Maksym Bursak (born 3 July 1984) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He held the European middleweight title in 2013, and has challenged once for the WBO super-middleweight title in 2017.
Max Bursak | |
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| Born | Maksym Bursak 3 July 1984 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
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| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Reach | 180 cm (71 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 45 |
| Wins | 37 |
| Wins by KO | 16 |
| Losses | 6 |
| Draws | 2 |
Professional career
editBursak made his professional debut on 16 June 2004 against Viacheslav Kusov, who also debuted. Their fight ended in a four-round points draw. For the next eight years Bursak would remain undefeated, scoring wins over perennial middleweight contender Brian Vera[1] and future world champion Giovanni De Carolis. Bursak fought for his first major world championship—the vacant WBO interim title—against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam on 4 May 2012, but lost via wide unanimous decision (UD).[2]
On 2 February 2013, Bursak stopped Julien Marie Sainte in three rounds to become the European middleweight champion.[3] He made one defence of the title on 13 July 2013, scoring a UD over Prince Arron.[4] After vacating the title, Bursak next fought Nick Blackwell on 21 September 2013. Despite being knocked down in round four, Bursak won a disputed twelve-round UD.[5]
2014 would be less successful for Bursak: on 1 February he lost a twelve-round UD to Jarrod Fletcher,[6] which was followed by another UD loss to Martin Murray on 21 June;[7] in the latter fight, the vacant WBC Silver middleweight title was on the line. A second opportunity for Bursak to win a world championship—the vacant IBO super-middleweight title–came on 27 June 2015, against Zac Dunn. Having travelled far away to Australia from his native Ukraine, Bursak lost via UD.[8]
Professional boxing record
edit| 45 fights | 37 wins | 6 losses |
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| By knockout | 16 | 0 |
| By decision | 21 | 6 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 41 | Draw | 34–5–2 | Mukhitdin Rajapbaev | MD | 8 | 22 Dec 2018 | Ice Arena TEC Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine | |
| 40 | Win | 34–5–1 | Soso Abuladze | UD | 8 | 16 Dec 2017 | Ice Arena TEC Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine | |
| 39 | Loss | 33–5–1 | Gilberto Ramírez | UD | 12 | 22 Apr 2017 | StubHub Center, Carson, California, US | For WBO super-middleweight title |
| 38 | Win | 33–4–1 | Ruslan Schelev | UD | 8 | 23 Apr 2016 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 37 | Win | 32–4–1 | Giorgi Beroshvili | KO | 2 (8), 2:12 | 12 Dec 2015 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 36 | Loss | 31–4–1 | Zac Dunn | UD | 12 | 26 Jun 2015 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Australia | For vacant IBO super-middleweight title |
| 35 | Win | 31–3–1 | Chris Herrmann | TKO | 1 (8), 2:22 | 18 Apr 2015 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 34 | Win | 30–3–1 | Ramazi Gogichashvili | TKO | 2 (8), 1:50 | 22 Nov 2014 | Ice Arena TEC Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine | For International Boxing Council middleweight title |
| 33 | Loss | 29–3–1 | Martin Murray | UD | 12 | 21 Jun 2014 | Salle Médecin, Monte Carlo, Monaco | For vacant WBC Silver middleweight title |
| 32 | Loss | 29–2–1 | Jarrod Fletcher | UD | 12 | 1 Feb 2014 | Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco | For vacant WBA International middleweight title |
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Gary Abajyan | UD | 8 | 14 Dec 2013 | Ice Arena TEC Terminal, Brovary, Ukraine | |
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Nick Blackwell | UD | 12 | 21 Sep 2013 | Sports Palace "Lokomotyv", Kharkiv, Ukraine | Won vacant WBA Continental (Europe) middleweight title |
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Prince Arron | UD | 12 | 13 Jul 2013 | Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco | Retained European middleweight title |
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Julien Marie Sainte | TKO | 3 (12) | 2 Feb 2013 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | Won vacant European middleweight title |
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Sergei Melis | TKO | 1 (8), 2:20 | 21 Jul 2012 | Sports Palace, Odessa, Ukraine | |
