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 118:111 for Sidorenko.

Sidorenko set his record to 18-0-1 with 6 knockouts. Cordoba’s record reads 27-1-1 with 18 knockouts after this fight.

Sidorenko must now face Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym from Thailand later this year, the man who beat Cordoba in August 2005 by split decision.