Editing Alexander Dimitrenko (section)

==Amateur career==
Dimitrenko began boxing at the age of fourteen. Representing Russia, he won the 2000 [[AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships|World Junior Championships]] in the [[super-heavyweight]] division at the age of eighteen,<ref>[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldJuniorChamps2000.html "11.World Junior Championships - Budapest, Hungary - November 5-12 2000"]. amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 August 2016.</ref> with German promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl offering him a deal immediately afterwards. Dimitrenko signed with Kohl's Universum promotion company and moved to [[Hamburg]] to begin his professional career.<ref name=dimitrenko-sample>[https://fakty.ua/65357-22-letnij-ukrainskij-tyazheloves-aleksandr-dmitrenko-pered-poedinkom-s-amerikancem-rossom-pyuriti-provedet-boj-s-ego-sootechestvennikom 22-летний украинский тяжеловес александр дмитренко перед поединком с американцем россом пьюрити проведет бой с его соотечественником]</ref>