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On July 1, 2017, the State Central Concert Hall “Russia” in Moscow will host a professional boxing evening, the main event of which will be a fight between 37-year-old Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (31-1-0, 23 KO) and 33-year-old representative of Ukraine Andrey Rudenko (31-2-0, 19 KO). Athletes will fight for international WBA/WBO titles.
The Russian referee Viktor Panin will officiate the fight. Side referees: Fernando Laguna (Spain), Zdravko Milosevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Manuel Oliver Palomo (Spain). Supervisor: Igor Mazurov.
In Ukraine, the fight between Russian Alexander Povetkin and Ukrainian heavyweight Andrey Rudenko will be shown live on our website. The broadcast will begin at 22:00 Kyiv time and Moscow time.
Match TV will show the Povetkin-Rudenko fight live on July 1, 2017. You can follow the fight online on the channel’s website. Starts at 21:00 Moscow time.
The winner of the confrontation between Russian Alexander Povetkin and Ukrainian Andrei Rudenko will receive two intercontinental belts according to the versions of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the World Boxing Association (WBA).
After all, if he wins, he will be able to regain his high positions in the rankings of leading organizations, which he left in 2016 due to doping scandals and two failed championship matches in a row.
On the eve of the fight, Povetkin and Rudenko competed with their views
The fight will be officiated by Russian referee Viktor Panin. Fernando Laguna (Spain), Zdravko Milosevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Manuel Oliver Palomo (Spain) were appointed as side judges. And the supervisor will also be Russian Igor Mazurov.
Andrey Rudenko was born in Dnieper. He is now 33 years old and began his professional career in 2006.
Recently, the boxer represented the promotion company of the Klitschko brothers – K2 Promotions, and is trained by Vladimir Klitschko’s first coach, Vladimir Zolotarev.
Pride and hope of Ukraine Vladimir Klitschko and Andrey Rudenko
Now the Ukrainian holds the “silver” title of the international champion of the WBC and occupies thirteenth place in the ranking of this organization: he has 33 fights, in which he received 31 victories (19 by knockout) and lost only twice, and Andrei did not lose even once.
He lost to the future “regular” WBA world champion, Australian Lucas Browne, in the fight for the WBC intercontinental belt (2014) and to the promising Briton Hughie Fury, the cousin of Vladimir Klitschko’s offender Tyson Fury, who is now the official contender for the WBO world title (in 2015- m).
As for the Russian, Povetkin has been plagued by only failures lately. So, on May 21, 2016 in Moscow, his fight against the World Boxing Council (WBC) world champion, American Deontay Wilder, was canceled due to a positive doping test. But after repeated tests, the athlete turned out to be “clean” and was forgiven.
Alexander Povetkin
The boxer's second chance came on December 17 of the same year, when the fight for the title of interim WBC world champion was supposed to take place against Canadian Bermane Stiverne. But a day before the fight, the doping test again gave a positive result and instead of the ex-world champion, his sparring partner John Duopa from France entered the ring against the Russian, and the fight itself was not sanctioned according to any version. As a result, Povetkin was expelled from all ratings for doping and there was talk that his career could end. However, its promoters still decided not to close the Povetkin project, which is still in demand in Russia.
Weighing
Before the fight, Alexander Povetkin and Andrey Rudenko went through the weigh-in procedure. According to its results, the Russian’s weight was 103.3 kg, while the scales under the Ukrainian boxer showed 107.3 kg.
Povetki - Rudenko, weigh-in VIDEO
Before the fight
As our website wrote, Alexander Povetkin did not fight for almost the entire last year: during this period, he, together with his friend and promoter Andrei Ryabinsky, was involved in legal proceedings. Let us recall that Alexander was found to have traces of the drug meldonium, which was already banned by that time, because of which Povetkin “earned” a long period of downtime in his career.
However, it recently became known that the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) acquitted Povetkin of doping charges and returned him to their rankings.
Povetkin - Rudenko: open training VIDEO
On Saturday, July 1, Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (31-1-0, 23 KO) will return to the ring as part of a major (first in 2017) tournament of the World of Boxing promotion company. The opponent of the 37-year-old “Vityaz” will be Ukrainian Andrey Rudenko (31-2-0, 19 KO). The WBO International and WBA International titles will be at stake.
