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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes45WinOleksiy TimchenkoUD817 May 202544Win36–7 Semen PakhomovKO1 (6), 28 Oct 202343Loss35–7 Jared AndersonTKO5 (10), 26 Aug 202342Win35–6 Bojan CesticTKO2 (6), 28 Jan 202341Loss34–6 Vladyslav SirenkoTKO6 (10)18 Dec 202140Win34–5 Andrea PesceUD830 Jul 202139Win33–5 Kostiantyn DovbyshchenkoUD1020 Sep 202038Loss32–5 Zhilei ZhangUD1030 Nov 201937Loss32–4 Agit KabayelUD122 Mar 201936Win32–3 Jone VolauTKO3 (8), 22 Dec 201835Loss31–3 Alexander PovetkinUD121 Jul 201734Win31–2 Jason BergmanUD1024 Dec 201633Win30–2 Tornike PuritchamiashviliUD86 Nov 201632Win29–2 Marcelo NascimentoKO3 (10), 24 Jul 201631Win28–2 Mike Mollo7 (12)6 May 201630Win27–2 Konstantin AirichTKO5 (10), 31 Oct 201529Win26–2 Vaclav PejsarUD831 Jul 201528Win25–2 Shalva JomardashviliKO7 (8)20 Jun 201527Loss24–2 Hughie FuryUD1021 Feb 201526Loss24–1 Lucas BrowneUD121 Aug 201425Win24–0 Adnan BuharalijaTKO1 (8)16 Mar 201324Win23–0 Istvan Ruzsinszky TKO8 (8), 15 Dec 201223Win22–0 Serhiy Babych TKO1 (8)21 Jul 201222Win21–0 Paata Berikashvili TKO4 (6)12 May 201221Win20–0 Isroiljon Kurbanov UD84 Dec 201020Win19–0 Jason Barnett KO2 (8), 4 Sep 201019Win18–0 Raymond OchiengKO3 (8), 26 Jun 201018Win17–0 Daniil PeretyatkoTKO4 (8), 24 Apr 201017Win16–0 Avaz Rustamov TKO3 (8), 19 Dec 200916Win15–0 Talgat Dosanov TKO8 (8), 17 Sep 200915Win14–0 Edgars Kalnars TKO1 (8)27 Jun 200914Win13–0 Yurii HorbenkoTKO2 (8), 22 Apr 200913Win12–0 Mykhailo RutskiyTKO1 (6)26 Feb 200912NC11–0 Vladimir Chanturia 3 (8)27 Sep 200811Win11–0Yavor Marinchev UD814 Jun 200810Win10–0Grigol Abuladze 1 (6)24 Apr 20089Win9–0David Gegeshidze UD623 Mar 20088Win8–0Vyacheslav ShcherbakovTKO3 (4)2 Feb 20087Win7–0Paata Berikashvili UD612 Dec 20076Win6–0Aliaksandr Stsiapanau TKO4 (4), 17 Nov 20075Win5–0Zurab NoniashviliUD413 Sep 20074Win4–0Andrey Kindrich UD626 Jun 20073Win3–0Aleh Dubiaha UD426 Feb 20072Win2–0Mikhail Rak4 (4)20 Dec 20061Win1–0Oleg Belikov419 Oct 2006
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