Alexander Dimitrenko is an up and coming professional heavyweight boxer.
He was born on July 5, 1982 in Crimea, Ukraine. 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.
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 his first professional loss, Ross Puritty.
By securing a 10 round decision, Dimitrenko passed what was seen as his first real test.
He followed that by facing very limited Chris Koval, in his next contest on March 5, 2005.
Dimitrenko survived a second round knockdown to easily outpoint Koval en route to a 10 round unanimous decision but couldn't stop his opponent.
In his fight against the 41-year-old German heavyweight champion Andreas Sidon on July 2, 2005.
Dimitrenko brutally battered his opponent from the onset of the bout, knocking him down twice in the first minute of the second round and compelling referee Joe Cortez to call an end to the bout to declare Dimitrenko the winner by way of technical knockout.
A win over Vaughn Bean in 2005 was highly controversial in Germany.
The latest news about Dimitrenko tells that he decided to change his nationality, and become a citizen of Serbia. He decided to continue to fight under Serbian flag.
Dimitrenko trains with former Klitschko trainer Fritz Sdunek.
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