Grzegorz Kielsa (born 26 May 1979) is a Canada-based

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Amateur career

He fought at both the

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and 2002 European Boxing Championships but did not gain a medal at either. Kielsa represented Poland at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He lost to the Kazakhstan's

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in his first fight, Dildabekov went on to win the silver medal. At the 2003 World championships in Bangkok he beat China's

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in the first round but lost to eventual winner

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in the next round.

Amateur Boxing Highlights

*2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia at Superheavyweight. Results were: ** Lost to

(KAZ) PTS (16-5) *2003 at the World Championships in Bangkok at Superheavyweight. Results were: ** Defeated

(China) PTS (22-8) ** Lost to

(Russia) PTS (20-9)

Professional career

Debut fight

Kielsa has fought all of his professional bouts in Canada. His first fight as a professional boxer was in March 2006, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, when he beat American fighter Mike Jones with a first round

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First title fight

Kielsa won his first 6 fights, 3 wins by KO, and in November 2008, he fought for his first title belt against Toronto based Raymond Olubowale at the Casino Rama, Ontario, for the Canadian heavyweight title. Kielsa, won the title on points being clearly ahead on points all scorecards after ten rounds.

Professional boxing record

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kielsa, Grzegorz 1979 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Super-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Poland Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Białystok Polish male boxers