Serhiy Dzinziruk

Serhiy Dsindsiruk (Ukrainian Сергій Дзиндзирук; born March 1, 1976 in Nischnegorsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian boxer.

Amateur

The southpaw took part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, but already retired in the second round against the starting for Denmark Hasan Al from. In 1997 he became vice world champion in the welterweight division ( up to 67 kg) when he was only in the final of the Russian Oleg Saitow defeated in Budapest. At the 1996 European Championships he reached a third place at the European Championships 1998 in Minsk, he finished second in both championships he had failed in each case to Saitow. He won 195 of 210 fights.

Professional career

Dsindsiruk was first in 1999 in the UK at Panix Box Promition professional who never felt at home there, however. Until 2002, he punched predominantly in Poland. Finally, in 2003 he moved to Hamburg to Universum Box-Promotion. In 2004, he hit his first known enemies with Andrej Pestriajew and was with a win against Mamadou Thiam Europe champion in the light middleweight division. On 3 December 2005, he won the WBO title in the class (for the WBO referred to as " super welterweight " ) against Puerto Rican Daniel Santos and defended him in consequence, among other things against the Czechs Lukáš Konečný and the Colombian Joel Julio. After disputes with the universe of the contract was terminated with the Hamburg boxing stable in February 2010.