Volodymyr Sydorenko ( uk, Володимир Сидоренко; born 23 September 1976), also known as Wladimir Sidorenko, is a Ukrainian former

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who competed from 2001 to 2010, and held the WBA

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title from 2005 to 2008. As an amateur 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

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division. His twin brother is former amateur boxer Valeriy Sydorenko.

Amateur career

Sydorenko won a bronze medal at the

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as a

: *Defeated

Daniel Ponce de León Daniel Ponce de León (born July 27, 1980) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He was a world champion two weight classes, having held the WBO super bantamweight title from 2005 and 2008, and the WBC featherw ...

(Mexico) 16–8 *Defeated

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(Argentina) 16–10 *Defeated

Andrzej Rżany Andrzej Rżany (born September 26, 1973) is a boxer from Poland. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual ...

(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 Anselmo Moreno (born 28 June 1985) is a Panamanian professional boxer. He held the WBA bantamweight title from 2008 to 2014 (promoted to super champion status in 2011), making him the longest reigning bantamweight world champion of all time, ...

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 Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. (; ; born November 16, 1982) is a Filipino American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes from flyweight to featherweight, and is the oldest boxer in history to win a ...

Professional boxing record

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Amateur career

Professional career

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