Vyacheslav Senchenko Explained

Vyacheslav Senchenko
Weight:Welterweight
Height:1.78 m
Reach:178 cm
Nationality:Ukrainian
Birth Date:12 April 1977
Birth Place:Kremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Style:Orthodox
Total:39
Wins:37
Ko:25
Losses:2

Vyacheslav Senchenko (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Сенченко, pronounced as /uk/; born 12 April 1977) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2015, and held the WBA welterweight title from 2009 to 2012.[1]

Amateur career

Senchenko represented Ukraine at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, competing in the light welterweight division and losing in the round of 16.

Professional career

Senchenko made his professional debut in July 2002 and by his fourth bout won the WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) welterweight title, a title he defended against Dzmitri Kashkan February 2003 and that September against Russian Evgeny Ershov.

On April 8, 2004, Senchenko won the IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title, stopping Aliaksandr Shnip after just three rounds in Donetsk. He went on to defend four times in the next year and a half, with defeats of Bagaza Mwambene, Cesar Alberto Leiva, Arthur Nowak and French champion Brice Faradji.

At the start of 2006, Senchencko now unbeaten at 16-0 with 11 knockouts moved away from the Inter-Continental title and faced Kazakh, Assan Seksenbayev for the IBF International welterweight title. Senchenko once again emerged victorious in front of his home crowd in the Druzhba Arena in Donetsk. That September he defended at Druzhba once more with a TKO win over Stephane Benito. In November professionally fought outside of Eastern Europe for the first time, going to Monaco to defeat Italian Vincenzo Finzi on the undercard of a Roman Greenberg bout.

His high activity with Union Boxing Promotions continued. Just the next month he was back in Donetsk to fight for add the EBU-EE (European External European Union) welterweight title to his collection against Giorgi Ungiadze. Now somewhat of a permanent fixture at the Druzhba, Senchenko defended this title there four more times in 2007. The last of the year came against fellow Ukrainian Viktor Sydorenko, in a fight also for the WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title. Sydorenko's corner threw in the towel in the third, adding yet another second rate international title to Senchenkos repertoire.

In 2008 he would defend the WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title three more times at the Druzhba, with wins against Stuart Elwell, EBU champion Frederic Klose and Brazilian Adonisio Francisco Reges. After this success, the WBA ranked him 3rd in the world, putting him in path for a World Championship bout.[2]

WBA welterweight champion

In 2009 Senchenko finally got the chance to fight for a world title. On April 10, 2009 he would face fellow Ukrainian and WBA World champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko. This was a landmark bout, as for the first time in almost twenty years since paid boxing made its entrance into the former Soviet Union, two local fighters would clash against each other for the legitimate world championship in their Homeland.[3] Both fighters went into the bout unbeaten and with 28 wins. In a hard fought bout Senchenko dominated on the judges cards and won by Unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
39Win37–2Sergei MelisKO5 (8), 17 Jul 2015
38Win36–2Laszlo TothUD822 Nov 2014
37Win35–2Vitaliy CharkinTKO2 (8), 24 Jan 2014
36Loss34–2Kell BrookTKO4 (12), 26 Oct 2013
35Win34–1Carlos Adán JerezTKO4 (10), 24 Aug 2013
34Win33–1Ricky HattonKO9 (10), 24 Nov 2012
33Loss32–1Paulie MalignaggiTKO9 (12), 29 Apr 2012
32Win32–0Marco Antonio AvendañoTKO6 (12), 26 Aug 2011
31Win31–0Charlie NavarroUD1230 Aug 2010
30Win30–0Motoki SasakiUD123 Oct 2009
29Win29–0Yuriy NuzhnenkoUD1210 Apr 2009
28Win28–0Adonisio Francisco RegesTKO4 (12), 29 Nov 2008
27Win27–0Frederic KloseUD128 July 2008
26Win26–0Stuart ElwellTKO2 (12)25 Mar 2008
25Win25–0Viktor SydorenkoTKO3 (12)15 Dec 2007
24Win24–0Safo BoboradjabovTKO5 (8)19 Oct 2007
23Win23–0Zoran DidanovicKO1 (12)21 Aug 2007
22Win22–0Volodymyr KhodakovskyyUD1217 Apr 2007
21Win21–0Andrey YeskinKO6 (12)9 Mar 2007
20Win20–0Giorgi UngiadzeUD1223 Dec 2006
19Win19–0Vincenzo FinziKO2 (8)4 Nov 2006
18Win18–0Stephane BenitoTKO7 (12), 21 Jul 2006
17Win17–0Assan SeksenbayevUD1228 Feb 2006
16Win16–0Sergey ZemnevichUD83 Dec 2005
15Win15–0Arthur NowakKO2 (12)10 Sep 2005
14Win14–0Denys ZhyviloKO2 (10)29 Jun 2005
13Win13–0Oleg KrutkoTKO3 (8), 22 May 2005
12Win12–0Brice FaradjiUD1214 Jan 2005
11Win11–0Cesar Alberto LeivaUD1222 Sep 2004
10Win10–0Bagaza MwambeneTKO4 (12)23 Jun 2004
9Win9–0Aliaksandr Shnip3 (12), 8 Apr 2004
8Win8–0Artur DrinajKO2 (8), 12 Dec 2003
7Win7–0Evgeny ErshovKO1 (10)12 Sep 2003
6Win6–0Batyr Bekov3 (8), 1 Jul 2003
5Win5–0Dzmitri KashkanTKO8 (10)22 Feb 2003
4Win4–0Yuriy TsybenkoTKO6 (10)21 Dec 2002
3Win3–0Tigran SaribekyanTKO1 (6), 29 Nov 2002
2Win2–0Mukhamed Shikov65 Oct 2002
1Win1–0Abdumanon Qurbonov2 (4)15 Jun 2002

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senchenko Defeats Nuzhnenko, Wins WBA Welterweight Title. Schmidt. Erik. 11 April 2009. Boxing News 24. 30 October 2014.
  2. Web site: World Boxing Association Ranking.
  3. Web site: Nuzhnenko-Senchenko, Historical Fight. 9 April 2009 .