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Real name | Maksym Bursak |
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Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Reach | 180 cm (71 in) |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Born | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 3 July 1984
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 44 |
Wins | 36 |
Wins by KO | 16 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 2 |
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.
Bursak 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]
41 fights | 34 wins | 5 losses |
By knockout | 15 | 0 |
By decision | 19 | 5 |
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, Kiev, Ukraine | |
37 | Win | 32–4–1 | Giorgi Beroshvili | KO | 2 (8), 2:12 | 12 Dec 2015 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, 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, Kiev, 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, Kiev, 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", Kiev, 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, Kiev, Ukraine | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Sergey Khomitsky | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2009 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Alexander Sipos | TKO | 4 (10) | 30 May 2006 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Levan Shonia | UD | 10 | 26 Feb 2009 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Esteban Waldemar Ponce | TKO | 8 (10) | 27 Sep 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | Retained IBF Youth middleweight title |
16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Giovanni De Carolis | TKO | 8 (10) | 14 Jun 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | Retained IBF Youth middleweight title |
15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Mikheil Khutsishvili | TKO | 7 (10) | 19 Apr 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | Won vacant IBF Youth middleweight title |
14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Volodymyr Borovskyy | UD | 8 | 21 Feb 2008 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Andrey Tylilyuk | TKO | 5 (8) | 17 Nov 2007 | SC Voskhod, Kiev, Ukraine | |
12 | Win | 11–0–1 | George Khulelidze | TKO | 1 (8) | 13 Sep 2007 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Tagir Rzaev | UD | 8 | 9 Jun 2007 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Sergey Gribkov | TKO | 8 (8) | 26 Apr 2007 | SC Voskhod, Kiev, Ukraine | |
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Rostyslav Kitun | UD | 6 | 19 Dec 2006 | SC Voskhod, Kiev, Ukraine | |
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Siarhei Navarka | UD | 6 | 23 Sep 2006 | Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine | |
7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Ruslan Semenov | UD | 6 | 8 Apr 2006 | ACCO International, Kiev, 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, Kiev, 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, Kiev, Ukraine |
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Sporting positions | ||||
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Regional boxing titles | ||||
Vacant Title last held by Nikola Stevanović | IBF Youth middleweight champion 19 April 2008 – March 2009 Vacated | Vacant Title next held by Dominik Britsch | ||
Vacant Title last held by Gennady Golovkin | WBO Inter-Continental middleweight champion 24 April 2010 – 4 May 2012 Lost bid for interim title | Vacant Title next held by Hamid Rahimi | ||
Vacant Title last held by Grzegorz Proksa | European middleweight champion 2 February 2013 – September 2013 Vacated | Vacant Title next held by Billy Joe Saunders | ||
New title | WBA Continental (Europe) middleweight champion 21 September 2013 – 1 February 2014 Lost bid for International title | Vacant Title next held by David Papot |