, 1976) is a Thai boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold med ...

(Thailand) 11–14 *1998 European Championships gold medalist *2000 European Championships gold medalist *2001 World Championships silver medalist 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sydorenko, Volodymyr 1976 births People from Enerhodar Ukrainian twins Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Flyweight boxers Living people Olympic boxers for Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine World Boxing Association champions World bantamweight boxing champions Olympic medalists in boxing Ukrainian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Amateur career

Professional career

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