Tomasz "The Polish Hammer" Bonin (born 9 November 1973) is a

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heavyweight boxer Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...

Career

Bonin has a professional record of 41-3 but was KO'd twice when stepping up. He won his first 26 professional fights, winning the Polish International Heavyweight title and subsequently defending it on 3 occasions, as well as beating boxers such as Garing Lane, Gary Winmon, Dirk Wallyn, Robert Šulgan, Asmir Vojnovic and Antoine Palatis. His first loss was to

Audley Harrison Audley Hugh Harrison, (born 26 October 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013. As an amateur he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division and be ...

when he challenged for the World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) heavyweight title in 2004. He then fought his way up to rank 11 by the WBC, then in 2007 lost to

David Haye David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, and was the first British boxer to reach the final of the World Amate ...

, who dropped Bonin 3 times in the first round and a 'slip' before the referee called an end to the fight for Bonin's safety. He was then dropped to rank 25 by the WBC. He regularly uses the block smash move that he renamed 'The Polish Hammer' before his bout against David Haye. After his fight with Haye he went 4-1 in his next five fights with the loss coming to

Andrzej Wawrzyk Andrzej Wawrzyk (born 26 September 1987) is a Polish heavyweight boxer. He challenged once for the WBA (Regular) world heavyweight title in 2013. Amateur career Wawrzyk won the European junior title 2006 beating future world champion Ciocan in ...

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* 1973 births Heavyweight boxers Living people People from Tczew Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish male boxers {{Poland-boxing-bio-stub