The name Povetkin has recently been associated among fans and simply sports fans with doping. Until recently, Alexander was one step away from the WBC title, but was never able to challenge it in the ring. In May last year, he was found to have meldonium, which was banned at that time, and a planned fight against the American WBC belt holder Deontay Wilder canceled. A little later, the WBC allowed Povetkin to challenge the championship title, but due to Wilder’s injury, “Vityaz” was offered to play for the interim world champion belt in a fight with the Canadian Bermane Stiverne. However, this fight, scheduled for December, did not take place, because Povetkin was again caught using the banned substance ostarine.
Stiverne flew overseas, but Povetkin still entered the ring. As promoter Andrei Ryabinsky later stated, this was done “for the sake of the audience who want to watch Povetkin.” There is no other meaning to the fight with the Frenchman Joan Duhaupa, who survived until the sixth round, did not.
In early March, following an investigation, the WBC suspended Povetkin from fighting under its auspices for an indefinite period and fined him $250,000. The organization's press release noted that a Russian has the right to apply for reinstatement of WBC membership after a year. If all his doping tests carried out under the auspices of VADA turn out to be clean, the federation will consider the possibility of lifting his disqualification. A little later, Povetkin was excluded from their rankings by the WBA, IBF and WBO.
The boxer's side has filed an appeal, but how long the review process will take is still unknown.
At the same time, Povetkin’s promoter Ryabinsky said that, despite all the circumstances, “World of Boxing” will continue to organize fights with available opponents for Alexander.
One of these was 33-year-old Ukrainian Andrei Rudenko, who was once listed in the prospectuses of the Ukrainian branch of the Klitschko brothers’ promotion company K2 Promotions Ukraine.
In 2014, Rudenko, undefeated at that time, was supposed to fight the Briton Derek Chisora, but due to the Ukrainian’s injury, the fight was canceled. Later, Andrei lost on points to the Australian heavyweight Lucas Brown in the fight for the WBA intercontinental belt, and in February 2015 in Monaco he lost to the British Hughie Fury.
After this, Rudenko returned to Ukraine, where he scored seven victories in a row over little-known journeymen. The last of them was in December 2016 over an American Jason Bergman.
In short, the level of Ukrainian opposition was not the highest. But Povetkin’s fans shouldn’t delude themselves. As you know, in 2014, Rudenko was a sparring partner of the Russian Knight, helping him prepare for a fight with Cameroonian Carlos Takam. And before that, in 2013, he assisted Vladimir Klitschko during his preparation for his fight with Povetkin. Those. The Russian’s capabilities are well known to him.
Despite this, bookmakers do not leave the Ukrainian a single chance. You can bet on Rudenko's victory with the Russian's odds estimated at a modest 1.01.
On early victory for the Russian can be bet with odds 1,67 , and to win on points - 2.10. At the same time, the Ukrainian’s early victory is estimated at 19.00, and a decision victory at 34.00.
Rudenko has neither outstanding technique, nor speed, nor a striking blow. But at the same time he is quite a strong, persistent and resilient boxer.
However, as practice shows, Povetkin’s home fights often end early. We are sure that a fight with a former sparring partner will not be an exception for Alexander. We bet on an early victory for the ring owner.
On Saturday, July 1, a twelve-round fight between one of the most popular heavyweights in Russia and the world, Alexander Povetkin, and Ukrainian Andrei Rudenko will take place in Moscow at Luzhniki. The fight is not the most important from a purely sporting point of view, because the winner will not receive the title of world champion. And even though the not very significant WBO International and WBA Inter-Continental titles are still being played out here, the greatest interest is the fact of Povetkin entering the ring after disqualification.
