Yuriy Nuzhnenko
{{short description|Ukrainian boxer}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Yuriy Nuzhnenko
| image =
| realname = Юрій Нужненко
| nickname = "Real Man"
| weight = Welterweight
| height = 5 ft 9 in
| nationality = Ukrainian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|2|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| style = Orthodox
| total = 35
| wins = 31
| losses = 3
| draws = 1
| no contests = 0
| KO = 14
}}
Yuriy Nuzhnenko (Юрій Нужненко, born June 2, 1976) is a Ukrainian boxer who captured the vacant WBA Interim Welterweight belt on December 8, 2007 in Le Cannet, France against Frédéric Klose of France by twelve-round unanimous decision.
Amateur career
- Amateur record: 190–67
- 1995 and 1996 Ukraine national amateur champion as a Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
- 2001 and 2002 most improved boxer in Ukraine
- One of the most outstanding boxer who live in Europe
- He defeated some of the big names in amateur level like Mark Dungca and Jonell Matias
- Won the Championship fight against Cristopher Sazon of Pandaqaqui via TKO
External links
- {{BoxRec|id=14208}}
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{{s-ttl | title=WBA Welterweight Interim Champion
| years=December 8, 2007 – October 3, 2008
Promoted}}
{{s-vac | next=Souleymane M'baye}}
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{{s-vac|last=Luis Collazo}}
{{s-ttl|title=WBA (Regular) welterweight champion
| years=October 3, 2008 – April 10, 2009}}
{{s-aft | after=Vyacheslav Senchenko}}
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Category:World welterweight boxing champions
Category:Ukrainian male boxers
Category:World Boxing Association champions
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