Andriy Rudenko

Andriy Volodymyrovych Rudenko (; born 4 September 1983) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. At regional level, he held the Ukrainian heavyweight title in 2020; and challenged once for the European heavyweight title in 2019.

Professional career Rudenko faced undefeated heavyweight Lucas Browne on 1 August 2014, losing by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 116–112, 115–113, and 117–112 all in favour of Browne.

Rudenko faced undefeated heavyweight Hughie Fury on 21 February 2015, losing by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 98–92, 98–91, and 97–92 all in favour of Fury.

Rudenko faced former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin on 1 July 2017, losing by unanimous decision. Soon after the fight began, Rudenko had problems. The fight almost came to an end in the first round after Povetkin accidentally hit Rudenko in the back of his neck with an overhand punch in the middle of a clinch. Rudenko spent five minutes complaining that he had injured his neck while Povetkin waited patiently in the corner to resume, but fans in attendance began to whistle in displeasure at Rudenko, whom they saw as feigning injury. The ringside doctor determined that Rudenko had a spasm and that Rudenko wanted to pull out of the fight. However, the referee eventually persuaded Rudenko to continue. During the interval between rounds eight and nine, Rudenko again wanted to stop the fight, but his corner firmly insisted on continuing. The judges scored the fight 120–109, 120–108, and 120–108 all in favour of Povetkin.

Rudenko faced undefeated heavyweight Agit Kabayel on 2 March 2019, for the European title, losing by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 117-110, 116-111, and 119–108 all in favour of Kabayel.

Rudenko faced undefeated heavyweight Zhilei Zhang on 30 November 2019, losing by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 99-91, 98-92, and 97–93 all in favour of Zhang.

Rudenko faced undefeated heavyweight Vladyslav Sirenko on 18 December 2021, losing by technical knockout in the sixth round.

Rudenko faced undefeated heavyweight Jared Anderson on 26 August 2023, losing by technical knockout in the fifth round.

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