Bursak destroys Sainte, wins vacant EBU 160 lb. title

By Boxing News - 02/03/2013 - Comments

bursak4By Jim Dower: #7 WBO, Max Bursak (26-1-1, 12 KO’s) totally dominated a badly over-matched Julien Marie Sainte (34-3, 24 KO’s) in stopping him in the 3rd round on Saturday night to capture the vacant EBU middleweight title at the Salle Pierre Scohy, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

The 28-year-old Bursak caught Sainte on the ropes in the 3rd and unloaded on him with a barrage of punches ending with a big left that put Sainte down on the canvas. The referee Massimo Barrovecchio had seen enough of this one-sided fight and he chose to stop the fight right there rather letting a bleeding Sainte continue to take one-sided punishment from the stronger, faster and much more aggressive Bursak.

Sainte was cut above his right eye in the 2nd round, and he looked to be having trouble seeing out of the eye.

It was clear in the first moments of the fight that Bursak was going to be too strong and fast for the slower Sainte. Bursak worked him with punches in the center of the ring, going from body to head. Sainte decided it would be safer to fight with his back against the ropes, and that was a mistake because Bursak really worked him over with huge body and head shots while he was positioned there.

In the 2nd round, Bursak hit Sainte with a hard left that staggered him, causing him to retreat to the ropes. Bursak was so confident that he was in the verge of winning that he started raising his hands in victory in between exchanges. You can’t blame him because Sainte just didn’t have the talent to compete with him in this fight. Sainte spent a good portion of the 2nd round with his back against the ropes taking one-way punishment. Late in the round, Sainte suffered a cut over his right eye while getting hammered against the ropes.

In the 3rd, Bursak continued to blast away at Sainte, who by this point in the fight was no longer really throwing anything back. When Sainte finally went down while backed against the ropes, the referee didn’t bother to give him a chance to continue fighting despite the fact that he really didn’t look that hurt. The referee seemed to realize that Sainte was just a punching bag out there for Bursak and it was pointless to let the fight continue.

Overall, Bursak looked a lot better in this fight than he did in his one-sided 12 round decision loss against Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam last year in May. Bursak does well against the Sainte types, but he looked way out of his element against N’Dam.



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