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Grzegorz Kielsa

Grzegorz Kielsa (born 26 May 1979) is a Canada-based Polish professional boxer.

Grzegorz Kielsa
Born (1979-05-26) 26 May 1979 (age 44)
Białystok, Poland
NationalityPolish
Other namesThe Steel Pole
Statistics
Weight(s)heavyweight
Stancesouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights14
Wins11
Wins by KO3
Losses2
Draws0
No contests1

Amateur career edit

He fought at both the 2000 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 Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov in his first fight, Dildabekov went on to win the silver medal.[1]

At the 2003 World championships in Bangkok he beat China's Zhang Zhilei in the first round but lost to eventual winner Alexander Povetkin in the next round.

Amateur Boxing Highlights edit

  • 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia at Superheavyweight. Results were:
  • 2003 at the World Championships in Bangkok at Superheavyweight. Results were:

Professional career edit

Debut fight edit

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 knockout.[2]

First title fight edit

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.[2]

Professional boxing record edit

11 Wins (5 knockouts, 6 decisions), 2 Losses (0 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 No Contest [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 12-0   Neven Pajkic UD 10 30/06/2010   Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title.
Loss 11-0   Neven Pajkic UD 10 27/03/2010   Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title.
Win 9-8-2   Jason Bergman UD 6 21/11/2009   Rama, Ontario, Canada
Win 17-6-1   Kevin Montiy NC 2 04/09/2009   Rama, Ontario, Canada Fight stopped due to Montiy's inability to see out of his left eye.
Win 23-9-1   Byron Polley TKO 4 26/06/2009   Rama, Ontario, Canada Referee stopped the bout at 2:12 of the fourth round.
Win 14-4-2   Arthur Cook TKO 8 20/03/2009   Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:16 of the eighth round.
Win 7-2-1   Raymond Olubowale UD 10 21/11/2008   Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title.
Win 7-4   Jerry Butler UD 8 29/08/2008   Rama, Ontario, Canada
Win 3-1-4   Alvaro Morales UD 4 20/06/2008   Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win 9-5-1   Kenny Lemos TKO 3 05/04/2008   Rama, Ontario, Canada
Win 3-9   Stephane Tessier UD 6 28/10/2006   Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Win 0-1   Mickey Richards TKO 2 23/06/2006   Toronto, Ontario, Canada Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the second round.
Win 3-5   Stephane Tessier UD 4 08/04/2006   Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Win 2-3   Mike Jones KO 2 11/03/2006   Montreal, Quebec, Canada Jones knocked out at 2:10 of the second round.

References edit

  1. ^ "Grzegorz Kielsa Record". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Grzegorz Kielsa". Boxrec. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 26 January 2009.

External links edit

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