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
Born
Maksym Bursak

(1984-07-03) 3 July 1984 (age 40)
NationalityUkrainian
Other names
  • The Tiger
  • Mad Max
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Reach180 cm (71 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights45
Wins37
Wins by KO16
Losses6
Draws2

Professional career

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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]

Professional boxing record

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45 fights 37 wins 6 losses
By knockout 16 0
By decision 21 6
Draws 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
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

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  1. ^ Sukachev, Alexey; Mikhalchuk, Dmitry (5 September 2010). "Maksym Bursak Dominates Brian Vera in Ukraine". BoxingScene. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ Donovan, Jake (4 May 2012). "Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam Tops Max Bursak, Wins Interim Title". BoxingScene. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. ^ Sukachev, Alexey (2 February 2013). "Bursak Stops Marie Sainte in Three, Wins The EBU Title". BoxingScene. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Prince Arron is plotting more title success as he prepares for comeback". Sky Sports. Sky. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Erazo, Hilmar Rojas (3 February 2014). "Jarrod Fletcher won International title". WBA. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Martin Murray beats Max Bursak on points to close on world title". Sky Sports. Sky. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  8. ^ 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.
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Sporting positions
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