Povetkin's disqualification is one of the loudest and most confusing stories of the past year. Sasha was one step away from fighting for the WBC championship title (the most prestigious boxing association), but his fight against the current belt holder, American Deontay Wilder, was canceled in May last year due to meldonium found in Alexander’s blood. Did he take it before the drug was banned, or after? They sorted it out, sorted it out, and again allowed Sasha into the title fight, however, not with Wilder, who had just defended his title by that time, but with the Canadian Bermane Stiverne - the athletes had to challenge the interim WBC title. But this fight also did not take place due to the fact that another prohibited drug, ostarine, was allegedly found in one of Povetkin’s doping tests. The Canadian immediately refused the fight - they say, I don’t want to box with someone who uses doping. The promoters had to let into the ring the Frenchman Joan Duhaup, who had been saved for an emergency, and whom Sasha successfully knocked out. This fight, which took place in December in Yekaterinburg, was Povetkin's last fight to date.
In March, Povetkin was suspended indefinitely by the WBC with the possibility of appeal. This happened after Povetkin was finally found guilty of doping (the Russian side, however, continues to dispute the violation with meldonium, which Sasha, according to his lawyers, took even before the drug was included in the unauthorized list). However, although Povetkin was excluded from the rankings of the leading associations (in addition to the WBC, these are the WBA, IBF and WBO), his promoters continued to work on the possibility of holding fights with the participation of our boxer. The first of them will be a fight with Ukrainian Andrey Rudenko.
Andrey is 33 years old, he is 9th in the WBO ranking and 13th in the list of the best according to the WBC (according to the IBF he is also 13th in line). Like Alexander, he had his last fight in December. In general, the statistics are not bad - 33 fights, 31 victories, two defeats, and not by knockout, but by points. At first glance, it’s a little worse than the 37-year-old Povetkin (31 wins, one loss). And yet the Russian’s chances in this fight look significantly higher.
And a couple more interesting details. Three years ago, Rudenko was... Povetkin’s sparring partner. His responsibilities included preparing Sasha for the fight with Cameroonian Carlos Takam. And a year earlier, Andrei sparred with Vladimir Klitschko, training the best fighter on the planet at that time before the fight with... Alexander Povetkin. Such are the vicissitudes of boxing fate...
Russian Alexander Povetkin defeated the Ukrainian Andrey Rudenko , winning the international title WBO and WBA Interconti.
On July 1, in Moscow at the State Central Concert Hall "Russia" (Luzhniki), a professional boxing evening took place, the main event of which was a fight between 37-year-old Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (32-1-0, 23 KO) and 33-year-old Ukrainian Andrei Rudenko (31-3-0, 19 KO). The vacant WBO international title and WBA Interconti title were at stake in the meeting.
The anticipation for the Povetkin-Rudenko fight was tense. The events of recent years are too memorable, when first one (Deontay Wilder) breaks down a week before the scheduled fight, and six months later, on the day of the fight, the second opponent (Bermane Stiverne) refuses to enter the ring. That is why this time the organizers, fans and Povetkin himself were probably able to exhale only at the moment when the referee in the ring, Viktor Panin, gave the command to box.
You can watch the full fight between Povetkin and Rudenko in this video.
The fight began and almost ended after the first tight exchange. At the exit from the attack, the Russian caught the back of his opponent’s head with his glove, and after a sharp movement of his head, Rudenko felt a painful sensation, which almost turned the fight into a farce.
The Ukrainian signaled that he was unable to continue the meeting. Holding his head to the side, he consulted with a staff doctor who arrived in time to the ring, with whom they came to the conclusion that a pinching had occurred. This is exactly what the referee said when he approached the supervisor’s table to state the reason for stopping the fight. The pause dragged on, and it was necessary to understand whether the Ukrainian was ready to continue the meeting. Otherwise, he could safely be given a TKO loss.
Rudenko’s corner, who arrived in time to the ring, had an extremely emotional conversation with him about something, and Andrei decided to continue the fight. Otherwise, Povetkin and Co. would once again face a real irony of fate. To play six incomplete rounds in almost two years, while at the peak of your form, is out of the ordinary. Moreover, having shown courage, Rudenko remained in the eyes of the fans as a warrior with a big heart and avoided the saddest fate - being booed.
The main character of the film “Stone Head” is boxer Yegor Golovin, played by ex-WBA champion Nikolai Valuev. Golovin can easily last many rounds in the ring due to the fact that he feels almost no pain, which is why he bears such a brutal nickname. In Rudenko's case, his ability to "stay in the ring for many rounds because he feels almost no pain" actually allowed the fight to last all 12 rounds.
