Vyacheslav Senchenko


Vyacheslav Senchenko is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2015, and held the WBA welterweight title from 2009 to 2012.

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 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 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 towell 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.

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. 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

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
39Win37–2Sergei MelisKO5, 2:1117 Jul 2015ACCO International Exhibition Center, Kiev, Ukraine
38Win36–2Laszlo TothUD822 Nov 2014TEC Terminal Ice Arena, Brovary, Ukraine
37Win35–2Vitaliy CharkinTKO2, 2:4824 Jan 2014Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
36Loss34–2Kell BrookTKO4, 2:5726 Oct 2013Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
35Win34–1Carlos Adán JerezTKO4, 2:5024 Aug 2013Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
34Win33–1Ricky HattonKO9, 2:5224 Nov 2012Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
33Loss32–1Paulie MalignaggiTKO9, 1:1029 Apr 2012Donbass Arena, Donetsk, UkraineLost WBA welterweight title
32Win32–0Marco Antonio AvendañoTKO6, 2:3826 Aug 2011Donbass Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained WBA welterweight title
31Win31–0Charlie NavarroUD1230 Aug 2010Lenin Square, Donetsk, UkraineRetained WBA welterweight title
30Win30–0Motoki SasakiUD123 Oct 2009Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained WBA welterweight title
29Win29–0Yuriy NuzhnenkoUD1210 Apr 2009Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineWon vacant WBA welterweight title
28Win28–0Adonisio Francisco RegesTKO4, 1:5729 Nov 2008Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title
27Win27–0Frederic KloseUD128 July 2008Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title
26Win26–0Stuart ElwellTKO2 25 Mar 2008Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title
25Win25–0Viktor SydorenkoTKO3 15 Dec 2007Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained European Union External welterweight title;
Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title
24Win24–0Safo BoboradjabovTKO5 19 Oct 2007Sergey Bubka School of Olympic Reserve, Donetsk, Ukraine
23Win23–0Zoran DidanovicKO1 21 Aug 2007Lenin Square, Donetsk, UkraineRetained European Union External welterweight title
22Win22–0Volodymyr KhodakovskyyUD1217 Apr 2007State Circus, Donetsk, UkraineRetained European Union External welterweight title
21Win21–0Andrey YeskinKO6 9 Mar 2007Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained European Union External welterweight title
20Win20–0Giorgi UngiadzeUD1223 Dec 2006Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineWon vacant European Union External welterweight title
19Win19–0Vincenzo FinziKO2 4 Nov 2006Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco
18Win18–0Stephane BenitoTKO7, 0:3021 Jul 2006Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained IBF International welterweight title
17Win17–0Assan SeksenbayevUD1228 Feb 2006Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineWon vacant IBF International welterweight title
16Win16–0Sergey ZemnevichUD83 Dec 2005Sports Palace Yunost, Donetsk, Ukraine
15Win15–0Arthur NowakKO2 10 Sep 2005Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineWon vacant IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
14Win14–0Denys ZhyviloKO2 29 Jun 2005Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
13Win13–0Oleg KrutkoTKO3, 1:1722 May 2005Sergey Bubka School of Olympic Reserve, Donetsk, Ukraine
12Win12–0Brice FaradjiUD1214 Jan 2005Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
11Win11–0Cesar Alberto LeivaUD1222 Sep 2004Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
10Win10–0Bagaza MwambeneTKO4 23 Jun 2004Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineRetained IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
9Win9–0Aliaksandr Shnip3, 3:008 Apr 2004Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineWon vacant IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title
8Win8–0Artur DrinajKO2, 2:4012 Dec 2003Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
7Win7–0Evgeny ErshovKO1 12 Sep 2003Sports Palace Yunost, Donetsk, UkraineRetained WBC–CISBB welterweight title
6Win6–0Batyr Bekov3, 0:481 Jul 2003Sports Palace Yunost, Donetsk, Ukraine
5Win5–0Dzmitri KashkanTKO8 22 Feb 2003Circus, Kharkiv, UkraineRetained WBC–CISBB welterweight title
4Win4–0Yuriy TsybenkoTKO6 21 Dec 2002Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, RussiaWon vacant WBC–CISBB welterweight title
3Win3–0Tigran SaribekyanTKO1, 2:4529 Nov 2002Circus, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2Win2–0Mukhamed Shikov65 Oct 2002Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
1Win1–0Abdumanon Qurbonov2 15 Jun 2002Druzhba Arena, Donetsk, UkraineProfessional debut