On October 26, 2013, a 36-year-old Vyacheslav Senchenko (34-1, 23 KOs) and a 27-year-old British boxer Kell Brook (30-0, 20 KOs) met in the ring.
Senchenko came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days. Brook was on a 30-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Kell Brook stopped Vyacheslav Senchenko via TKO in the 4th round. Brook improves his record to 31-0 (21 KOs), while Senchenko adds a loss to his record at 34-2.
On April 29, 2012, the 35-year-old WBA welterweight world champion, Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-0, 21 KOs), faced a 31-year-old American boxer Paulie Malignaggi (30-4, 6 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Senchenko came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 3 days. Malignaggi was on a 3-fight win streak with a 17% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 14 days.
Paulie Malignaggi stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA welterweight champion. Malignaggi improves his record to 31-4 (7 KOs), while Senchenko adds a loss to his record at 32-1.