News - Wladimir Sidorenko

WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (20-0-2, 7 KOs) defended his title with a seventh round KO of Jerome Arnould (14-3-1, 9 KOs) on Friday night at the Palais des Sports de Marseille in Marseille, France. From the very beginning, the "Mini Power Station" was too much, finally dropping Arnould in round five and finishing him in round seven. In the co-feature, junior welterweight Willy Blain (17-0, 3 KOs) dominated read more ...

After an eleven month layoff, heavyweight contender Luan Krasniqi (29-2-1, 14 KOs) will headline the March 17 "Universum Champions Night" card at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. Also in acton is unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko (24-0, 14 KOs) and WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko (19-0-1, 6 KOs). Opponents will be named for Krasniqi and Dimitrenko, while Sidorenko will face #1 rated Ricardo Cordoba read more ...

Heavyweight contender Luan Krasniqi is expected to return on March 17 in Stuttgart at the Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle. No opponent is set yet, but there is interest in a rematch with former world champ Lamon Brewster. Other possibilities are Tony Thompson and ex-champs Hasim Rahman or Evander Holyfield. read more ...

On July 15, the Color Line Arena should again become a caldron of emotions. After the spectacular ring battles featuring Dariusz Michalczewski and Luan Krasniqi, Hamburg fight fans can gear up for the return of Felix Sturm. On March 11 of this year, the venue housed a huge crowd that saw the current WBA middleweight champion begin his second world title reign by dethroning Maselino Masoe read more ...

Earlier that evening another championship of the World Boxing Association took place, the organization that celebrated their annual convention in Hamburg in the preceding week. Wladimir Sidorenko, WBA bantamweight champion, defended his title wafer-thin against his dangerous challenger Ricardo Cordoba in a dramatic fight with a close majority draw verdict over twelve rounds. The official scores were 114:114 twice and read more ...

That's the word out of boxing hotbed Panama. According to the camp of Ricardo "Maestrito" Cordoba (27-1, 18 KOs), the fight against unbeaten WBA champion Wladimir Sidorenko (18-0) was finalized early this week. The bout would take place on Universum Box-Promotion's big world title twinbill March 11 fight card in Hamburg, Germany. Headlining is the WBA middleweight title bout between champion Maselino Masoe and Felix Sturm. Cordoba will read more ...

All championship fighters and the two combatants of the TV main event successfully made weight today at VW-Zentrum Leverkusen for their contests on the Universum event on Saturday at Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle of Leverkusen, Germany. WBA bantamweight world champion Wladimir Sidorenko, 17-0 (6), from the Ukraine weighed 117.75 for his first title defense against Venezuelan Jose De Jesus Lopez, 21-5 (16), who weighed 117.25. Live on ZDF television read more ...

Bad luck for Michel Trabant. The German welterweight contender of the Universum boxing stable can’t fight the IBF eliminator scheduled for November 26 in Leverkusen, Germany. The 26-year-old man from Berlin suffered a deep cut on his eye during a sparring session on Thursday. Trabant, 41-2 (18), is the second major fighter to drop off the boxing show at Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle. One week ago Felix Sturm injured his left elbow and had to read more ...

The Universum Box-Promotion event on November 26 in Leverkusen, Germany, will have to take place without world title challenger Felix Sturm. The German middleweight star suffered an injury to his left elbow in training. Dr. Albert GьЯbacher (Nьrnberg) told Universum Box-Promotion that Sturm is unable to fight and that his urgent elbow injury requires surgery. "I’m so sorry for my fans but health comes first," Sturm said. "I tried everything read more ...

Japanese bantamweight Manabu Fukushima's crack at the WBA belt against Wladimir Sidorenko, Ukraine, on October 15 has been cancelled on Saturday as Fukushima suffered a rupture of the calf muscle and cannot walk or move now. It was a really ill-fated title bout, as Sidorenko's thumb fracture once postponed it until October. As Fukushima needs some months before his complete recovery, Sidorenko will face read more ...