Name	Johnathon Banks
Realname	Johnathon Banks
Nickname	Mr. Banks
Weight	Cruiserweight
Nationality
Birth date	June 22, 1982
Birth place	Southfield, MI, U.S.
Home	Detroit, MI
Style	Orthodox
Total	27
Wins	25
Ko	17
Losses	1
Draws	1
No contests	0

Johnathon Maurice Banks (born 22 June 1982) is a professional boxer. Prior to turning pro, Banks was a three time National Amateur Champion at 178 lbs.

Banks started playing the piano in middle school, but boxing soon took over and dominated that desire. He was told by his maternal Grandfather at the age of two weeks that he would be a great boxer one day.

Banks became the current NABO Cruiserweight Champion after his last fight, knocking out Eliseo Castillo in the fourth round.

He fights out of the Kronk Gym in Detroit.

After victory's over Derrick Brown (13-3-3) and Imamu Mayfield (25-8-2) Banks lined him self up for a title clash for the IBO Cruiserweight title

On 12 July he fought Vincenzo Rossitto for the vacant IBO Cruiserweight title, He won by a Majority decision. He then fought Tomasz Adamek for the IBF Cruiserweight Championship title on 27 February in Newark, NJ at the Prudential Center. Banks was unsuccessful and knocked out in the eighth round.

Notes and references

External links

Johnathon Banks' Official Website

The Official Website of the Kronk Gym

Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:African American boxers Category:Boxers from Michigan Category:Heavyweights Category:Cruiserweights

Caption	Tomasz Adamek posing with his belt.
Name	Tomasz Adamek
Realname	Tomasz Adamek
Nickname	"Góral" (eng. Highlander)"Granite chin"
Weight	Light Heavyweight 235 lbs (1999-2007)Cruiserweight (2007-2009)Heavyweight (2009-present)
Height
Reach
Nationality	Polish
Birth date	December 01, 1976
Birth place	Żywiec, Poland
Home	Gilowice, Slaskie, Poland
Style	Orthodox
Total	44
Wins	43
Ko	28
Losses	1(0KO)

}} Tomasz Adamek (; born 1 December 1976 in Żywiec, Poland) is a Polish professional heavyweight boxer. His record is 44-1 (28 KOs). He is the former WBC world light heavyweight champion and the former IBF, IBO and The Ring magazine cruiserweight champion. As of the end of 2009, Ring Magazine has ranked Adamek as the 30th best boxer in the world. Adamek is known for having an exceptionally "sturdy chin".

Amateur career

Adamek began boxing at age 12 in boxing club Góral Żywiec with his trainers Stefan Gawron and Stanisław Orlicki.

Amateur highlights and lowlights

1995 and 1996 Poland Amateur Middleweight Champion.

1997 2nd Poland Amateur Light heavyweight Champion.

1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest (without success).

1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk (Bronze medal).

During his amateur career won 108 out of 120 fights.

Adamek turned pro in 1999.

Professional career

Adamek made his professional boxing debut on March 13, 1999, at Bowler's Arenac in Manchester against Israel Khumalo. He won by TKO in first round.

Light Heavyweight

Winning the light heavyweight title

Adamek won the vacant WBC light heavyweight title defeating Paul "Firepower" Briggs by majority decision on 21 May 2005. The fight was described by some as one of the most brutal in recent memory, as Briggs suffered a large cut above his left eye early in the fight and Adamek bled profusely from his nose for much of the fight(broken), as well. Adamek tended to be the aggressor and won the fight.

On 15 October 2005, he defended his title against German boxer Thomas Ulrich by knockout in Round 6.

He then defended his title in a rematch with Paul Briggs in 2006, again winning by majority decision. After the fight Jim Lampley said (Adamek vs Briggs I and II) was the best combined 24 rounds he has ever seen.

Adamek vs. Dawson

Undefeated Adamek with 31-0 (21 KO) lost his first fight by unanimous decision to Chad Dawson on 3 February 2007. During that fight, Adamek was knocked down in the seventh round; this was only the second time in his career he has been knocked down (upon slow-motion replay on Showtime, Adamek tripped on Dawson's foot after the body shot). Adamek knocked Dawson down late in the fight but could not knock him out, and was already too far behind on points to get the decision. Immediately following the loss to Dawson, Adamek decided to move up in the cruiserweight division.

Cruiserweight

After losing to Dawson, Adamek moved up to cruiserweight to beat Luis Andres Pineda by technical knockout in round 7 to become the IBO cruiserweight champion. He successfully defended his title against Josip Jalusic on 29 December 2007 in Germany.

Adamek vs. Bell

On April 19, 2008 in Poland, Adamek fought former undisputed cruiserweight champion O'Neil Bell in an IBF cruiserweight title eliminator. Adamek floored Bell in round one and had good success by outboxing Bell. Bell opted not to come out for round eight, citing that he felt dizzy and ill.

Winning the cruiserweight title

In December 2008 he fought the then reigning champion Steve Cunningham at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Knocking a game Cunningham down three times, he won the IBF Cruiserwight championship and the vacant Ring Magazine Cruiserweight Championship in a bout many thought was the fight of the year.

Adamek successfully defended his title against Johnathon Banks on 27 February 2009, at the Prudential Center in Newark. He won with a brutal TKO in the 8th Round. He then went on to defeat Bobby Gunn before a large crowd at the Prudential Center on July 11, 2009, with the referee stopping the bout at the ring physician's advice between rounds four and five.

He vacated the IBF Cruiserwight championship on October 18, 2009. Choosing to move up to the Heavyweight division.

Heavyweight

On October 24, 2009 in Łódź, Poland, Adamek defeated Andrew Golota by TKO in the fifth round to win the IBF International Heavyweight Title. It was the biggest live broadcast in the history of Polish internet.

Then, on February 7, 2010 in Newark's Prudential Center he defeated Jason Estrada by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

Adamek-Arreola

Adamek (40-1; 27 KO) then took on heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-1; 25 KO) on April 24, 2010 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California California. The bout was televised as part of Boxing After Dark. The Polish fighter won a very hard-fought twelve round majority decision, with the scores of 114-114, 115-113 and 117-111. Adamek used a movement-based strategy as he strafed Arreola, and hustled out of range as much as possible enroute to the win.

A day before the bout, Arreola weighed 250 1/2 pounds, while Adamek was 217. In the first round, Adamek sticked and moved, throwing jabs and following with rights to the soft midsection. A left hook touched Arreola, and then Arreola did the same. Adamek had Arreola looking a little tentative and backing up more than some would've expected. In the second, Arreola had his moments, but was caught by some solid combinations. In the third, Adamek showed very strong as the two traded some hard shots. However, the Pole was stunned early in the fourth, but he won the last three quarters. In the fifth, Arreola's face was swelling but he caught again Adamek with some hard punches and stunned him with a minute left. The American jumped on him aggressively, trying to finish it there, but Adamek was able to hang on and to finish the round. Adamek got back in it in the eighth, showing some very good shots. He landed hard combinations but Arreola got off the situation with counter-punches. In the ninth, the American appeared to be frustrated when the Pole scooted out of range. Adamek continued to hammer him with solid punches. He continued on this way in the tenth, hurting Arreola with other hard shots to take control of the fight. The war continued in round eleven, with both of them trading hard combinations. During some punch-trading, Arreola appeared to hurt his hand. The American tried to fire but was not able due to the injured hand. Adamek finished stronger. At the beginning of the final round, the American's face was a complete swollen mess, with cuts. In round twelve, both fighters traded good combinations, with Arreola trying to follow his opponent. When the war finished, the crowd gave the fighters a standing ovation.

Adamek vs. Grant

Adamek defeated the American boxer Michael Grant by unanimous decision on August 21, 2010.

Adamek vs Maddalone

Adamek defeated american boxer Vincent Maddalone via TKO in the 5th round.

Professional boxing record

|- |align="center" colspan=8|43 Wins (28 knockouts, 14 decisions), 1 Loss |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd.,Time | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |N/A |TBA |N/A |N/A |align=left| 2011-04-16 |align=left| Spodek |N/A |-align=center |Win |align=left| Vincent Maddalone |TKO |5, 2:17 |align=left| 2010-12-09 |align=left| Prudential Center |Judges: Julie Lederman, Robin Taylor, Steve Weisfeld
Referee: Steve Smoger
Maddalone was down once in the 5^th round before the bout was stopped.
IBF International heavyweight title
WBO NABO heavyweight title
Adamek's weight: 216,5 lbs
Maddalone's weight: 230 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Michael Grant |UD |12 |align=left| 2010-08-21 |align=left| Prudential Center |Referee: Lindsey Page
Judge: Eugene Grant 117-111
Judge: Robert Grasso 118-110
Judge: John Poturaj 118-111
IBF International heavyweight title
WBO NABO heavyweight title
Tomasz Adamek's weight: 217 lbs
Michael Grant's weight: 261 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Chris Arreola |MD |12 |align=left| 2010-04-24 |align=left| Citizens Business Bank Arena |Referee: Jack Reiss
Judge: Tony Crebs 114-114
Judge: Joseph Pasquale 117-111
Judge: Barry Druxman 115-113
IBF International heavyweight title
Vacant WBO NABO heavyweight title
Tomasz Adamek's weight: 217 lbs
Chris Arreola's weight: 250,5 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Jason Estrada |UD |12 |2010-02-06 |align=left| Prudential Center |Referee: Lindsey Page
Judge: Steve Weisfeld 115-113
Judge: Joseph Pasquale 116-112
Judge: Larry Layton 118-110
IBF International heavyweight title
Adamek's weight: 220,5 lbs
Estrada's weight: 237 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Andrew Golota |TKO |5, 1:20 |2009-10-24 |align=left| Atlas Arena |Referee: Bill Clancy
Judge: Pawel Kardyni 40-35
Judge: Robert Hoyle 40-35
Judge: Larry Layton 40-35
Vacant IBF International heavyweight title
Golota down in 5^th.
Adamek's weight: 97 kg
Gołota's weight: 116 kg |-align=center |Win |align=left| Bobby Gunn |TKO |4, 3:00 |2009-07-11 |align=left| Prudential Center |Retained IBF Cruiserweight title
IBO Cruiserweight title
Ring Magazine Cruiserweight championship
Referee: Earl Brown
Judge: Lynne Carter 40-36
Judge: Shafeeq Rashada 40-36
Judge: Robin Taylor 40-35
The fight was stopped between round 4 and 5 by the referee and the doctor |-align=center |Win |align=left| Johnathon Banks |TKO |8, 1:30 |2009-02-27 |align=left| Prudential Center |Referee: Eddie Cotton
Judge: Lynne Carter 67-66
Judge: Benoit Roussel 67-66
Judge: Steve Weisfeld 68-65
IBF cruiserweight title
Adamek's weight: 199 lbs
Banks's weight: 200 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Steve Cunningham |SD |12 |2008-12-11 |align=left| Prudential Center |Won IBF Cruiserweight title
Vacant Ring Cruiserweight Championship.
Referee: Earl Morton
Judge: Shafeeq Rashada 115-112
Judge: Clark Sammartino 112-114
Judge: John Stewart 116-110
Cunningham down in 2^nd, 4^th and 8^th.
Cunningham had more jabs; Adamek more power blows.
Cunningham's weight: 197 lbs
Adamek's weight: 198 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Gary Gomez |RTD |7, 0:01 |2008-07-11 |align=left| Aragon Ballroom (Chicago) |Referee: Gerald Scott
Judges: Gary Kruse, John McCarthy, Jerry Jakubco
Gomez was unable to continue due to an injured right hand.
Adamek's weight: 201 lbs
Gomez's weight: 201 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| O'Neil Bell |TKO |8 |2008-04-19 |align=left| Spodek |Referee: Robert Byrd
Judge: Pawel Kardyni 69-63
Judge: Bill Ray 67-65
Judge: Harry Davis 68-64
IBF Cruiserweight Title Eliminator
Bell down in 1^st
Bell refused to fight between rounds 7^th and 8^th.
Adamek's weight: 198 lbs
Bell's weight: 199 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Josip Jalusic |UD |8 |2007-12-29 |align=left| Seidensticker Halle |Referee: Josef Temml
Judge: Wilhelm Vogl 80-72
Judge: Leszek Jankowiak 80-72
udge: Ingo Barrabas 80-72 |-align=center |Win |align=left| Luis Andres Pineda |TKO |7 |2007-06-09 |align=left| Spodek |Referee: Marcus McDonnell
Judges: Lahcen Oumghar, Torben Seemann Hansen, Richard Green
Vacant International Boxing Organization cruiserweight title
First Adamek's fight in cruiserweight
Adamek was the quicker, faster and greatly more polished fighter.
Adamek's weight: 196,6 lbs
Pineda's weight: 198,5 lbs |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Chad Dawson |UD |12 |2007-02-03 |align=left| Silver Spurs Arena |Referee: Jorge Alonso
Judge: Anek Hongtongkam 110-116
Judge: Alejandro Rochin Mapula 109-117
Judge: Peter Trematerra 108-118
WBC light heavyweight title
Upon slow-motion replay on Showtime, Adamek tripped on Dawson's foot after the body shot.
Adamek's weight: 174 lbs
Dawson's weight: 175 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Paul Briggs |MD |12 |2006-10-07 |align=left| Allstate Arena |Referee: Timothy Adams
Judge: Mauro Di Fiore 113-113
Judge: Ray Hawkins 115-111
Judge: Ken Morita 114-112
WBC light heavyweight title
Adamek down in 1^st rd, also lost a point for low blows in the 9^th.
Adamek's weight: 174 lbs
Briggs's weight: 175 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Thomas Ulrich |KO |6 1:57 |2005-10-15 |align=left| Mehrzweckhalle Sued |Referee: Ian John-Lewis
Judges: Guido Cavalleri, Dick Flaherty, Anek Hongtongkam
WBC light heavyweight title
Adamek knocks out the 1996 Olympic bronze medalist with a straight right to the jaw.
Adamek's weight: 174,75 lbs
Ulrich's weight: 174,75 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Paul Briggs |MD |12 |2005-05-21 |align=left| United Center |Referee: Timothy Adams
Judge: Nobuaki Uratani 114-114
Judge: John McCarthy 115-113
Judge: John Keane 117-113
Vacant WBC light heavyweight title
Adamek's eye was nearly swollen shut in the 3^rd.
Briggs' left eye was cut in the 2^nd from an accidental headbutt.
Adamek's weight: 174 lbs
Briggs's weight: 174 lbs |-align=center |Win |align=left| Ismail Abdoul |PTS |10 |2004-09-10 |align=left| Blue City (Warsaw) |Referee: Wlodzimierz Kromka
Judges: Zbigniew Lagosz, Piotr Kozlowski |-align=center |Win |align=left| Dzhabrail Dzhabrailov |KO |5 |2004-04-17 |align=left| Baltic Hall (Mariehamn) |Referee: Erkki Meronen
Judges: Esa Lehtosaari, Jussi Niemonen, Juhani Salminen
Vacant WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title |-align=center |Win |align=left| Olivier Beard |TKO |3 |2003-12-20 |align=left| BBTS Wlokniarz Hall |Referee: Michal Puzio
Judges: Piotr Kozlowski, Pawel Kardyni |-align=center |Win |align=left| Ed Dalton |KO |2 |2003-10-04 |align=left| Baltic Hall (Mariehamn) |Referee: Erkki Meronen
Judges: Luca Montella, Arno Pokrandt, Roger Tilleman
Vacant IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title |-align=center |Win |align=left| Roberto Coelho |UD |8 |2003-08-30 |align=left| Olympiahalle |Referee: Kurt Stroer |-align=center |Win |align=left| Zoltan Beres |UD |8 |2003-04-06 |align=left| Comunidad Valenciana |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Andrei Kiarsten |TKO |2 |2003-02-15 |align=left| Kisahalli (Helsinki) |Referee: Erkki Meronen
Judge: Esa Lehtosaari |-align=center |Win |align=left| Varuzhan Davtyan |RTD |4 3:00 |2002-12-14 |align=left| Metro Radio Arena |Davtyan's corner stops the bout after the 4th round |-align=center |Win |align=left| Laverne Clark |TKO |3 |2002-10-18 |align=left| Kozienice |Won Polish International Light Heavyweight Title |-align=center |Win |align=left| Mihai Iftode |UD |8 |2002-07-27 |align=left| Hala Milenium (Kołobrzeg) |Referee: Wlodzimierz Gulc
Judge: Leszek Jankowiak
Adamek down in first round. |-align=center |Win |align=left| Siarhei Karanevich |PTS |10 |2002-05-24 |align=left| Płońsk |Judge 1: 100-91
Judge 2: 100-91
Judge 3: 100-90
Vacant WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) light heavyweight title |-align=center |Win |align=left| Willie McDonald |TKO |3 |2002-04-06 |align=left| Łódź |Referee: Michal Puzio |-align=center |Win |align=left| Dzianis Salomka |TKO |5 |2002-02-23 |align=left| OSiR (Włocławek) |Referee: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center |Win |align=left| Ruslan Hladkykh |UD |6 |2001-12-29 |align=left| Konin |Judge: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center |Win |align=left| Zdravko Kostic |UD |10 |2001-11-10 |align=left| Włocławek |Judge 1: 100-91
Judge 2: 98-93
Judge 3: 98-93 |-align=center |Win |align=left| Timofey Maklakov |TKO |3 |2001-08-11 |align=left| Jaworzno | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Ion Voica |KO |1 |2001-05-18 |align=left| Warsaw | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Rudi Lupo |UD |10 |2001-03-02 |align=left| Warsaw |Judge 1: 100-86
Judge 2: 100-86
Judge 3: 100-87
International Boxing Council Inter-Continental light heavyweight title
Lupo down once in 2nd, twice in 4th, and once in 7th. |-align=center |Win |align=left| Nino Cirilo |TKO |3 |2000-11-03 |align=left| Nowy Dwór | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Stanislav Schreiber |TKO |3 |2000-10-14 |align=left| Dębica | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Glenn Odem |TKO |4 |2000-06-10 |align=left| Elbląg |Judge: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center |Win |align=left| Terry Ford |TKO |6 |2000-03-25 |align=left| Białystok |Referee: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center |Win |align=left| Mark Lee Dawson |TKO |3 |2000-02-21 |align=left| Elephant and Castle |Referee: Larry O'Connell |-align=center |Win |align=left| Melvin Wynn |TKO |3 |1999-12-10 |align=left| Warsaw |Judge: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center |Win |align=left| Kevin Whaley-El |TKO |4 |1999-10-22 |align=left| Bemowo, Warsaw | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Milko Stoikov |TKO |3 |1999-06-26 |align=left| Hala Ludowa, Wrocław | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Smokey Enison |TKO |2 |1999-04-29 |align=left| York Hall | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Israel Khumalo |TKO |1 |1999-03-13 |align=left| Bowler's Arena, Manchester |Adamek's weight: 177 lbs
Khumalo's weight: 170 lbs |-align=center

Trivia

Adamek has appeared in the video game Fight Night Round 4. Adamek turned down a plane ride in Wall, NJ, that crashed and killed its passengers.

External links

Official Website of Tomasz Adamek

References

Category:1976 births Category:Light-heavyweights Category:Living people Category:Polish boxers Category:Polish Roman Catholics Category:WBC Champions Category:IBF Champions Category:People from Żywiec

Travis Walker, born June 22, 1979 in Tallahassee, Florida, is an American boxer who was an amateur star and is currently a heavyweight prospect.

Amateur

He became the 2003 National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champion beating among others a 17 year old Travis Kauffman but was in the shadow of the nationally dominant Jason Estrada who beat him three times in the amateurs. His record was 26-8.

Professional

Known as "Freight Train", Walker turned pro for Goossen in 2004. At the start he fought lackluster competition. In 2005 he had his first decent (record 8-1, well-known sparring partner) opponent in Jason Gavern on ESPN which ended in a draw. In late 2006, he scored his biggest win, a close majority decision over undefeated amateur nemesis Jason Estrada. In April 2007, Walker fought George Garcia, another undefeated amateur star who had beaten him as an amateur, and won the lightly-regarded vacant IBA Americas Heavyweight title by a narrow split decision.

In October 2007, Walker was involved in a controversial fight against another former amateur star in T.J. Wilson when the referee stopped the fight a mere fifteen seconds into the bout. Walker was never knocked down but the referee deemed he was out on his feet. He won the rematch by KO2.

In 2008 he was the first man to knock down undefeated fringe contender Chris Arreola before getting knocked out himself.

After his fight with Chris Arreola he won two more fights before being blitzed by Manuel Quezada (KO by 1).

As of July 2009 his record stands at 31-3-1 with 26 knockouts.

External links

Interview before the Estrada fight

Estrada fight

Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:American boxers Category:Heavyweights Category:National Golden Gloves champions

Name	Tim Tebow
Width	225px
Caption	Tebow at a Jacksonville Jaguars home game where he was honored at halftime in December 2007
Currentteam	Denver Broncos
Currentnumber	15
Currentpositionplain	Quarterback
Birthdate	August 14, 1987
Birthplace	Makati City, Philippines
Heightft	6
Heightin	3
Weight	245
College	Florida
Draftyear	2010
Draftround	1
Draftpick	25
Debutyear	2010
Debutteam	Denver Broncos
Pastteams
Status	Active
Highlights
Statweek	17
Statseason	2010
Statlabel1	TD–INT
Statvalue1	5-3
Statlabel2	Passing yards
Statvalue2	654
Statlabel3	QB Rating
Statvalue3	82.1
Statlabel4	Rushing Yards
Statvalue4	227
Statlabel5	Rushing Touchdowns
Statvalue5	6
Nfl	TEB603856

Timothy Richard "Tim" Tebow (; born August 14, 1987) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida.

Tebow played quarterback for Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and was ranked among the top quarterback prospects in the nation as a high school senior. He ultimately chose to attend the University of Florida. Tebow was a dual threat quarterback, adept at rushing and passing the football. As a college freshman, the Gators' coaches largely used him as a change of pace to the team's more traditional passing quarterback, Chris Leak. Tebow contributed to the Gators' 2006 college football season as a key back-up, helping the team win college football's national championship game for the first time since 1996.

During the 2007 season, Tebow was Florida's starting quarterback and became the first college football player to both rush and pass for 20 or more touchdowns in a single season and the first college sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. In addition to winning the Heisman Trophy, his 2007 performance earned him the Maxwell Award as the nation's top football player, the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's best quarterback and the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's most outstanding amateur athlete in any sport. In 2008, Tebow led Florida to its second national championship in three years. He was named the offensive MVP of the national championship game.

Early years

as a high school senior.]] Tebow was born in Makati City in the Philippines, the son of Pamela (née Pemberton) and Robert Ramsey Tebow, who were serving as Christian missionaries at the time. While pregnant, Pam suffered a life-threatening infection with a pathogenic amoeba. Because of the drugs used to rouse her from a coma and to treat her dysentery, the fetus experienced a severe placental abruption. Doctors expected a stillbirth and recommended an abortion to protect her life. In 1996, legislation was passed in Florida allowing homeschooled students to compete in local high school sporting events. The law specifies that homeschooled students may participate on the team of the local school in the school district in which they live. The Tebows lived in Jacksonville, Florida, and Tim played linebacker and tight end at the local Trinity Christian Academy for one season. Tebow's preferred position was quarterback, but Trinity football team's offense did not rely on passing the football, so he began to explore his options to play for a new high school. He decided to attend Nease High School, which under head coach Craig Howard was known for having a passing offense. With the rest of his family living on a farm in Duval County, Tim and his mother moved into an apartment in nearby St. Johns County, making him eligible to play for the football team at Nease. His performance soon turned heads and led to a minor controversy regarding the fact that he was a home-schooled student having his choice of school to play for.

As a junior at Nease, Tebow gained prominence as he became a major college football quarterback prospect and was named the state of Florida's Player of the Year. He would repeat as Player of the Year in his senior season. During his senior season he led the Nease Panthers to a state title, earned All-State honors, was named Florida's Mr. Football and a Parade magazine high school All-American. Tebow finished his high school career with 9,810 passing yards, 3,186 rushing yards, 95 passing touchdowns and 62 rushing touchdowns. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas which features the top 78 senior high school football players in the nation and is shown nationally on NBC television.

Tebow was considered one of the nation's top recruits and was the subject of an ESPN "Faces in Sports" documentary. The segment was titled "Tim Tebow: The Chosen One", and focused on Tim's homeschool controversy and missionary work in the Philippines, as well as his exploits on the field of play and the college recruiting process. Tim Tebow was also featured in Sports Illustrated on the "Faces in the Crowd" page. In 2007 he was named to FHSAA's All-Century Team that listed the Top 33 football players in the state of Florida's 100 year history of high school football.

Despite having family ties to the University of Florida, where his parents first met as students, Tebow remained open-minded during the recruiting process and became very close to Alabama coach Mike Shula. After careful consideration he decided to play for Urban Meyer's Florida Gators. One of the reasons he chose Florida was because of Meyer's spread option offense, an offense for which Tebow was deemed an archetypal quarterback.

Tebow spent the last three summers before enrolling at the University of Florida in the Philippines, assisting with his father's orphanage and missionary work.

In answer to a 2009 interview question, Tebow stated that he was a virgin. The statement was subject to much discussion about whether the question was necessary, including criticism of the reporter who originally asked.

Effect on homeschooling movement

On January 7, 2007, Tebow was featured prominently in an ESPN "Outside The Lines" feature on homeschooled athletes seeking equal access to high school athletics in other states. Because a homeschooler's access to public and private school athletic functions vary by state, Tebow and New York Jets defensive end Jason Taylor (who was allowed to play at his local high school in Pennsylvania) argue in favor of extending the right to play for local teams to more states.

Upon becoming the first home-schooled athlete to be nominated for the Heisman Trophy, Tebow remarked, "That's really cool. A lot of times people have this stereotype of homeschoolers as not very athletic – it's like, go win a spelling bee or something like that – it's an honor for me to be the first one to do that."

Tebow's example inspired equal access supporters in Alabama to name their bill in the Alabama Legislature "The Tim Tebow Bill". The bill, which is pending in the Alabama Legislature, will allow Alabama homeschool athletes to play for their local high school teams just as Tebow did in Florida.

In January 2009, the "Tebow bill" was introduced in the Kentucky General Assembly. This bill, which is still pending, is also modeled after Florida state law, allowing homeschool athletes to play for their local sports teams.

Tebow received the 2008 Quaqua Protégé Award as an outstanding home-education graduate.

College career

As one of the most highly recruited quarterback prospects in the nation, Tebow received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football team from 2006 to 2009. From his freshman season in 2006, when he was a backup behind the Gators' career passing yardage leader, Chris Leak, to his Heisman Trophy-winning sophomore season in 2007, to his BCS Championship-winning junior season in 2008, to his 13–1 senior season, Tebow left an indelible legacy on the Florida Gators football program.

2006

Tebow started his career at Florida in the 2006 "Orange and Blue" Spring scrimmage, where he completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 197 yards and one touchdown. Coach Urban Meyer declared that Leak would remain the starting quarterback despite the expectations and performance of Tebow in the game. Prior to the 2006 season, Tebow was listed by Sports Illustrated as college football's future top mobile quarterback. Although Tebow remained the freshman backup behind senior Chris Leak throughout the season, Tebow was a significant contributor to the Gators' 2006 success.

Tebow made his college debut coming off the bench behind Chris Leak in a goal line situation against Southern Miss. He rushed for a touchdown on a designed quarterback scramble on his first play. In his next game, he led the team in rushing yards against UCF.

Tebow made his SEC debut against the Tennessee Volunteers on September 16. His performance included a ten-yard run on his first carry and converting a critical fourth down near the end of the game, which led to the Gators' go-ahead touchdown.

Tebow's biggest game in the season came against the LSU Tigers on October 7, where he accounted for all three of the Gators' touchdowns, passing for two and rushing for another. Tebow had a one-yard run on the goal line for his first score, a one-yard "jump pass" to tight end Tate Casey, in which he jumped in the air and double-pumped his arm before releasing the ball, and a 35-yard play-action pass to wide receiver Louis Murphy.

Tebow played a role in the Gators' victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State. He threw for one touchdown and rushed for another, finishing with 39 rushing yards. He finished 2006 with the second-most rushing yards on the Gator team.

2007

Tebow was named as one of the "Breakout Players of 2007" for college football by Sporting News, and was named the starter at quarterback for the Florida Gators before the 2007 season. The Gators' offense in 2007 was expected to be similar to what Urban Meyer used at Utah, since Meyer views Tebow as "very similar to Alex Smith." Smith was quarterback for Meyer's last team at Utah in 2004, which became the first team from outside the BCS conferences to play in and win a BCS bowl game, and went on to be the top overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.

There were some questions about how Tebow would perform as a full time passer, but he opened the year 13-of-17 for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns in his starting debut against Western Kentucky University. Tebow finished the regular season with 217 completed passes in 317 attempts for 3132 yards gained and 29 touchdowns with six interceptions—giving him the second highest passing efficiency in the nation with 177.8. Additionally, he rushed 194 times for 838 yards and 22 touchdowns on the ground through 11 games. Tebow's 51 touchdowns were more than 87 Division 1-A Teams scored.

In week 4 of the season, when the Gators faced Ole Miss in an SEC match-up, Tebow broke the school record for rushing yards by a quarterback in one game, with 166 yards. On November 3, against Vanderbilt, Tebow rushed for two touchdowns to break the all-time SEC quarterback TD record in a single season. Against LSU, leading by 10 in the 4th quarter, Tebow was largely ineffective and had a turnover as he was unable to lead his team to any score, and LSU came back to win the game. LSU went on to win the 2007 National Championship.

In a game versus the South Carolina Gamecocks on November 10, Tebow broke the school record for rushing touchdowns in a season and set a career high with 5 rushing touchdowns. This brought his season total to 19 rushing touchdowns, which tied him for the SEC record for any player in a season (shared with Shaun Alexander, Garrison Hearst, and LaBrandon Toefield). He also broke Danny Wuerffel's conference record for touchdowns accounted for in a single season with 42.

On November 17, Tebow had a record day against Florida Atlantic, he scored his 20th rushing touchdown to set a new conference record for most rushing touchdowns in a season. He also became the only person ever in NCAA History to score 20 touchdowns rushing and 20 touchdowns passing in the same season.

After the season was over, Tebow became a favorite for the Heisman Trophy, given to the most outstanding college football player of the year, which he won on December 8 in New York City. He also received the Davey O'Brien Award, annually given to the best quarterback in the nation, on February 18 in Fort Worth, Texas.

While the Gators finished the season in Orlando, Florida with a 41–35 loss to Michigan in the 2008 Capital One Bowl, Tebow maintained his record for both rushing and passing for at least one touchdown in every game played, and he raised the record for total touchdowns accounted for in a single season to 55. He played with a soft cast on the hand he broke in his previous game.

Heisman Trophy

On December 8, 2007, Tebow was awarded the Heisman Trophy, finishing ahead of Arkansas's Darren McFadden, Hawaii's Colt Brennan, and Missouri's Chase Daniel. He was the first to have ever won the Heisman Trophy. He finished the regular season as the only player in FBS history to rush and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in both categories in the same season. He had 32 passing touchdowns, and 23 rushing touchdowns. Tebow's rushing TD total in the 2007 season is the most recorded for any position in SEC history. The total also set the record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in FBS history. Tebow became the third UF player to win the Heisman Trophy, joining Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel.

2008

Before the 2007 season had even come to a close, Florida coach Urban Meyer stated that he would likely use two quarterbacks during the 2008 season to take some of the workload off of Tebow's shoulders. Tebow led the Gators in rushing in 2007 but also had to play through a bruised shoulder and broken non-throwing hand. In doing so, he joined a growing list of athletes, coaches and universities to make the choice not to accept this dubious honor.

On November 1, 2008, playing against the Georgia Bulldogs, Tebow ran for his 37th rushing touchdown, breaking the school record previously held by former Florida running back Emmitt Smith.

Tebow led the Gators to a 12–1 record in 2008. After clinching the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division title, the team played for and won the SEC title in the 2008 SEC Championship Game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. The win secured the #2 ranking in the final BCS standings, which earned the Gators the chance to play the #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, which they won 24–14.

On December 13, 2008, Tebow finished third in the 2008 Heisman Trophy voting, with Oklahoma's Sam Bradford taking the top spot followed by Texas' Colt McCoy, despite Tebow receiving the most first-place votes. Tebow also won the Maxwell Award in 2008, becoming only the second player to win the award twice.

On January 11, 2009, at a national championship celebration held at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Tebow announced that he would not make himself eligible for the 2009 NFL Draft, but would instead return for his senior season at Florida. One day later, he had surgery on his right shoulder to remove a bone spur in an effort to reduce chronic inflammation.

2009

Tebow opened the 2009 season continuing a streak of throwing and running for a touchdown in blowout wins over Charleston Southern and Troy. He ran for a touchdown in the third game, a win against Tennessee, but failed to throw for a touchdown for the first time since his freshman season.

Tebow started against Kentucky despite suffering from a respiratory illness and taking two bags of intravenous fluids before the game. He ran for two touchdowns to put him in 2nd place on the all-time SEC touchdown list and he also threw for a touchdown. Late in the third quarter he was hit in the chest by Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wyndham and then in the back of the head while falling by knee of Florida tackle Marcus Gilbert. Upon impact, he briefly displayed a prominent Fencing Response with his left arm, indicating that a concussion had taken place. He lay motionless for several minutes before being helped to the sidelines. Once there, he vomited. He was taken by ambulance to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. A CT scan showed no bleeding in the brain, with the injury described as a mild concussion. Coach Urban Meyer stayed the night in the hospital with Tebow, who was discharged in the morning.

On October 31, 2009, while playing against the Georgia Bulldogs, Tebow ran for his 50th and 51st rushing touchdowns, breaking the SEC career record previously held by former Georgia running back Herschel Walker. His penultimate collegiate game, the 2009 SEC Championship saw him once again facing the University of Alabama. After a poor performance from the QB, the game ended in a Florida loss with Tebow on the sideline in tears. In the 2010 Sugar Bowl, Tebow's last college game, he had 533 yards of total offense—a record for a Bowl Championship Series game—and accounted for four touchdowns in a 51–24 Florida win against Cincinnati.

Tebow graduated from the University of Florida in December 2009 with a bachelor's degree in family, youth and community sciences.

Statistics

by media because it would have affected him, banned messages on eye paint. Tebow stated of the searches "It just goes to show you the influence and the platform that you have as a student-athlete and as a quarterback at Florida". An NCAA spokesman said "When this rule was proposed the committee did not focus on any one team or student athlete. That measure reinforces what the intended use of eye black is, which is to shade the eyes from the sun." Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy said he would pick Tebow with a top 10 pick, and would take him over any quarterback in the 2010 draft. On the other hand, NFL analyst Mel Kiper, Jr. believes Tebow does not have the intangibles to play quarterback in the NFL. "I don't think he can be a fulltime quarterback. I don't think he can be the quarterback of the future for you, but I do think in the third round, maybe the second round, he'll be the same as Pat White", said Kiper.

Tebow was particularly mentioned as a potential third round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars, his hometown team. Some, including Florida governor Charlie Crist, believe that Tebow could be the remedy for dwindling Jaguars ticket sales at EverBank Field. Early in the 2009 season, Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver stated: "He (Tebow) clearly is an outstanding football player and would be an asset to any football organization. Clearly there's going to be a groundswell for Tebow, and we'll have to make that evaluation if we have a draft pick that's going to be anywhere near him." Not everyone in the organization agreed, as Jaguar lineman Uche Nwaneri posted doubts about Tebow's potential NFL success on his team's website message board.

Denver Broncos

2010

Tebow was drafted by the Denver Broncos 25th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. The Broncos received the pick from the Baltimore Ravens for draft picks in the second, third and fourth rounds of the 2010 NFL Draft. Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels said about his two first-round selections, which included Tebow, "We want players who are tough, smart, have great character, love football and are passionate about coming here and helping the Broncos win a championship. I think both players fit that role, and I think that's something that we're looking for in all of our players. What we're trying to build here is team chemistry and a team that cares about winning and winning a championship, and that's it." He also added specifically about Tebow, "He has all the traits you look for. It's a good pick."

ESPN's Bill Williamson said, "Josh McDaniels' legacy is Tim Tebow."

When asked how Tebow will be used, McDaniels commented that Tebow probably won't start at QB as a rookie; although, he said he'll "play when he's ready." He also said that there could be some packages custom-made for Tebow right away and indicated that he could initially contribute to Denver's variation of the wildcat formation, called the wild horse formation.

Tebow wore number 15 on his jersey for the Broncos, the same number he wore in college. He set an NFL Draft record for jersey sales. He also had the best-selling jersey in the entire NFL each month since being drafted. The Broncos, as a whole, led the NFL among all teams in jersey sales as well.

On July 29, 2010, Tebow signed a five-year contract with the Broncos that had a base value of $11.25 million (he can make as much as $33 million through certain performance-based incentives). The contract also included $8.7 million guaranteed.

On October 17, 2010, Tebow scored his first NFL touchdown, which was a five-yard running play against the New York Jets. On November 14, 2010, Tebow threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Spencer Larsen on his first career NFL pass attempt, as part of a 49-29 home victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. He also added a one-yard rushing touchdown in the game. His performance against the Chiefs earned him his first Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honor.

Tebow started his first NFL game on December 19, 2010, which was a 39-23 road loss to the Oakland Raiders. Tebow completed eight of 16 passes for 138 yards, including a 33-yard touchdown pass. He also rushed for 78 yards, 40 of which came on a touchdown run in the first quarter of the game. It was the longest touchdown run for a quarterback in Broncos history and the longest touchdown run in NFL history for a quarterback in his first start. Tebow became just the third quarterback in NFL history to throw for a touchdown of 30 or more yards and run for a touchdown of 40 or more yards in the same game. He finished the game with a 100.5 passer rating, the highest ever in team history for a professional debut.

Tebow's first career victory came in his second start on December 26, 2010. The Broncos defeated the Houston Texans, 24-23, in Denver. Tebow helped rally the Broncos from a 17-0 deficit at halftime, as he finished the game with 308 passing yards and one touchdown pass. He also added a fourth quarter rushing touchdown, which capped the comeback. Tebow received his second Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honor following his performance.

Tebow finished his rookie season playing sparingly in six games as a back-up (primarily on plays involving the wild horse formation, which is Denver's variation of the wildcat formation) before starting the last three games of the Broncos' season. He threw for a total of 654 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions. He also rushed for 227 yards and six touchdowns. Tebow became the first quarterback in NFL history to rush for a touchdown in each of his first three career starts.

Statistics

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2|Season ! rowspan=2|Team ! colspan=3|Games ! colspan=8|Passing ! colspan=2|Sacks ! colspan=4|Rushing ! colspan=2|Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! W-L ! Comp !! Att !! Pct !! Yds !! Y/Att !! TD !! INT !! Rating ! # !! Yds ! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! TD ! FUM !! Lost |- ! 2010 !! rowspan=4|Denver Broncos | 9 || 3 || 1-2 | 41 || 82 || 50.0 || 654 || 8.0 || 5 || 3 || 82.1 | 6 || 26 | 43 || 227 || 5.3 || 6 | 1 || 0 |}

In the media

Tebow appeared on the September 2008 cover of Men's Fitness magazine.

On April 8, 2010, Tebow was announced as the cover athlete for all three game platforms of the video game NCAA Football 11.

Tebow is a spokesperson for Jockey International and FRS Health Energy.

Tebow was the first quarterback featured in ESPN's "Year of the Quarterback" series in 2011. The documentary, entitled "Tim Tebow: Everything in Between," followed him from the 2010 Sugar Bowl to the 2010 NFL Draft. It premiered on January 6, 2011.

Super Bowl Ad

A nationwide controversy surrounded Tebow's decision to appear in an ad funded by Focus on the Family that was broadcast during Super Bowl XLIV on CBS. There were two 30-second commercials, which included Tebow's personal story as part of an overall pro-life stance. The abortion issue was not specifically mentioned in the ad. A national columnist for CBSSports.com, Gregg Doyel, objected to CBS' decision to show the ad during the Super Bowl.

Awards and honors

College

2006 season

SEC All-Freshman TeamSEC Freshman of the Week

2007 season

Walter Camp Foundation National Offensive Player of the WeekSoutheastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week, three timesDavey O'Brien Award winner

Heisman Trophy winner

Maxwell Award winner

Sporting News Player of the Year

Harley Award winner

NCAA QB of the Year First-team Academic All-AmericanManning Award finalistRivals.com National Offensive Player of the YearRivals.com SEC Offensive Player of the Year First-team All-SEC (Associated Press,Rivals.comAssociated Press Player of the Year

First-team All-American by: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, Walter Camp Football Foundation, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, and Scout.com

James E. Sullivan Award, awarded to the Nations top amateur athlete Roy F. Kramer SEC Male Athlete of the Year. Third Florida Gator to win this award, Danny Wuerffel (won twice) and Ryan Lochte. ESPY for Best Male College Athlete

2008 season

First-team All-America by College Football News.

Disney Spirit Award

ESPY for Best Male College Athlete

Heisman Trophy finalist

Manning Award winner

Maxwell Award winner

Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week

2008 SEC Championship Game Most Valuable Player

First-team All-SEC (AP, Coaches, Rivals.com)

Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year

Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Wuerffel Trophy winner

First-team Academic All-American Coaches, Rivals.com)

Second-team All-America (Walter Camp Foundation)

Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year

Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding PlayerSports Illustrated College football Player of the Decade

Professional

2× Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week - Weeks 10 and 16 (2010)

See also

2007 College Football All-America Team

2008 College Football All-America Team

2009 College Football All-America Team

List of Denver Broncos first-round draft picks

List of Florida Gators football players

List of Heisman Trophy winners

List of SEC Most Valuable Players

List of University of Florida alumni

References

Bibliography

Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.

External links

Official website

Tebow's Profile on the University of Florida website

Player bio on the Gator website

SI Player Card

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				Passing									Rushing
Season	Team	GP		Rating	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Sack		Att	Yds	TD
2006	Florida Gators	14		201.7	33	22	66.7	358	5	1	0		89	469	8
2007	Florida Gators	13		172.5	350	234	66.9	3286	32	6	13		210	895	23
2008	Florida Gators	14		172.4	298	192	64.4	2747	30	4	15		176	673	12
2009	Florida Gators	14		155.6	304	213	70.1	2895	21	5	25		217	910	14

Realname	Luan Krasniqi
Nickname	Lion
Height	|
Weight	Heavyweight
Nationality	Albanians
Birth date	May 10, 1971
Birth place	Junik, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo)
Home	Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Style	Catholic
Total	35
Wins	30
Ko	14
Losses	4
Draws	1
No contests	0

}} Luan Krasniqi (born on 10 May 1971) is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.

On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev.

On May 2006, he was ranked #1 by the WBO.

Background

Krasniqi is the youngest of eight children to Kosovo Albanian parents. He has often said that he had a happy and active childhood, growing up in Junik, a small village in western Kosovo,

Besides being a professional boxer, Luan Krasniqi is an interpreter and a wholesaler.

Luan Krasniqi's two boxing idols' are Muhammad Ali and Lennox Lewis.

Accomplishments

German Heavyweight Champion 2001-2002, European Heavyweight Champion 2002, 2004–2005, WBO Interconti Champion 2007

Notable Professional Boxing Matches

References

External links

News and Pictures of Luan Krasniqi

Luan Krasniqi Fan Blog

Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:People from the District of Đakovica Category:German boxers Category:Kosovar boxers Category:Kosovar immigrants to Germany Category:Olympic boxers of Germany Category:Heavyweights Category:Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Kosovar expatriates in Germany

Name	Eliseo Castillo
Realname	Eliseo Castillo
Weight	Cruiserweight
Nationality	Cuban
Birth date	April 29, 1975
Birth place	Havana, Cuba
Home	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Style	Orthodox
Total	24
Wins	20
Ko	15
Losses	3
Draws	1
No contests	0

Eliseo Castillo (born April 29, 1975 in Havana, Cuba) is a professional boxer. He is the younger brother of Heavyweight boxer Elieser Castillo.

Amateur career

From the ages of 12 through 16, he trained to box through the Cuban state government's amateur boxing program. (This is the same program that produced such boxing legends as Teofilo Stevenson, Félix Savón, Joel Casamayor, and Juan Carlos Gomez.) Despite winning the vast majority of his approximately 90 amateur bouts in Cuba, the young fighter could not manage to capture an international title.

Defection from Cuba

At the age of 17, Eliseo Castillo escaped from Cuba on a raft with his brothers Elieser (a very well known fellow Heavyweight boxer) and Eliades and two other friends. The group spent five days at sea before they drifted ashore in Panama. Soon thereafter, they were returned to Guantanamo Bay. After 18 months of processing the group was allowed to emigrate to the United States. He then moved to Miami, Florida.

Professional career

At the age of 20, he began his professional career as a boxer. His first bout was against Anthony Mack (who was also making his professional debut that evening) on February 24, 1996. Castillo won the bout via first round knockout. He fought off-and-on into the new millennium, at one time even taking 3 years off from the sport.

Though his career has been spotty, he still managed to remain undefeated up until April 2005. The only blemish on his record up until that point was a draw to Terry Pitts (who later changed his name to Sajad Abdul Aziz) on November 13, 1998 at the famed Mahi Shrine Temple Auditorium in Miami. Aziz was able to score knockdowns in both the 4th and 5th rounds, but Castillo fought back and secured a majority draw. These fights were at cruiserweight.

His biggest victory came on July 3, 2004 against former Heavyweight champion Michael Moorer at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. He beat the former champion by a unanimous decision in their 10-round bout. This brought him some level of attention from the boxing press and garnered for him a fight with Wladimir Klitschko the following year.

At 2:51 in the fourth round, Klitschko was declared the victor after referee Daniel Van de Wiele stopped the fight.

Shortly after the fight with Klitschko, Castillo moved back down to the Cruiserweight division. He has won two straight since the Klitschko loss and was KOd by, the then undefeated, Johnathon Banks on July 26, 2006.

See also

List of Cubans

External links

Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Cuban boxers

Realname	Saul Montana
Nickname	La Cobra
Weight	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Reach	75 in (192 cm)
Nationality	Mexican
Birth date	November 23, 1970
Birth place	Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Home town	Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Style	Orthodox
Total	66
Wins	51
Ko	45
Losses	15
Draws	0
No contests	0

Saul Montana (born November 23, 1970 in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico) is a Mexican boxer in the Heavyweight division. Montana is the former Mexican National Champion at Light Heavyweight, IBA, NABA, WBC Mundo Hispano, WBC Continental Americas Champion at Cruiserweight, NBA, and Mexican National Champion at Heavyweight.

Pro career

Montana turned pro in 1988 and won the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship by knocking out an undefeated Isaias Lucero(21-0).

WBA Light Heavyweight Champion

In November of 1993, Saul lost a shot at WBA Light Heavyweight Champion, Virgil Hill in 1993. The fight was close until it was stopped.

Move to Cruiserweight

Montana moved to cruiserweight and lost to former Olympian Torsten May in 1995 and Uriah Grant in 1996.

IBF Cruiserweight Championship

Montana then beat Kenny Keene and then Grant in a rematch, setting up a shot at Vassiliy Jirov for his IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Montana lost via TKO and moved up to heavyweight in 2001.

Move to Heavyweight

He had a lot of success at Heavyweight, upsetting the undefeated China Smith and winning a rematch.

On September 11, 2010 lost a twelve round decision to Johnathon Banks, the bout was for Johnathon's NABF Heavyweight Championship.

During his boxing career Montana has fought many famous fighters like Virgil Hill (twice), Uriah Grant (twice), David Tua, Denis Bakhtov, Johnathon Banks, Torsten May, Tye Fields, Sinan Şamil Sam, Grigory Drozd, and James Toney.

References

External links

Category:1970 births Category:Mexican boxers Category:People from Acapulco Category:Living people

Name	Andrzej Gołota
Realname	Andrzej Gołota
Nickname	"The Foul Pole"
Caption	Andrew Golota against Mike Mollo (2008)
Height
Weight	Heavyweight
Nationality	Polish
Birth place	Warsaw, Poland
Birth date	January 05, 1968
Home	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Style	Orthodox
Total	51
Wins	41
Losses	8(5KO)
Draws	1
Ko	33
No contests	1

}}

Andrzej Jan Gołota, (born January 5, 1968 in Warsaw, Poland) better known as Andrew Golota, is a Polish professional boxer who has been involved in several controversial fights. He is the former IBF North American and WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight champion.

Amateur career

Gołota had 111 wins in an amateur career that culminated in his winning a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Gołota won other international amateur tournaments as well. In 1990, he married a U.S. citizen of Polish descent and moved permanently from Poland to the city of Chicago. His wife had lived in Chicago since the age of eleven.

Gołota's Olympic results were as follows:

1st round bye

Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria) 5-0

Defeated Harold Obunga (Kenya) 5-0

Lost to Baik Hyun-Man (South Korea) RSC 2

Professional career

In 1992, he turned professional, knocking out Roosevelt Shuler in three rounds. He had three more knockouts and then went the distance for the first time, defeating Robert Smith in six rounds. He won his next 16 fights by knockout. His wins included Bobby Crabtree and Jeff Lampkin. Following his KO of Crabtree he was featured in Ring Magazine's new faces section. Soon after, he faced a respected contender, Maron Wilson. Golota won a ten round decision. Gołota won his next five bouts by knockout. His opponents included Samson Po'hua and Darnell Nicholson, both of whom were considered fringe contenders at the time. The win over Po'hua was memorable for the moment in which Gołota bit Po'hua on the shoulder, two years before the infamous bite-filled rematch between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson.

Gołota vs. Bowe

At this time, Gołota's management put him in the ring against former world Heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe, who had defeated Evander Holyfield at Madison Square Garden, on an HBO Boxing event. Though ahead on points, despite Golota having been penalized a minus point for low blows, Gołota was disqualified and suffered his first loss when Bowe went to the floor in round seven after being hit with the last of several low blows throughout the fight. What ensued was a dramatic riot that left a large number of civilians and policemen injured, including Gołota himself, who was hit by a member of Bowe's entourage with a two-way radio and required eleven stitches to close a cut on his head. The Riot was called Event of the Year by the Ring Magazine, the event has been named "Riot at the Garden".

The fight made a number of sports shows, including SportsCenter. The controversy of this fight created interest in a rematch. The rematch was on Pay Per View and Gołota once again led Bowe on the scorecards only to be disqualified in the ninth round, again for low blows. This fight also proved to be controversial, and a protest was filed by Gołota's camp to try to overturn the fight's result. Michael Katz, a sportswriter, coined the term Foul Pole for Gołota.

Both fights are featured on HBO's documentary Legendary Nights The Tale of Bowe Golota

Despite two losses in a row, Gołota became the WBC number one contender. On October 4, 1997, he received a shot at the world's Heavyweight championship against Lennox Lewis in Atlantic City,NJ. Gołota was knocked out in the first round.

Gołota, subsequently claimed that an injection of lidocaine for tendonitis in his right knee given to him by his physician shortly before the fight made him woozy and impaired his vision. As a result, he filed a medical malpractice suit against his physician, claiming that the injection had cost him the fight and a deal with HBO for $21 million to broadcast his next four to five fights.

Later career

Gołota went on with boxing, and he beat former 2-time world champion Tim Witherspoon by decision before losing to Michael Grant by a knockout in ten in one of The Ring's 1999 fights of the year. Gołota scored two knockdowns of Grant in the first round. He was ahead on all three judges' scorecards in the tenth round when he himself was knocked down. When asked by referee Randy Neuman whether he wanted to continue, he shook his head twice and then haltingly answered "No."

In 2000, Gołota fought in China beating Marcus Rhodes with a third round knockout. Soonafter, he faced Mike Tyson.

Golota retired in the third round. However the result of the fight was changed to a no contest when Tyson failed a post fight drug test, testing positive for marijuana.

Following the Tyson fight, Gołota was inactive for nearly three years before returning to the ring on August 14, 2003. He scored a technical knockout of journeyman Brian Nix in the seventh round. On November 15, Golota knocked out Terrence Lewis in the sixth round at Verona, New York.

Gołota then received a second world title shot, fighting IBF world Heavyweight champion Chris Byrd at New York City's Madison Square Garden on April 17, 2004 The fight resulted in a draw.

On November 13 of that year, he received his second world title shot in a row. Despite two knockdowns of WBA world champion John Ruiz twice within the bout, he lost by unanimous decision.

Golota received his third world title try in a row on May 21, 2005 against WBO world champion Lamon Brewster. Though heavily favored to win, Gołota lost when Brewster knocked him down three times inside the first round, prompting the referee to stop the bout.

June 9, 2007, he beat Jeremy Bates in the 2nd round by technical knockout.

Gołota fought Irishman Kevin McBride on October 6, 2007 in Madison Square Garden and won by TKO in the 6th round, winning the fringe title IBF North American Heavyweight champion.

On January 19, 2008, Gołota defeated Mike Mollo by unamious decision in 12 rounds for another fringe belt.

In January, 2009, Gołota lost by first round TKO to Ray Austin.

On October 24, 2009 in Łódź, Gołota fought Tomasz Adamek and lost by TKO in the 5th round. The event was hosted on Polsat TV, it was also broadcast live online on ipla.tv platform. It was the largest live internet transmission in Poland.

Professional boxing record

|- |align="center" colspan=8|41 Wins (33 knockouts, 8 decisions), 8 Losses (5 knockouts), 1 Draw, 1 No contest |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd.,Time | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Tomasz Adamek |TKO |5, 1:20 |2009-10-24 |align=left| Atlas Arena |Vacant IBF International heavyweight title
Golota down in 5^th
Referee: Bill Clancy
Judge: Pawel Kardyni 35-40
Judge: Robert Hoyle 35-40
Judge: Larry Layton 35-40
Golota's weight: 116 kg
Adamek's weight: 97 kg |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Ray Austin |RTD |1, 3:00 |2008-11-07 |align=left| Chengdu |Vacant WBC USNBC International Heavyweight Title
Referee: Michael Griffin
Judges: Guillermo Ayon, No Parat, Raul Nieves
Golota was counted twice in 1^st round.
Andrew didn't come to ring in 2^nd round due to left arm injury.
Golota's weight: 242 lbs
Austin's weight: 228 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Mike Mollo |UD |12 |2008-01-13 |align=left| Madison Square Garden |WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title
Referee: Randy Neumann
Judge: Robert Gilson 116-110
Judge: Tom Schreck 116-112
Judge: Robin Taylor 118-109
Mollo's weight: 222 lbs
Golota's weight: 237 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Kevin McBride |TKO |6, 2:42 |2007-10-06 |align=left| Madison Square Garden |Vacant IBF North American Heavyweight Title
Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr.
Judges: Robin Taylor, Robert Gilson, Don Trella
Golota's weight: 241 lbs
McBride's weight: 288 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jeremy Bates |TKO |2, 2:59 |2007-06-09 |align=left| Spodek |Bates down in 2^nd round.
Referee: Wlodzimierz Kromka
Judge: Wlodzimierz Gulc 10-9
Judge: Piotr Kozlowski 10-9
Judge: Zbigniew Lagosz 10-9
Golota's weight: 249 lbs
Bates's weight: 243 lbs
In 2^nd Bates was cut over the left eye and on the bridge of his nose. The referee called in the doctor who allowed the fight to continue.
Fight halted by the referee as Golota was attacking and landing punches at will. |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Lamon Brewster |TKO |1, 0:52 |2005-05-21 |align=left| Chicago |WBO heavyweight title
Referee: Genaro Rodriguez
Judges: Michael Pernick, Tom Miller, William Lerch
Brewster's weight: 224 lbs
Golota's weight: 248 lbs
Golota was knocked down three times in 53 seconds - all by left hooks. |-align=center | Loss |align=left| John Ruiz |UD |12 |2004-11-13 |align=left| Madison Square Garden |WBA World heavyweight title
Ruiz down twice during the fight: in 2^nd and 10^th round
Referee: Randy Neumann
Judge: Tom Schreck 111-114
Judge: Frank Lombardi 112-113
Judge: Oscar Perez 111-114
Ruíz's weight: 239 lbs
Golota's weight: 238 lbs
During this bout, Ruiz's trainer/manager Norman "Stoney" Stone was kicked out of the corner by the referee for cursing at him.
Ruiz had one point deducted for hitting after the break. |-align=center |style='background: #c5d2ea'|zDraw |align=left| Chris Byrd |PTS |12 |2004-04-17 |align=left| Madison Square Garden |IBF heavyweight title
Referee: Randy Neumann
Judge: Steve Weisfeld 115-113
Judge: Melvina Lathan 113-115
Judge: Tony Paolillo 114-114
Byrd's weight: 210.5 lbs
Golota's weight: 237.5 lbs
Promoter: Don King
Doctors: Stephen Gelfman, Osric King, Gerard Varlotta |-align=center | Win |align=left| Terrence Lewis |TKO |6, 1:24 |2003-11-14 |align=left| New York |Lewis was down in rounds 1^st, 2^nd, and twice in rd 6^th |-align=center | Win |align=left| Brian Nix |TKO |7, 2:43 |2003-08-14 |align=left| Dover |Referee: Rudy Battle |-align=center |style='background: #c5d2ea'|zNo contest |align=left| Mike Tyson |NC |3 |2000-10-20 |align=left| Auburn Hills |Golota down in 1^st. Michigan Commission changes the result from a TKO after 2 for Tyson to an NC, due to Tyson testing positive for marijuana after the fight.
Referee: Frank Garza
Judges: Brad Wright, Bernard Teachout, Rosemary Grable
After this fight Golota was inactive until 2003.
Golota was pelted with garbage and drinks as he was rushed to his dressing room.
Golota's weight: 240 lbs
Tyson's weight: 222 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Orlin Norris |UD |10 |2000-06-13 |align=left| Las Vegas |Referee: Mitch Halpern
Judge: Carol Castellano 98-92
Judge: Duane Ford 99-91
Judge: Patricia Morse Jarman 97-94 |-align=center | Win |align=left| Marcus Rhode |TKO |3 |2000-04-22 |align=left| Guangzhou | |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Michael Grant |TKO |10 |1999-11-20 |align=left| Atlantic City |NABF heavyweight title
WBC Heavyweight Title Eliminator
Referee: Randy Neumann
Judge: Dick Flaherty 86-81
Judge: Melvina Lathan 87-80
Judge: Chuck Hassett 85-83
Grant down twice in 1^st.
Golota tells the referee he doesn't want to continue after rising from a knockdown in the 10^th.
Grant's weight: 252 lbs
Golota's weight: 241.7 lbs
Golota deducted one point for low blow in 3^rd round
Grant deducted one point for low blow in the 4^th. |-align=center | Win |align=left| Quinn Navarre |TKO |6 |1999-06-26 |align=left| Centennial Hall | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jesse Ferguson |UD |10 |1999-01-30 |align=left| Atlantic City |Ferguson was a late replacement for the injured Jimmy Thunder.
Referee: Joe Cortez
Judge: John Poturaj 100-89
Judge: Hilton Whitaker 100-89
Judge: Eugenia Williams 99-90
Ferguson had one point deducted for hitting after the bell.
Ferguson's weight: 239 lbs
Golota's weight: 238 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Tim Witherspoon |UD |10 |1998-10-02 |align=left| Centennial Hall |Referee: Steve Smoger |-align=center | Win |align=left| Corey Sanders |UD |10 |1998-07-21 |align=left| Atlantic City |Judge 1: 100-90
Judge 2: 99-90
Judge 3: 97-93
Golota's weight: 241 lbs
Sanders's weight: 262 lbs
Sanders suffered a detached retina. |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jack Basting |TKO |3 |1998-05-08 |align=left| Atlantic City | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Eli Dixon |KO |6, 2:15 |1998-04-14 |align=left| Mashantucket |Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr.
Dixon was knocked out by a body shot.
Golota's weight: 240 lbs
Dixon's weight: 293 lbs |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Lennox Lewis |KO |1, 1:35 |1997-10-04 |align=left| Atlantic City |WBC heavyweight title
Promoter: Main Events
Golota's weight: 244 lbs
Lewis's weight: 244 lbs
Golota was later fined $5,000 for allowing the lidocaine injection. |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Riddick Bowe |DQ |9, 2:58 |1996-12-14 |align=left| Atlantic City |Referee: Eddie Cotton
Judge: Steve Weisfeld 75-71
Judge: Shafeeq Rashada 75-73
Judge: Al DeVito 74-72
Golota got disqualified for low blows.
After this fight Bowe was inactive until September 2004.
Golota was deducted a point in the 2^nd round for a butt which caused a cut below his own left eyelid.
Golota was deducted another point for repeated low blows in the 4^th round.
Later, Golota suffered damage to the left of his mouth.
Bowe's weight: 235 lbs
Golota's weight: 239 lbs |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Riddick Bowe |DQ |7 |1996-07-11 |align=left| Madison Square Garden |Referee: Wayne Kelly
Judge: Steve Weisfeld 67-65
Judge: Luis Rivera 67-65
Judge: George Colon 67-66
Golota got disqualified for a low blow.
Golota received minus point for low blows in 7^th round.
After fight Bowe's cornerman started a riot which in Golota suffered (he had got hit in head by a cell phone and went to hospital)
Bowe down in 2^nd and 5^th.
Golota down in 4^th.
Bowe's weight: 252 lbs
Golota's weight: 243 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Danell Nicholson |TKO |8 |1996-03-15 |align=left| New Jersey |Judge: Al DeVito 78-74
Judge: Melvina Lathan 77-74
Judge: Steve Weisfeld 77-73
Nicholson's weight: 216 lbs
Golota's weight: 238 lbs
Fight was aired on HBO.
Nicholson suffered a huge intentional headbutt from Golota. He was very staggered by that. Referee Eddie Cotton deducted one point from Golota because of that headbutt.
Exhausted Nicholson took tremendeous beating in the eighth round and was unable to answer the bell for the ninth round. |-align=center | Win |align=left| Charles Hostetter |TKO |2 |1996-01-30 |align=left| New Jersey |Judges: Al DeVito, Eugene Grant, John Riley |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jason Waller |TKO |2 |1995-11-18 |align=left| Atlantic City | |-align=center | Win |align=left| West Turner |TKO |1 |1995-08-26 |align=left| Atlantic City |Judges: Eugene Grant, Frank Brunette, Melvina Lathan |-align=center | Win |align=left| Samson Po'uha |TKO |5, 2:44 |1995-05-16 |align=left| Atlantic City |Referee: Eddie Cotton
Judges: Lynne Carter, Tom Kaczmarek, Vincent Rainone
Golota's weight: 236 lbs
Po'uha's weight: 287 lbs
Po'uha knocked down three times in round ⁵. |-align=center | Win |align=left| Marion Wilson |UD |10 |1995-04-11 |align=left| Chicago |Referee: Sean Curtin
Judge: Mike Glienna 46-42
Judge: Jerry Jakubco 49-40
Judge: William Lerch 49-40 |-align=center | Win |align=left| Dwayne Hall |TKO |1 |1995-01-26 |align=left| Rosemont |Referee: Pete Podgorski |-align=center | Win |align=left| Darren Hayden |TKO |7 |1994-11-01 |align=left| Las Vegas | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jeff Lampkin |RTD |1 |1994-08-13 |align=left| Las Vegas |Lampkin, floored in the 1^st round, doesn't come out for the 2^nd. |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jesse Shelby |TKO |2, 2:59 |1994-06-18 |align=left| Chicago |Referee: Pete Podgorski
Judges: Gary Merritt, Jerry Jakubco, Gordon Volkman |-align=center | Win |align=left| Terry Davis |TKO |1, 1:51 |1994-05-06 |align=left| Atlantic City |Referee: James Condon |-align=center | Win |align=left| Larry Davis |KO |1 |1994-03-16 |align=left| Chicago | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Donnell Wingfield |TKO |1 |1994-04-14 |align=left| Chicago |Referee: Pete Podgorski
Judges: Mike Glienna, William Lerch, Jerry Jakubco |-align=center | Win |align=left| Calvin Jones |TKO |2 |1993-11-23 |align=left| Rosemont | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Andre Smith |KO |1 |1993-09-04 |align=left| Las Vegas | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Marion Wilson |PTS |8 |1993-07-10 |align=left| Bushkill | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Carlton West |TKO |2 |1993-06-22 |align=left| Atlantic City | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Kevin P Porter |KO |3 |1993-05-15 |align=left| Milwaukee | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Bobby Crabtree |TKO |2, 1:14 |1993-03-26 |align=left| Illinois | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Andre Crowder |TKO |1 |1993-02-05 |align=left| Milwaukee | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Eddie Taylor |TKO |1, 2:49 |1992-12-05 |align=left| Dolton |Referee: Pete Podgorski |-align=center | Win |align=left| Aaron Brown |TKO |2 |1992-10-03 |align=left| Chicago | |-align=center | Win |align=left| James Holly |KO |1 |1992-08-28 |align=left| Illinois |Referee: Pete Podgorski |-align=center | Win |align=left| Robert Smith |PTS |6 |1992-07-24 |align=left| Illinois | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Joey Christjohn |TKO |1 |1992-06-20 |align=left| Chicago | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Charles Presswood |KO |1 |1992-03-27 |align=left| Illinois | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Joe Jones |KO |1, 2:13 |1992-02-28 |align=left| Illinois |Judges: Gordon Volkman, Gerald Hults, Mike Glienna |-align=center | Win |align=left| Roosevelt Shuler |TKO |3 |1992-02-07 |align=left| Milwaukee |

Golota in media

Andrew Golota took part in Census 2010 commercials, recorded in Polish and English.

Golota occurred too in 2010 in Taniec z Gwiazdami. His partner is Magdalena Soszyńska-Michno. In his first appearance he danced waltz. He fell out on 7 November 2010, on 1/8 final. He conquered 5^th place.

References

External links

Andrzej Gołota official site

bio -- file interview with Andrzej 'Andrew' Golota

Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:American sportspeople of Polish descent Category:Polish boxers Category:Polish immigrants to the United States Category:Olympic boxers of Poland Category:Heavyweights Category:Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:People from Warsaw

Name	Albert Sosnowski
Realname	Albert Sosnowski
Nickname	Dragon
Height
Weight	heavyweight
Nationality	Polish
Birth date	March 07, 1979
Birth place	Warsaw, Poland
Home	Warsaw, Poland
Style	Orthodox
Total	50
Wins	46
Ko	28
Losses	3(2KO)
Draws	1
No contests	0

Albert Dariusz Sosnowski (born 7 March 1979, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.

Professional career

Debut fight

His first fight as a professional boxer was in July 1998, in Outrup, Denmark, when he beat Czech fighter Jan Drobena with a first round knockout. Sosnowski lost to Klitschko by 10th round knockout after being worn down by shots to the head throughout the fight.

Professional boxing record

|- |align="center" colspan=8|46 Wins (28 knockouts, 18 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 Draw |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd.,Time | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center | Win |align=left| Paul Butlin |TKO |1, 2:12 |2010-09-25 |align=left| Wigan |Butlin down twice.
Referee: Steve Gray
Sosnowski's weight: 223 lbs
Butlin's weight: 236 lbs |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Vitali Klitschko |KO |10, 2:30 |2010-05-29 |align=left| Gelsenkirchen |WBC heavyweight title
Referee: Jay Nady
Judges: Sergio Silvi, Ken Morita, Hubert Minn
When Sosnowski had got knocked down, referee stopped the fight without counting.
Klitschko's weight: 247 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 224,5 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Paolo Vidoz |UD |12 |2009-12-18 |align=left| London |Vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title
Referee: Robin Dolpierre
Judge: Esa Lehtosaari 117-111
Judge: Francisco Vazquez Marcos 120-108
Judge: Venciclav Nikolov 119-109
Vidoz's weight: 256,5 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 228,75 lbs |-align=center |style='background: #c5d2ea'|zDraw |align=left| Francesco Pianeta |PTS |12 |2009-04-04 |align=left| Düsseldorf |EBU-EU (European Union) heavyweight title
Referee: Daniel Van de Wiele
Judge: Jan Christensen 114-114
Judge: Zvonko Rukavina 114-116
Judge: Mikael Hook 115-113
Pianeta's weight: 242,75 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 227,75 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Danny Williams |TKO |8, 1:17 |2008-11-08 |align=left| London |Referee: Richard James Davies
Williams down in 8^th
Williams's weight: 255 lbs |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Zuri Lawrence |UD |8 |2008-08-06 |align=left| New York |Referee: Steve Smoger
Judge: Robin Taylor 72-80
Judge: Julie Lederman 72-80
Judge: Steve Weisfeld 72-80
Sosnowski's weight: 223 lbs
Lawrence's weight: 241 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Terrell Nelson |TKO |5, 0:52 |2008-04-25 |align=left| New York |Referee: Wayne Kelly
Judges: Tony Paolillo, Matt Ruggero, Don Trella
Sosnowski's weight: 224 lbs
Nelson's weight: 268 lbs
Sosnowski's punches: Landed:157, Thrown: 335, Percentage: 47%
Nelson's punches: Landed: 72, Thrown 315, Percentage: 23% |-align=center | Win |align=left| Colin Kenna |UD |10 |2008-01-25 |align=left| Dagenham |Referee: Jeff Hinds 100-91
Kenna's weight: 240 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 227 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Manuel Alberto Pucheta |KO |2, 1:41 |2007-09-14 |align=left| Kirkcaldy |World Boxing Foundation heavyweight title
Referee: Terry O'Connor
Judges: Howard John Foster, Victor Loughlin, John Keane
Pucheta knocked down three-times, Referee counted out Pucheta when he suffered his third knockdown.
Sosnowski's weight: 234,75 lbs
Pucheta's weight: 230,25 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Steve Herelius |TKO |9, 2:18 |2007-06-08 |align=left| Motherwell |Referee: Victor Loughlin
Herelius's weight: 211,5 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Lawrence Tauasa |MD |12 |2006-11-04 |align=left| Gauteng |Referee: Terrance Makaluza
Judge: Craig Waller 114-114
Judge: Ingo Barrabas 116-112
Judge: Edward Marshall 118-111
Vacant World Boxing Foundation heavyweight title
Sosnowski's weight: 236.75 lbs
Tauasa's weight: 216.75 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Osborne Machimana |UD |10 |2006-05-25 |align=left| Gauteng |Referee: Wally Snowball
Sosnowski's weight: 235,25 lbs
Machimana's weight: 266,5 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Orlin Norris |MD |6 |2005-05-28 |align=left| California |Referee: Jack Reiss
Judge: Raul Caiz Jr 59-55
Judge: Max DeLuca 58-56
Judge: David Denkin 57-57 |-align=center | Win |align=left| Travis Fulton |TKO |2, 1:29 |2005-03-19 |align=left| Las Vegas |Referee: Toby Gibson
Judges: Adalaide Byrd, Bill Graham, Jerry Roth |-align=center | Win |align=left| Tommy Connelly |TKO |2, 1:25 |2005-01-22 |align=left| Miami |Referee: Armando Garcia
Judges: Bill Ray, John Rupert, Rocky Young |-align=center | Win |align=left| Kenny Craven |KO |2 |2004-09-11 |align=left| Budapest | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Wojciech Bartnik |PTS |6 |2004-06-26 |align=left| Belfast |Bartnik down in the 5^th round
Referee: Richard James Davies 59-54 |-align=center | Win |align=left| Paul King |PTS |4 |2004-04-10 |align=left| Manchester |Referee: Victor Loughlin 40-36 |-align=center | Win |align=left| Greg Scott Briggs |KO |2 |2004-01-31 |align=left| London |Referee: Roy Francis |-align=center | Win |align=left| Chris Woolas |TKO |1 |2003-11-22 |align=left| Belfast | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jason Brewster |TKO |2 |2003-07-05 |align=left| Brentwood | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Mike Holden |PTS |6 |2003-04-12 |align=left| London |Referee: Victor Loughlin 59-56 |-align=center | Win |align=left| Mindaugas Kulikauskas |TKO |2 |2003-03-08 |align=left| London |Kulikauskas's weight: 226 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 220 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jacklord Jacobs |PTS |6 |2002-12-07 |align=left| Brentwood |Jacobs's weight: 244 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 224,5 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Paul Bonson |PTS |4 |2002-07-27 |align=left| Nottingham |Bonson's weight: 206 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jacob Odhiambo |KO |1, 0:45 |2002-03-09 |align=left| Budapest |Referee: Bela Florian
Judges: Imre Nagy, Piotr Kozlowski, Marek Zuraszek |-align=center | Win |align=left| Catalin Zmarandescu |KO |1 |2002-01-22 |align=left| Gdynia | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Robert Magureanu |TKO |4 |2001-10-27 |align=left| Kołobrzeg | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Stanislav Tomkatchov |TKO |3 |2001-10-13 |align=left| Budapest | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Dirk Wallyn |UD |6 |2001-07-07 |align=left| Amsterdam |Judge: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center | Loss |align=left| Arthur Cook |KO |9, 2:21 |2001-03-17 |align=left| Budapest |Vacant WBC Youth World heavyweight title
Referee: Daniel Van de Wiele
Judges: Tom Kaczmarek, Bela Florian
Sosnowski clearly ahead on points all scorecards just before he got knocked out. |-align=center | Win |align=left| Michael Murray |TKO |5 |2000-11-27 |align=left| Birmingham |Murray's weight: 232 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Everett Martin |TKO |7 |2000-09-30 |align=left| Birmingham |Martin's weight: 251 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Dan Conway |UD |4 |2000-08-19 |align=left| Mashantucket |Conway's weight: 236 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 218 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Clarence Goins |TKO |2 |2000-06-24 |align=left| Toruń |Judge: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center | Win |align=left| Neil Kirkwood |TKO |1 |2000-05-27 |align=left| London | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Slobodan Popovic |KO |1 |2000-04-08 |align=left| Gdańsk | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Luke Simpkin |PTS |4 |2000-03-11 |align=left| London |Simpkin's weight: 230 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Henry Kolle Njume |PTS |6 |1999-11-20 |align=left| Gliwice | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jeff Lally |TKO |3, 1:22 |1999-10-22 |align=left| Detroit |Lally's weight: 223 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 219,25 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Ignacio Orsola |KO |1 |1999-09-18 |align=left| Gdańsk | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Bruno Foster |TKO |6 |1999-07-17 |align=left| Gdańsk | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Biko Botowamungu |UD |4 |1999-06-26 |align=left| Wrocław |Botowamungu's weight: 275 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 218 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Gary Williams |TKO |4 |1999-05-28 |align=left| Liverpool |Williams's weight: 210 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 220 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Stipe Balic |PTS |4 |1999-04-17 |align=left| Warszawa |Judge: Daniel Van de Wiele |-align=center | Win |align=left| Chris Woollas |PTS |4 |1999-03-12 |align=left| London |Woollas's weight: 219 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 220 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Viktor Juhasz |TKO |1 |1999-02-13 |align=left| Jastrzębie-Zdrój | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Rene Hanl |PTS |4 |1998-10-02 |align=left| Warszawa |Hanl's weight: 218 lbs
Sosnowski's weight: 222 lbs |-align=center | Win |align=left| Andrzej Dziewulski |TKO |4 |1998-09-25 |align=left| Poznań | |-align=center | Win |align=left| Jan Drobena |TKO |1 |1998-07-22 |align=left| Outrup |Sosnowski's weight: 219 lbs

References

External links

Official Website

Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:People from Warsaw Category:Polish boxers Category:Heavyweights