Alexander Dimitrenko is a German professional heavyweight boxer. He was born on July 5, 1982 in Crimea

Crimea

Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. He began boxing at the age of 14 and at the age of 18 won the (2000) world junior boxing championship in the Unlimited weight division. He was immediately offered a deal by German promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl after his victory. Dimitrenko signed with Kohl's Universum promotion company and emigrated to Hamburg, Germany to begin his professional career. At 6 ft 7 with solid footwork and impressive power, he is widely regarded as one of the top contenders for the future world title.

He began his career on December 8, 2001 by scoring a 4th-round TKO against Marcus Johnson at the Arena Oberhausen in Oberhausen, Germany. On November 6, 2004, Dimitrenko faced the man who gave Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

 his first professional loss, Ross Puritty

Ross Puritty

Ross Puritty is a retired heavyweight professional boxer. A high-level journeyman and occasional heavyweight contender, Puritty is best remembered for his shocking upset of Wladimir Klitschko in 1998 that won him the WBC international Heavyweight title.- Professional Boxing career :Purrity made...

. By winning a 10 round decision over Puritty, Dimitrenko passed what was seen as his first real test.

On May 3, 2008, Dimitrenko won in five rounds over Derric Rossy

Derric Rossy

Derric Rossy is a professional American heavyweight boxer of Puerto Rican and Italian descent and the former defensive end at Boston College. He enrolled in the Lynch School of Education with a major in human development....

. The fight was stopped in the fifth round, giving Dimitrenko his fourth consecutive victory by T.K.O. and was the sixth title defense of his WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Inter-Continental Heavyweight belt.

He fought Luan Krasniqi

Luan Krasniqi

Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....

 on November 15, 2008 and won the fight by knockout in the third round.

His most recent fight was against Eddie Chambers

Eddie Chambers (boxer)

Edward "Eddie" Chambers is an American heavyweight boxer fighting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Professional career:Eddie started boxing professionally in 2000 at the age of 18...

 on July 4, 2009 which he lost by majority decision. He received a standing 8 count in the seventh round, and was knocked down in the tenth.

Dimitrenko resides in Hamburg, Germany and is trained by Klitschko-brother trainer Fritz Sdunek

Fritz Sdunek

Fritz Sdunek is a German professional boxing trainer and previously an amateur boxer. Sdunek is one of the most successful and famous boxing trainers. He trained, among others, such world champions as Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko and Dariusz Michalczewski....

. Current rankings list Dimitrenko as the number two contender for the WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 World Heavyweight title, which is held by Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

.

He gained German citizenship by naturalisation in November 2010.

Professional boxing record

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|32–1
|align=left|  Michael Sprott

Michael Sprott

Michael Sprott is a professional heavyweight boxer from Reading, Berkshire, England. Sprott briefly held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles, and was a European heavyweight title contender...

|UD
|12
|24/09/2011
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|31–1
|align=left|  Albert Sosnowski

Albert Sosnowski

Albert Dariusz Sosnowski is a Polish professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.-Debut fight:...

|KO
|12
|26/03/2011
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|Win
|30–1
|align=left|  Yaroslav Zavorotnyi
|TKO
|5
|31/07/2010
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|Loss
|29–1
|align=left|  Eddie Chambers

Eddie Chambers

Edward "Eddie" Chambers is an American heavyweight boxer fighting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Professional career:Eddie started boxing professionally in 2000 at the age of 18...

|MD
|12
|04/07/2009
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|Win
|29–0
|align=left|  Luan Krasniqi

Luan Krasniqi

Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....

|KO
|3
|15/11/2008
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|Win
|28–0
|align=left|  Derric Rossy

Derric Rossy

Derric Rossy is a professional American heavyweight boxer of Puerto Rican and Italian descent and the former defensive end at Boston College. He enrolled in the Lynch School of Education with a major in human development....

|TKO
|5
|03/05/2008
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|Win
|27–0
|align=left|  Timo Hoffmann

