# Max Bursak

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.

## Professional career

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 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).
On 2 February 2013, Bursak stopped Julien Marie Sainte in three rounds to become the European middleweight champion. He made one defence of the title on 13 July 2013, scoring a UD over Prince Arron. 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.
2014 would be less successful for Bursak: on 1 February he lost a twelve-round UD to Jarrod Fletcher, which was followed by another UD loss to Martin Murray on 21 June; 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.

## Professional boxing record

| 45 fights | 37 wins | 6 losses |
| By knockout | 16 | 0 |
| By decision | 21 | 6 |
| Draws | 2 | 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 | |