Alexander Dimitrenko

Alexander Dimitrenko ( born July 5, 1982 in Evpatoria in Crimea, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union ) is a German professional boxer of Ukrainian origin and former European champion in the heavyweight division.

Amateur career

As an amateur Dimitrenko won 57 of 65 fights (35 wins ahead of time). In 1998 he was Ukrainian youth champion and 2000 World Junior Champion in Budapest in the super heavyweight. He was Russian champion in the super heavyweight division in 2001 and the same year he became a professional.

Professional career

He was taken by Universum Box-Promotion under contract 2001. His pro debut he celebrated on 8 December 2001 against the Americans Marcus Johnson.

He celebrated his first victory on March 5, 2005, winning the IBF Youth World Champion title. He scored a points victory over the Americans Chris Koval. Despite a precipitate by his opponent in the second round Dimitrenko was able to hold in the following rounds and secure the victory.

On 2 July 2005, he boxed against the twenty years her senior Andreas Sidon. After a slow first round, in which hardly actions of Sidon came Dimitrenko succeeded early in the second round of a precipitate. Sidon continued the fight, but had little later to the ground, so that the fight was stopped by the referee. With this victory Dimitrenko won the Intercontinental title of WBO and the IBF.

On November 18, 2007 Dimitrenko Timo Hoffmann defeated in the twelfth round technical knockout Here he succeeded in the fourth round and twelfth round two rainfall, but he went in the fifth round surprising for the second time in his career, even to the ground.

In 2008 Dimitrenko defeated the Puerto Rican Derric Rossy and the stablemates Luan Krasniqi each prematurely and was subsequently nominated for a WBO eliminator of the Association for a World Championship fight against WBO titlist Wladimir Klitschko. His opponent in this encounter on July 4, 2009 Hamburg was the American Eddie Chambers. Dimitrenko had in this fight are two counts and could not meet the high expectations; he was defeated Chambers finally over twelve rounds convincingly on points.

After more than a year ring absence he should fight against Audley Harrison at the European Championship. Since Harr Sion but resigned the title for a world title chance against David Haye, Dimitrenko punched on July 31, 2010 against his former compatriot Yaroslav Saworotnij for the vacant European title (EBU ) and won by KO in the fifth round.

His first defense of the title he should contest against Poland 's Albert Sosnowski on December 4, 2010. However Dimitrenko suffered because of a bowel disease shortly before the fight in his cabin completely dehydrated circulatory collapse, and then the fight was canceled. The fight was then discharged on March 26, 2011 in Hamburg. Dimitrenko won in round twelve by whacked The second successful title defense, he completed against the experienced British Michael Sprott, he won against a significant point victory. Then he should compete in a mandatory defense of the European title against the Finns Robert Helenius. However, this fight did not materialize because Dimitrenko underwent surgery for a Elbogenverletzung in October 2011. Subsequently, the European Championship, he was stripped and declared vacant.

5 May 2012 Dimitrenko boxed in Erfurt to the now vacant European against the unbeaten Bulgarian Kubrat Pulew. He lost that fight by whacked in the eleventh round, he went there after a hit Pulews with the jab to the floor and was counted out.

List of professional bouts

Private

Dimitrenko has been living in Hamburg in 2001 and is married to his wife Vanja since December 2007. On 11 November 2010 he received the German citizenship.