Timo Hoffmann

Timo Hoffmann is a professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division. He is probably best known as being the only fighter for nearly a decade who went to the distance with Vitali Klitschko...

|TKO
|12
|17/11/2007
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|Win
|26–0
|align=left|  Malcolm Tann

Malcolm Tann

Malcolm Earl Tann is an American boxer in the heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Tann started boxing while serving in the United States Air Force...

|TKO
|5
|14/07/2007
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|Win
|25–0
|align=left|  Danny Batchelder
|TKO
|7
|17/03/2007
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|Win
|24–0
|align=left|  Billy Zumbrun
|UD
|12
|18/11/2006
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|Win
|23–0
|align=left|  Gonzalo Omar Basile
|KO
|1
|28/10/2006
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|Win
|22–0
|align=left|  Chad Van Sickle

Chad Van Sickle

Chad Van Sickle is a heavyweight American boxer. He is a former NABA Cruiserweight Champion and former WBC Americas Champion...

|TKO
|2
|29/07/2006
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|Win
|21–0
|align=left|  Fernely Feliz
|UD
|12
|08/04/2006
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|Win
|20–0
|align=left|  Vaughn Bean

Vaughn Bean

Vaughn Bean is a former professional boxer.Nicknamed "Shake & Bake", Bean is known for making several arguably undeserved challenges for heavyweight titles, each time coming up short. Bean began his career with 27 victories over extremely limited competition, lining up a shot at IBF Heavyweight...

|UD
|10
|28/09/2005
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|Win
|19–0
|align=left|  Andreas Sidon
|KO
|2
|02/07/2005
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|Win
|18–0
|align=left|  Chris Koval
|UD
|10
|05/03/2005
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|Win
|17–0
|align=left|  Ross Puritty

Ross Puritty

Ross Puritty is a retired heavyweight professional boxer. A high-level journeyman and occasional heavyweight contender, Puritty is best remembered for his shocking upset of Wladimir Klitschko in 1998 that won him the WBC international Heavyweight title.- Professional Boxing career :Purrity made...

|UD
|8
|06/11/2004
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|Win
|16–0
|align=left|  Andy Sample
|TKO
|2
|18/09/2004
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|Win
|15–0
|align=left|  Julius Francis

Julius Francis

Julius Francis is a former British Heavyweight champion boxer - who participated in many noteworthy boxing matches in the 1990s and 2000s. In 2007 he also participated in a mixed martial arts bout....

|UD
|8
|31/07/2004
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|Win
|14–0
|align=left|  Ramon Hayes
|TKO
|2
|08/05/2004
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|Win
|13–0
|align=left|  Sam Ubokane
|TKO
|5
|14/02/2004
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|Win
|12–0
|align=left|  Jeff Pegues
|KO
|1
|20/12/2003
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|Win
|11–0
|align=left|  Ivan Aparecido Rosa
|TKO
|1
|15/11/2003
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|Win
|10–0
|align=left|  Kendrick Releford

Kendrick Releford

Kendrick Releford, born February 3, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas, is a professional Heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "The Apostle", Releford is the former IBF Atlantic Coast and WBO Latino Heavyweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

|PTS
|6
|30/08/2003
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|Win
|9–0
|align=left|  Nino Fiumana
|TKO
|1
|12/07/2003
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|Win
|8–0
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|UD
|6
|10/05/2003
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|Win
|7–0
|align=left|  Mark Bradley
|KO
|2
|29/03/2003
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|Win
|6–0
|align=left|  Jeff Ford
|UD
|4
|07/12/2002
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|Win
|5–0
|align=left|  Alphonzo Davis
|KO
|1
|12/10/2002
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|Win
|4–0
|align=left|  James Lester
|PTS
|4
|17/08/2002
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|Win
|3–0
|align=left|  Tim Martin
|KO
|1
|16/03/2002
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|Win
|2–0
|align=left|  Elvert Gill
|KO
|1
|08/02/2002
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|Win
|1–0
|align=left|  Marcus Johnson
|TKO
|4
|08/12/2001
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External links

• News and Pictures of Alexander Dimitrenko