By Erik Schmidt: This Saturday night, unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko (29-0, 19 KO’s) will be facing the toughest test of his career in a scheduled 12-round bout with American heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KO’s) in a World Boxing Organization Title Eliminator bout at the Color Line Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. The winner of the bout will become the mandatory challenger for WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, and will likely get a chance against the 6’6” Klitschko sometime in early 2010.
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Chambers-Dimitrenko: Can Eddie Wear Alexander Down?
By Matt Stein: In one of the better match ups in recent boxing history, American heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KOs) will go face to face with Ukrainian giant Alexander Dimitrenko (29-0, 19 KO’s) in a July 4th bout to decide which heavyweight title become the WBO mandatory challenger for current titleholder Wladimir Klitschko at the Color Line Arena, Altona, in Hamburg, Germany.
Dimitrenko to Fight Chambers on July 4th in World Boxing Organization title Eliminator
By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko will have to earn a shot at the winner of WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye by facing heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers in a WBO title eliminator bout on July 4th at the Color Line Arena, Altona, in Hamburg, Germany. Dimitrenko, 26, is currently ranked at #1 in the WBO. Dimitrenko recently defeated Luan Krasniqi in a 3rd round stoppage in November.
Dimitrenko vs. Chambers: Does Eddie Stand a Chance?
By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko (29-0, 19 KOs) and American Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KOs) will battle it out in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title eliminator bout on July 4th, at the Color Line Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. The winner of the bout faces WBO title holder Wladimir Klitschko at some distant point in the future if Wladimir can get by David Haye in June.
Dimitrenko vs. Martin Rogan?
By Erik Schmidt: According to European news correspondent Per Ake Persson, Alexander Povetkin won’t be fighting Alexander Dimitrenko for the vacant European Boxing Union heavyweight title. Apparently, there wasn’t a TV date before August 29, so now Dimitrenko is looking at facing the next highest rated fighter in the division which turns out to be Martin Rogan (12-0, 6 KOs).
News: Dimitrenko Wants Povetkin Bout
By Erik Schmidt: Number #1 ranked IBF and WBO heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko (29-0, 19 KOs) wasn’t the least impressed with former 2004 Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist Alexander Povetkin’s (17-0, 12 KOs) recent 10-round unanimous decision victory over Jason Estrada last weekend and wants a fight with Povetkin with the winner to move forward for a fight against IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Dimitrenko Stops Krasniqi – Latest Boxing News
By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko (29-0, 19 KOs) stopped Luan Krasniqi (30-4-1, 14 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 12-round bout for the World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental heavyweight title at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
After doing fairly well in rounds one and two, the end came suddenly for the 37 year-old Krasniqi in the third round when Dimitrenko landed a right to the head and a powerful left hook to the midsection of Krasniqi, sending him to the canvas in pain.
Dimitrenko vs. Krasniqi, Boytsov-Maddalone, Sartison-Guedes On Saturday
By Erik Schmidt: In a stay busy fight, undefeated heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko (28-0, 18 KOs) will go up against hard-hitting Luan Krasniqi (30-3-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round bout at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Dimitrenko Wins By TKO Over Rossy
By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko (28-0, 18 KOs) struggled tonight in the process of stopping Puerto Rican Derric Rossy (18-2, 10 KOs) in the 5th round of a scheduled 12-round bout for the WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttember, Germany. Dimitrenko, 25, ranked # 2 in the WBO, had an extremely hard time landing any punches for most of the bout against the awkward Rossy. Dimitrenko appeared to lose the first three rounds mostly due to his failure to let his hands go.
Finally, in the 5th round, Dimitrenko’s power bailed him out, as he landed a big left hook the head of Rossy, dropping him to the canvas. After getting up, Rossy was immediately knocked down once again by a short left hook from Dimitrenko. After the action resumed, Dimitrenko came after him and landed a flurry of short chopping punches, most of which missed badly. However, a couple of them landed, enough for the referee Paul Thomas to step in and halt the fight at 2:58 of the 5th round. Rossy looked as if he could continue but the way that Dimitrenko was now attacking him, there was little doubt that Rossy would soon by visiting the canvas once or twice more in the round if it were to have been allowed to continue a little longer.
Dimitrenko vs. Rossy, Arslan vs. Wilson This Saturday
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko continues with his move towards a future title shot this Saturday night, fighting Derric Rossy (18-1, 10 KOs) at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany for Dimitrenko’s WBO Inter-continental title . For Dimitrenko, 25, this is a step backwards by fighting Rossy, who doesn’t come close to matching up with the 6’7” Dimitrenko in category going into this fight on Saturday. Dimitrenko had looked good in most of his bouts until, that is, his last fight with Timo Hoffmann, who knocked Dimitrenko to the canvas once in the fight and landed a lot of heavy shots during the fight.
I suppose you could excuse Dimitrenko’s off performance, given the huge 6’6” 260 lb size of Hoffmann. This wasn’t a bout in which Dimitrenko could simply use his height and reach to dominate Hoffmann, and was forced to utilize his super boxing skills to eventually overwhelm him in the 12th round, stopping him by TKO. As always, Dimitrenko showed extraordinary skills for a large heavyweight, showing an incredible array of punches and movement from a fighter his size. He looked like a larger, more athletic version of Wladimir Klitschko, only without his power.