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=== WBO world heavyweight title eliminator === After two reigns as WBO Inter-Continental champion, Dimitrenko was scheduled to face [[Eddie Chambers]] in a WBO world heavyweight title eliminator.<ref>Vester, Mark (4 July 2009). [http://www.boxingscene.com/chambers-decisions-dimitrenko-land-klitschko-shot--20845 "Chambers Decisions Dimitrenko To Land Klitschko Shot"]. BoxingScene. Retrieved 17 August 2016.</ref> At the time of the fight, Chambers was ranked No.6 heavyweight contender by [[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']], while Dimitrenko was ranked No.8 by the same publication.<ref name=chambers-dimitrenko-boxrec>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Eddie_Chambers_vs._Alexander_Dimitrenko|title=Eddie Chambers vs. Alexander Dimitrenko|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> Dimitrenko was also ranked within top 5 by all major sanctioning bodies.<ref name=chambers-dimitrenko-247>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxing247.com/weblog/archives/124600|title=Dimitrenko-Chambers: Eddie Chambers is ready for Dimitrenko|date=2 July 2009 |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/index.php/ratings/ibf-ratings?view=rankings IBF Ratings, Posted : Tuesday 17th of June 2008]</ref><ref>[https://www.wbaboxing.com/?page_id=2513 World Boxing Association Ranking for June - 2008]</ref> Dimitrenko weighed in at 253 1/4 lbs, outweighing Chambers by 45 1/2 lbs.<ref name=chambers>[https://boxrec.com/en/event/576737 Event: Dimitrenko vs Chambers]</ref> The fight took place at [[Color Line Arena]] in [[Hamburg, Germany]] and was televised by [[ZDF]].<ref name=chambers-dimitrenko-y>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QAN6-aRhs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/f6QAN6-aRhs| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Alexander Dimitrenko vs Eddie Chambers|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=26 March 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Dimitrenko was outboxed for most of the fight, visibly unprepared for Chambers' unusually aggressive approach and unable to keep up with his speed and fighting IQ.<ref>[https://vringe.com/exclusive/42337-chambers-md12-dmitrenko-detailed-report.htm Сломать и выбросить]</ref> Dimitrenko received a standing count in the seventh round after a left hook to the body, and was knocked down in the tenth after another left hook, this time to the chin.<ref name=chambers-beats-dimitrenko>{{Cite web|url=https://tss.ib.tv/boxing/articles-of-2009/6980-lighter-weight-helped-eddie-chambers-beat-dimitrenko|title=Alexander Dimitrenko vs Eddie Chambers|date=7 July 2009 |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=chambers-beats-dimitrenko2>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275347|title=Boxer Eddie Chambers Defeats Alexander Dimitrenko in Germany|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> Dimitrenko lost the fight by majority decision. The judges scored the bout 117–109 and 116–111 in favor of Chambers, and 113–113 even.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-26|title=Boxer Eddie Chambers Defeats Alexander Dimitrenko in Germany|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275347|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326145757/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275347|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2021-05-20}}</ref>
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