| 26 | Loss | 24–1–1 | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | UD | 12 | 4 May 2012 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Paris, France | For vacant WBO interim middleweight title |
| 25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Laatekwei Hammond | TKO | 3 (12), 1:24 | 17 Dec 2011 | Restaurant Grodno, Grodno, Belarus | Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Abdulaziz Matazimov | TKO | 3 (8) | 22 Oct 2011 | Sportpalace Budivelnik, Cherkasy, Ukraine | |
| 23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Carlos Adan Jerez | UD | 12 | 28 May 2011 | Concert Hall "Kobzov", Kyiv, Ukraine | Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Brian Vera | UD | 12 | 4 Sep 2010 | Sports Complex Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Marco Schulze | TKO | 8 (12) | 24 Apr 2010 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Sergey Khomitsky | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2009 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Alexander Sipos | TKO | 4 (10) | 30 May 2006 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Levan Shonia | UD | 10 | 26 Feb 2009 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Esteban Waldemar Ponce | TKO | 8 (10) | 27 Sep 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | Retained IBF Youth middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Giovanni De Carolis | TKO | 8 (10) | 14 Jun 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | Retained IBF Youth middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Mikheil Khutsishvili | TKO | 7 (10) | 19 Apr 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | Won vacant IBF Youth middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Volodymyr Borovskyy | UD | 8 | 21 Feb 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Andrey Tylilyuk | TKO | 5 (8) | 17 Nov 2007 | SC Voskhod, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | George Khulelidze | TKO | 1 (8) | 13 Sep 2007 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Tagir Rzaev | UD | 8 | 9 Jun 2007 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Sergey Gribkov | TKO | 8 (8) | 26 Apr 2007 | SC Voskhod, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Rostyslav Kitun | UD | 6 | 19 Dec 2006 | SC Voskhod, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Siarhei Navarka | UD | 6 | 23 Sep 2006 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Ruslan Semenov | UD | 6 | 8 Apr 2006 | ACCO International, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Artem Makohonenko | UD | 6 | 2 Mar 2006 | Circus, Lviv, Ukraine | |
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Maksym Velychko | UD | 6 | 16 Sep 2005 | Sports Complex Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | |
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Taras Boyko | SD | 6 | 7 May 2005 | Sports Palace "Lokomotyv", Kharkiv, Ukraine | |
| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Dmytro Madulu | MD | 6 | 13 Feb 2005 | Freedom Nightclub, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 2 | Win | 1–0–1 | Pavlo Sukmanskyy | UD | 6 | 9 Jul 2004 | Chernivtsi, Ukraine | |
| 1 | Draw | 0–0–1 | Aleksandr Chuvirov | PTS | 4 | 16 Jun 2004 | Freedom Nightclub, Kyiv, Ukraine |
References
edit- ^ Sukachev, Alexey; Mikhalchuk, Dmitry (5 September 2010). "Maksym Bursak Dominates Brian Vera in Ukraine". BoxingScene. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (4 May 2012). "Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam Tops Max Bursak, Wins Interim Title". BoxingScene. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Sukachev, Alexey (2 February 2013). "Bursak Stops Marie Sainte in Three, Wins The EBU Title". BoxingScene. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Prince Arron is plotting more title success as he prepares for comeback". Sky Sports. Sky. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Beck, Neil (26 September 2013). "Spot the difference after boxer Nick Blackwell's defeat in Ukraine"[permanent dead link]. The Bath Chronicle. Local World. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Erazo, Hilmar Rojas (3 February 2014). "Jarrod Fletcher won International title". WBA. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Martin Murray beats Max Bursak on points to close on world title". Sky Sports. Sky. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Reed, Ron (28 June 2015). "Melbourne boxer Zac Dunn claims vacant IBO super-middleweight world title". Herald Sun. The Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Max Bursak from BoxRec (registration required)