By Jim Dower: The heavyweight clash between contenders Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) and Kubrat Pulev (15-0, 7 KO’s) will be taking place on the undercard of WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck’s title defense against top challenger Ola Afolabi on May 5th at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thuriengen, Germany. Dimitrenko and Pulev will be battling for the EBU heavyweight regional strap.
Alexander Dimitrenko
Dimitrenko vs. Pulev on March 31st for vacant EBU heavyweight title
By Jim Dower: Two giant heavyweights Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) and Kubrat Pulev (15-0, 7 KO’s) will be fighting it out for the vacant European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title on March 31st at the Sparkhassen-Arena, in Scheleswig-Holstein, Germany. Also on the card will be a fight between Arthur Abraham and Piotr Wilczewski in super middleweight action.
Helenius vs. Dimitrenko in 2012
By Jim Dower: EBU heavyweight champion Robert Helenius (17-0, 11 KO’s) will be pressing ahead with his career without any guilt after beating Dereck Chisora by a controversial 12 round split decision earlier this month on December 3rd in a fight that Helenius appeared to have lost badly in the minds of many who saw the fight.
Vitali to fight on 2/25, Chisora, Dimitrenko or Haye possible
By Eric Thomas: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko plans on getting back in the ring on February 25th next year according to German boxing news. The possible opponents for Vitali are as follows: Dereck Chisora, Alexander Dimitrenko or David Haye. Vitali recently offered Haye a fight for March of next year, sending him a proposal.
Helenius vs. Dimitrenko a possibility for Povetkin-Boswell undercard on December 3rd
By Eric Thomas: A fight between EBU heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) and unbeaten heavyweight contender Robert Helenius (16-0, 11 KO’s) is rumored to be in the works for the December 3rd undercard of the title fight between WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin and 42-year-old challenger Cedric Boswell in Helsinki, Finland.
Dimitrenko wants title shot against the Klitschkos
By Eric Thomas: European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) wants a title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers after the 29-year-old Dimitrenko labored to an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision against 36-year-old Michael Sprott (36-17, 17 KO’s) at the Dima Sportscenter in Hamburg, Germany.
Dimitrenko decisions Sprott; Boytsov, Chakhkiev and Menzer also win
By Jim Dower: European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) successfully defended his title against 36-year-old Michael Sprott (36-17, 17 KO’s) in a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Dima-Sportcenter, Lohbruegge, Hamburg, Germany.
Dimitrenko defends EBU title against Sprott on September 24th
By Sean McDaniel: European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (31-1, 21 KO’s) will be making his second defense of his title on September 24th against Britain’s Michael Sprott (36-8, 16 KO’s) at the Dima Sportcenter, Lohbruegge, in Hamburg, Germany.
Dimitrenko vs. Sosnowski on March 26th
By Jim Dower: EBU heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (30-1, 20 KO’s) will be defending his European Boxing Union title against Polish heavyweight Albert Sosnowski (46-3-1, 28 KO’s) on March 26th in Frankfurt, Germany. The fighters were set to fight in December but Dimitrenko fainted in the dressing room before the fight, causing the fight to be called off. Both Dimitrenko and Sosnowski are fringe contenders.
Alexander Dimitrenko vs. Albert Sosnowski on Saturday
By Jim Dower: EBU heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (30-1, 20 KO’s) has an important fight on Saturday against Polish heavyweight Alberto Sosnowski (46-3-1, 28 KO’s) at the Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Besides this being a defense of his European Boxing Union title, it could lead to a fight against one of the Klitschko brothers for Dimitrenko should he win. He’s got a lot riding on this fight and he can’t afford another slip up like the one he suffered in his 12 round majority decision loss to Eddie Chambers last year in July.