Volodymyr Petrovych Sydorenko (; 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: 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 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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27Loss22–3–2 Nonito DonaireKO4 (12), 4 Dec 2010 26Win22–2–2 Mbwana MatumlaUD1228 Aug 2010 25Loss21–2–2 Anselmo Moreno122 May 2009 24Loss21–1–2 Anselmo MorenoUD1231 May 2008 23Win21–0–2 Nobuto IkeharaUD1210 Jan 2008 22Win20–0–2 Jerome ArnouldKO7 (12)29 Jun 2007 21Draw19–0–2 Ricardo CordobaMD1217 Mar 2007 20Win19–0–1 Poonsawat KratingdaenggymUD1215 Jul 2006 19Draw18–0–1 Ricardo Cordoba1211 Mar 2006 18Win18–0 Jose de Jesus LopezUD1226 Nov 2005 17Win17–0 Julio ZarateUD1226 Feb 2005 16Win16–0 Leo GamezUD1226 Oct 2004 15Win15–0 Joseph Agbeko1218 May 2004 14Win14–0 Moises CastroUD1217 Feb 2004 13Win13–0Sergei TassimovPTS813 Dec 200312Win12–0Giovanni AndradeTKO3 (8)18 Nov 2003 11Win11–0 Alberto OntiverosUD823 Sep 2003 10Win10–0 Simphiwe XabendliniTKO2 (6)31 May 2003 9Win9–0 Emil StoicaUD626 Apr 2003 8Win8–0 Pál LakatosTKO5 (6)23 Mar 2003 7Win7–0 Vuyisile Nunu2 (6)21 Dec 2002 6Win6–0 Tamas Szakallas612 Oct 2002 5Win5–0 Imrich ParlagiKO2 (8), 7 Sep 2002 4Win4–0 Frederic PatracPTS46 Apr 2002 3Win3–0 Christophe RodriguesPTS48 Feb 2002 2Win2–0 Stefan Berza2 (4)15 Dec 2001 1Win1–0 Vladimir Varhegyi43 Nov 2001
See also List of WBA world champions Olympic medalists in boxing Ukraine at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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