# Volodymyr Sydorenko

Volodymyr Sydorenko (Ukrainian: 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 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

| 27 fights | 22 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 7 | 1 |
| By decision | 15 | 2 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 27 | Loss | 22–3–2 | Nonito Donaire | KO | 4 (12), 1:48 | 4 Dec 2010 | Honda Center, Anaheim, California, US | For vacant WBC Continental Americas bantamweight title |
| 26 | Win | 22–2–2 | Mbwana Matumla | UD | 12 | 28 Aug 2010 | Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv, Ukraine | Won vacant WBC International super flyweight title |
| 25 | Loss | 21–2–2 | Anselmo Moreno | SD | 12 | 2 May 2009 | Halle 7, Bremen, Germany | For WBA bantamweight title |
| 24 | Loss | 21–1–2 | Anselmo Moreno | UD | 12 | 31 May 2008 | Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany | Lost WBA bantamweight title |
| 23 | Win | 21–0–2 | Nobuto Ikehara | UD | 12 | 10 Jan 2008 | Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan | Retained WBA bantamweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–0–2 | Jerome Arnould | KO | 7 (12) | 29 Jun 2007 | Palais des Sports, Marseille, France | Retained WBA bantamweight title |
| 21 | Draw | 19–0–2 | Ricardo Cordoba | MD | 12 | 17 Mar 2007 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | Retained WBA bantamweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym | UD | 12 | 15 Jul 2006 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Retained WBA bantamweight title |
| 19 | Draw | 18–0–1 | Ricardo Cordoba | MD | 12 | 11 Mar 2006 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Retained WBA bantamweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Jose de Jesus Lopez | UD | 12 | 26 Nov 2005 | Wilhelm Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen, Germany | Retained WBA bantamweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Julio Zarate | UD | 12 | 26 Feb 2005 | Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant WBA bantamweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Leo Gamez | UD | 12 | 26 Oct 2004 | Scandlines Arena, Rostock, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Joseph Agbeko | MD | 12 | 18 May 2004 | Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany | Retained EBA bantamweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Moises Castro | UD | 12 | 17 Feb 2004 | Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany | Won vacant EBA bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Sergei Tassimov | PTS | 8 | 13 Dec 2003 | Hala Okrąglak, Opole, Poland | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Giovanni Andrade | TKO | 3 (8) | 18 Nov 2003 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Alberto Ontiveros | UD | 8 | 23 Sep 2003 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Simphiwe Xabendlini | TKO | 2 (6) | 31 May 2003 | Circus, Lviv, Ukraine | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Emil Stoica | UD | 6 | 26 Apr 2003 | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Pál Lakatos | TKO | 5 (6) | 23 Mar 2003 | Avendi Hotel, Bad Honnef, Germany | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Vuyisile Nunu | TKO | 2 (6) | 21 Dec 2002 | Lausitz-Arena, Cottbus, Germany | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tamas Szakallas | UD | 6 | 12 Oct 2002 | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Imrich Parlagi | KO | 2 (8), 0:33 | 7 Sep 2002 | Berlin, Germany | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Frederic Patrac | PTS | 4 | 6 Apr 2002 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Christophe Rodrigues | PTS | 4 | 8 Feb 2002 | Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Stefan Berza | KO | 2 (4) | 15 Dec 2001 | Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Vladimir Varhegyi | PTS | 4 | 3 Nov 2001 | Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany | |