Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish

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origin). As a professional boxer, Sam won the

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,WBC international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. According to his former managers, Sam died after battling liver and kidney failure.

Amateur career

Sinan Şamil Sam won Turkish Amateur Boxing Championship nine times.

Highlights

Junior European Championships (Middleweight), Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992: * Quarterfinals: Defeated Istvan Kozak (Hungary) KO 1 * Semifinals: Defeated Chris Davies (Wales) 8:7 * Finals: Lost to Vassiliy Jirov (Kazakhstan) 7:11 Junior World Championships (Light Heavyweight), Montreal, Canada, 1992. * Preliminaries: Defeated Jay Massie (Canada) 8:2 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Dmitriy Gorbachov (Russia) 14:5 * Semifinals: Defeated Yuriy Dvornikov (Ukraine) 17:6 * Finals: Defeated Alexander Gonzalez (Puerto Rico) 11:1

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(Light Heavyweight), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 1993. * Semifinals: Defeated

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(Algeria) on points * Finals: Defeated Vasilikos Paris (Greece) TKO 1

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(Light Heavyweight), Bursa, Turkey, 1993. * Preliminaries: Defeated Kelly Oliver (England) TKO 1 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Ervins Chelmanis (Latvia) 6:1 * Semifinals: Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) 4:2 * Finals: Lost to

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(Russia) 2:2+ World Military Games (Heavyweight),

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, 1995: * Quarterfinals: Defeated Ionas Dambrauskas (Lithuania) 12:1 * Semifinals: Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) 2:12 World Championships (Heavyweight),

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, 1995: * Preliminaries: Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden) 6:4 * Preliminaries: Defeated DaVarryl Williamson (United States) 10:0 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Mustafa Amrou (Egypt) TKO 3 * Semifinals: Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany) 3:7

(Super Heavyweight), Minsk, Belarus, 1998. * Preliminaries: Defeated Mirko Filipović (Croatia) 5:1 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Patrick Halberg (Denmark) 3:0 * Semifinals: Lost to Alexey Lezin (Russia)) 3:9 World Championships (Super Heavyweight),

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, 1999. * Preliminaries: Defeated Tomasz Bonin (Poland) 8:3 * Quarterfinals: Defeated

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(England) 4:3 * Semifinals: Defeated Felix Diachuk (Russia) 10:3 * Finals: Defeated Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kazakhstan) +4:4

Professional career

Sam, known as "Bull of the Bosphorus", turned professional in 2000. He won his first 18 fights, including victories over Przemyslaw Saleta, Danny Williams, and

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. In 2003, he suffered his first professional defeat to Juan Carlos Gómez and lost the following fight against Luan Krasniqi. In 2005, he beat

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to set up a fight with Oleg Maskaev, a fight which he lost on points by unanimous decision. After the loss to Maskaev he defeated

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in 2006, but then lost a

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eliminator to

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in June 2007. After three more victories against limited opponents he fought Paolo Vidoz on July 4, 2008; he won the fight by majority decision.

Professional boxing record

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sam, Sinan Samil 1974 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Frankfurt Turkish male boxers German male boxers Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent German people of Turkish descent German people of Azerbaijani descent Light-heavyweight boxers Heavyweight boxers Super-heavyweight boxers European Boxing Union champions Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Burials at Karşıyaka Cemetery, Ankara