Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former

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who competed from 2001 to 2011 and held the

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title from 2005 to 2006. As an

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Vidoz won a bronze medal at the

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in the

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bracket, as well as a bronze medal at the 1997 and 1999

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and a silver medal at the 2000

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Amateur career

He won Olympic Bronze in 2000 at Super Heavyweight after beating

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and

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but lost to

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Amateur highlights

* Italian Superheavyweight Champion 1991, 1993, 1995–1997, 1999 *1996 competed at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmrl. Results were: **Defeated

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(Romania) RSC-2 **Defeated

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(Slovakia) PTS **Lost to

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(Germany) DSQ-3 *1996 competed as a Superheavyweight at the Atlanta Olympics. Results was: **Lost to

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(Cuba) RSCH-1 *1997 3rd place at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results were: **Defeated Patrick Halberg (Denmark) PTS **Defeated Henryk Zatyka (Poland) PTS **Defeated Ahmed El Akad (Egypt) PTS **Lost to

(Cuba) PTS *1997 won the Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy beating

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of Turkey in the final. *1998 won the Goodwill Games in New York, USA. Results were: **Defeated Keith Govan (USA) PTS (8-1) **Defeated Dmitriy Diagilev (Russia) PTS (8-2) **Defeated

(Cuba) PTS (9-3) *1998 competed at the European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Results were: **Defeated

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(Lithuania) PTS **Lost to Vladimir Lazebnik (Ukraine) PTS *1999 3rd place at the World Championships in Houston, USA. Results were: **Defeated Patrice L'Heureux (Canada) PTS **Defeated

(Cuba) PTS (2-5) **Lost to

Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Mukhtarkhan Qabylanbekuly Dildabekov ( kk, Мұхтархан Қабыланбекұлы Ділдәбеков, ''Mūhtarhan Qabylanbekūly Dıldäbekov''; born March 19, 1976) is a Kazakh boxer, best known to win the silver medal in the Super He ...

(Kazakhstan) PTS *2000 2nd place at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Results were: **Defeated Kurban Guenerbakan (Turkey) RSCI-1 **Defeated Kestutis Bitkevicius (Lithuania) RSC-4 **Defeated

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(Armenia) PTS **Lost to

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(Russia) PTS *2000 won Super Heavyweight bronze at the Sydney Olympics. Results were: **Defeated

(USA) RSCO-4 **Defeated

(Nigeria) PTS (14-3) **Lost to

(Great Britain) PTS (16-32)

Professional career

His first match was held at

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on 27 January 2001, against Chris Morris. He won the match via knockout at 2 minutes and 22 seconds in the first round. Vidoz kept up a solid winning streak before encountering

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, a "journeyman" fighter who, while proficient in his defensive ability, lacks a modicum of talent with regard to hitting his opponents (he has failed to record even a single knockout throughout his 12 years in the ring). Lawrence was able to baffle Vidoz with his slippery movement in the ring and score a unanimous decision after eight rounds. Vidoz bounced back with his next fight, registering a devastating knockout of Eduardo Sandivares at just under a minute into the fight. Vidoz dropped out of serious contention with a ninth-round TKO loss to

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n boxer

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on 9 October 2004 at the Messehalle in

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. On 6 June 2005, Vidoz captured vacant

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an (EBU)

title and

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Inter-Continental title with a split decision over

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. Vidoz followed this up with a victory over British fighter Michael Sprott, but his "Titanium Jaw" was later checked in a fight in July 2006 against

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, who beat Vidoz by KO in the sixth. After his loss to Virchis he rebounded with two more wins against Alexei Osokin and Antoine Palatis before losing to Virchis one more time this time by unanimous decision. He won two more fights against Zoltan Peto and

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, winning both of them by knockout. He faced

for the vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title on 4 July 2008, but lost by majority decision. This fight was particularly strange, with the Manager of Samil screaming and bullying the judges at the end of the fight, to obtain a winning decision over Vidoz. He fought

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for the vacant EBU European heavyweight title on 19 December 2008. He lost the fight after refusing to come out for round 10. In his most recent fight he defeated Tomasz Zeprzalka by TKO in the fourth round. On 18 December 2009, he fought

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for the EBU heavyweight title but lost by unanimous decision after twelve rounds. After his loss to Sosnowski he would go on to lose his next three fights to Claus Bertino,

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and

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. All of those losses came by decision. He would go on to win his next two fights by decision against Gabor Farkas and Sandor Balogh. His most recent fight was on December 16, 2011 where he lost a decision to undefeated Matteo Modugno and has retired after deciding to hang up the gloves following the loss.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidoz, Paolo 1970 births Living people People from Gorizia Olympic boxers of Italy Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Boxing Union champions Italian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Amateur career

Amateur highlights

Professional career

Professional boxing record

See also

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