Rudenko did not avoid fighting, but acted as number two, periodically catching his opponent on counterattacks. But this was clearly not enough in a fight with an opponent who was truly stronger and faster. I really liked Povetkin. I was especially impressed by his physical form, on the basis of which he based his game plan. Due to the high pace and constant pressure (Povetkin loomed over his opponent like a shadow, not giving him room to maneuver), Alexander gained his advantage from round to round.
In the first half of the fight, his signature double left from the side, which the Russian performs at a gallop, was clearly visible. And if the opponent copes with the first hook and begins to move backward along the displacement trajectory, lowering the block, then a second, no less weighty, punch flies after it to the same point. At the same time, Alexander tried to diversify his attacking actions and did not shy away from making exchanges.
Rudenko acted in the style of a counter-puncher. The Ukrainian tried to defeat Povetkin and deliver his accurate and powerful blow. But this was not enough with an opponent whose speed and skill exceeded your own by an order of magnitude. That is why Rudenko’s actions at times experienced slumps, during which he missed a lot, but each time, by some miracle, he managed to stay on his feet.
The fifth round, perhaps, was the best performed by Rudenko (it is likely that it was in the fifth three-minute period that one of the side referees set a draw score of 10:10; all other rounds on the cards of all three referees were in favor of the Russian). In this segment, Andrey succeeded in several spurts, during which he delivered his right hand to the target - Povetkin’s head.
It is interesting to look at the statistics of the shots thrown by the Russian. Purely visually, he interrupted his opponent, and this advantage was total. Why didn't you manage to knock out Rudenko? The question is rhetorical, because initially it was clear that this guy is not as simple as he might seem at first glance. In his biography there is not a single case of a knockdown (before the fight with Povetkin, Rudenko suffered two defeats on points from Lucas Browne and Hughie Fury), which is very rare for a heavyweight fighter. The ability to take a punch cannot be taken away from Rudenko.
Povetkin: I knew that he was a strong opponent who wouldn’t give up easily. Something didn’t work out, but, probably, this fight had to go like this in order to gain some experience.
Povetkin was aimed at ending the fight early. That is why the Russian often charged for a blow and got involved in a clinch, which was exclusively in the hands of his opponent. After the fight, Povetkin admitted that he wanted to do everything beautifully, so at times he was in a hurry, as a result of which the fight turned out to be somewhat blurry. At the same time, the Russian admitted that he gained a lot of experience. “I would like to thank everyone for their support, I really need it. I knew that this was a strong opponent who would not give up easily. Something didn’t work out, but, probably, this fight had to go like this in order to gain some experience. I grow up with such opponents. What's next? I'll have to ask my manager. I have great feelings, this fight was necessary, I needed to catch my breath for 12 rounds. We will move on, correct mistakes, become stronger,” Povetkin said immediately after the end of the fight.
The result of the meeting after 12 rounds of battle could hardly surprise anyone. Povetkin won by unanimous decision - 120:109, 120:108 twice.
The head of the World of Boxing company, Andrei Ryabinsky, expressed a desire to organize his ward a fight against the current WBO world champion, unbeaten New Zealander Joseph Parker.
What's next?
The question is more than relevant, since time goes by and plays against the 37-year-old Povetkin. There is hardly any need to exchange money for another intermediate fight, but it is worth looking for a meeting with a full-fledged champion according to one of the versions that returned the Russian to their ratings.
Andrei Ryabinsky, the head of the World of Boxing company, which manages Povetkin’s affairs, expressed a desire to organize his ward a fight against the current WBO world champion, unbeaten New Zealander Joseph Parker.
But this option is still at the development stage, because in the near future Parker will fight against another undefeated boxer - Hughie Fury. At the same time, the meeting of the fighters will take place on the territory of the contender - in the UK.
The Russian team's interests also include WBA champion Joseph Parker, but, according to Ryabinsky, it will take much more time to prepare for the fight with this fighter.
Whatever the route of the Russian Knight in terms of conquering the champion Olympus, he will not lose interest from this. Povetkin is back, and that’s the most important thing.