Maksym Bursak (born 3 July 1984) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He held the

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title in 2013, and has challenged once for the

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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

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draw. For the next eight years Bursak would remain undefeated, scoring wins over perennial middleweight contender

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and future world champion

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. Bursak fought for his first major world championship—the vacant

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

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

title–came on 27 June 2015, against Zac Dunn. Having travelled far away to Australia from his native Ukraine, Bursak lost via UD.Reed, Ron (28 June 2015)
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Professional boxing record

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