Maxim Bursak: record, next fight and profile →
Liam Walsh and Troy James will finally meet in the ring this spring. The long-awaited showdown, which seems to have been a regular fixture in the British Boxing Board of Control circulars for about the past six months, will take place later this month.
Highly touted heavyweight Nathan Gorman has been added to the undercard of the big world middleweight title fight between Billy Joe Saunders and Max Bursak at the Copper Box Arena, London on April 30.
Undefeated WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders begins his reign with the opening defence of his title against “Mad” Max Bursak on Saturday 30th April at the Copper Box Arena, London, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Undefeated WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders begins his reign with the opening defence of his title against “Mad” Max Bursak on Saturday 30th April at the Copper Box Arena, London, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Undefeated WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders begins his reign with the opening defence of his title against “Mad” Max Bursak on Saturday 30th April at the Copper Box Arena, London, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Billy Joe Saunders plans to use the first defence of his WBO middleweight title against Max Bursak on April 30 to build towards a stadium fight in July. The 26-year-old produced the finest performance of his career to defeat defending champion Andy Lee via majority decision in December. And after insisting he has lost interest in a rematch with Chris Eubank Jnr - who he claims has rejected several offers to challenge him - he plans to pursue one of the sport's biggest names.
Undefeated WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders begins his reign with the opening defence of his title against “Mad” Max Bursak on Saturday 30th April at the Copper Box Arena, London, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Super middleweight contender Zac Dunn (17-0, 15 KOs) has continued his rise with a twelve round unanimous decision over veteran Max Bursak (31-3, 14 KOs) the vacant IBO world championship at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia. The scores were 115-111, 115-111 and 116-110. Bursak slides to his third loss in his last five fights. He dropped two decisions defeats last year to Jarrdo Flecther and Martin Murray.
Comebacking former middleweight fringe contender and ex-EBU 160lb title Max Bursak got his second stoppage victory after back-to-back decision losses to Jarrod Fletcher and Martin Murray in 2014. Bursak easily annihilated overmatched German Chris Herrmann, fropping him three times with left hooks for a stoppage win in round one. Bursak is now 31-3-1, 14 KOs, and is expected to travel all way to Australia for a fight with undefeated Zac Dunn (17-0, 15 KOs) on June 27 for a vacant IBO crown. Herrmann is down to 19-6-1, 10 KOs, all of his losses coming by way of knockout. Time was 2:22.
The stage is set for the first fight card in Ukraine this year, as boxers of K2 Promotions are back to the capital of the suffering republic. Taking the spotlight is 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Olexander Usyk (6-0, 6 KOs), who continues his education by taking on determined Russian challenger and WBO #15 rated Andrey Knyazev (11-1, 6 KOs) in a fight of not only sportive but also political ambitions. WBO #3 rated cruiserweight Usyk will put his WBO I/C title at risk against the Russian. The bout is set for ten rounds and will take place at the Kiev palace of Sports.