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, originally known as , is a fictional boxer from Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series. Soda Popinski first appeared in the Arcade game game Super Punch-Out!!, featuring the above mentioned Vodka Drunkenski name. He was designed by Makoto Wada for the NES video game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! in 1987, and by Eddie Viser for the Wii video game Punch-Out!! in 2009, his most recent appearance. Ihor Mota portrays him in the 2009 Punch-Out!! release.

Nintendo changed his name from Vodka Drunkenski to Soda Popinski in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! in order to avoid controversy, replacing his affinity for vodka with soda. However, other Soviet stereotypes, such as his wearing red, his ability to handle cold weather, his use of the Song of the Volga Boatmen as his entrance music, and scenes depicting him doing the Kozachok remained throughout the series. While his country of origin was originally the USSR, this was changed to Russia in the 2009 Punch-Out!! due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union after the release of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!.

Since his appearance in Super Punch-Out!!, he has received both criticism and praise for his racial stereotyping; 1UP.com used Soda Popinski as an example of the racism in Punch-Out!!. The challenge involved in defeating him has been a notable aspect, with Destructoid editor Colette Bennett expressing her disposition for the character, considering him one of her most frustrating encounters. He has also appeared in some merchandise related to Punch-Out!!, which includes being a part of a series of Topps trading cards.

Soda Popinski was designed for the NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! by Makoto Wada, with his most recent design being made by Eddie Viser in the Wii Punch-Out!!. He is voiced by Ihor Mota in the Wii Punch-Out!!. Soda Popinski is a Russian boxer from Moscow, and the #1 boxer in his country. He is both tall and muscular, featuring redder skin than other boxers, a moustache, and no hair. He's the only left handed fighter in the game. He is physically capable of handling extremely cold weather, and has a propensity to soda pop. He is noted as being powerful, using a Russia fighting style. In the Wii Punch-Out!!, he can utilize his soda to gain energy or to become more powerful. He first appeared in the arcade game Super Punch-Out!! in 1985, and again in the NES game Punch-Out!! in 1987. A port of the arcade game was released for the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum, where Popinski was renamed "Andra Puncharedov". He would not appear again until the Wii video game titled Punch-Out!!. In the original Super Punch-Out!! arcade game, he is referred to as Vodka Drunkenski, a stereotype of the people of the USSR at the time. To avoid controversy, his name was changed to Soda Popinski in the NES Punch-Out!!, changing his vice from vodka to soda. However, other stereotypes, such as the ability to handle cold weather, as well as being known to do the Kozachok.

Soda Popinski has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.