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Paweł Kołodziej
Paweł Kołodziej (born 24 September 1980 in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer, fighting in the Cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight and Heavyweight division. Kołodziej is the current International Boxing Federation, IBF Inter-Continental Cruiserweight (boxing), Cruiserweight champion. Kołodziej won the belt against Giulian Ilie of Romania. Career Kołodziej is a former IBC (International Boxing Council) champion. The Polish cruiserweight won the vacant title in July 2009 in Ruda Śląska, Poland. Then, by unanimous decision over Czech Roman Kracik. The Pole successfully defended the belt in December 2009 in Łódź, defeating an American journeyman Rob Calloway by Referee technical decision, RTD in the sixth round of the bout. Previously, in 2006, Kołodziej won the World Boxing Council, WBC Youth belt and defended the title three times until 2008. Kołodziej vs Calloway "The fight against Calloway will be a test of my means. I respect his experience bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds during their careers, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . Many boxing authorities felt that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) was the first sanctioning body to recogniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |