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Dariusz Michalczewski

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Dariusz Tomasz Michalczewski (born 5 May 1968) is a Polish-German professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2005. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA, IBF, WBO and lineal light heavyweight titles between 1994 and 2003, and the WBO junior-heavyweight title from 1994 to 1995. Michalczewski is regarded by many as the greatest light-heavyweight boxer of all time.

Early life and amateur careerEdit

He was born in 1968 in Gdańsk to father Bogusław Michalczewski, a radio technician working for the Polish State Railways and mother Maria, an accountant.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In his youth, before turning to boxing, he initially practiced wrestling and football.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Michalczewski came up through Poland's state-run sports program as a boy and had a successful amateur career. He achieved an amateur record of 139–11–2 (89 KO). Highlights of his amateur career include:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Defection to GermanyEdit

On 24 April 1988, while competing beyond the Iron Curtain in West Germany for the Polish national team, Michalczewski defected from the amateur team to stay in West Germany. Becoming a citizen of the now united Germany in 1991 and turning professional the same year, he was soon signed by Universum Box-Promotion, one of the leading boxing promoters in Europe. His aggressive style earned him the nickname "Tiger".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Professional careerEdit

Michalczewski turned professional in September 1991. He won the German International light-heavyweight title early on 13 February 1993, a title for foreign-born fighters based in Germany. He then won the IBF Intercontinental title on 22 May 1993.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Two-weight world championEdit

On 10 September 1994, Michalczewski, at 23-0 (18 KOs), captured the WBO light-heavyweight title with a 12-round decision over defending champion Leeonzer Barber at Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany. Between then and March 2003, Michalczewski made 23 successful defenses of his WBO title against 20 different boxers, and picked up three other belts along the way. Three months after beating Barber, he won the WBO cruiserweight title with a tenth-round knockout of Nestor Giovannini. However, he soon gave up that title to continue campaigning as a light-heavyweight.

In 1996, Universum Box-Promotion's conditioning coach Fritz Sdunek became head coach and replaced Chuck Talhami as Michalczewski's trainer, which resulted in a marked improvement in Michalczewski's performances.

Hill vs Michalczewski unificationEdit

On 13 June 1997, he defeated Virgil Hill over 12 rounds to add Hill's WBA, IBF and Lineal light-heavyweight titles to his own. However, Michalczewski soon lost both alphabet titles; Scandalously, the WBA immediately stripped him for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO. Michalczewski was then forced to relinquish the IBF title when he was unable to defend the title in a court-ordered defense against mandatory challenger William Guthrie within a little over a month after the bout with Hill.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After beating Hill, Michalczewski knocked out 14 consecutive opponents, all in defense of his Lineal/WBO titles. In 1998, he defeated Drake Thadzi, in 1999, he defeated Montel Griffin, and in 2000, he defeated Graciano Rocchigiani.

Going for Marciano's recordEdit

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Autographed replica of Michalczewski's WBO title in Dziwnów

Michalczewski had a perfect record of 48-0 when he faced Julio César González of Mexico in defense of his title on 18 October 2003. Coming into the fight, he was within one victory of tying Rocky Marciano's record of 49 wins with no losses. A win also would have put him just one victory short of Joe Louis' all-time record for successful defenses at any weight class. However, as when Larry Holmes went for the same record against Michael Spinks, the now 35-year-old Michalczewski was unable to pull it off. He lost a split decision to the 27-year-old Gonzalez at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, and his career record dropped to 48–1.

Despite the loss, he still holds the record for the most consecutive successful world title defenses at light-heavyweight.

Final fightEdit

In October 2004, it was announced that Michalczewski would come out of retirement to box France's Fabrice Tiozzo for the WBA light heavyweight title on 26 February 2005 in Hamburg. Michalczewski was stopped in six round, then he announced his retirement in May 2005.

Michalczewski was to come out of retirement to fight German boxing icon but suspected cheat Sven Ottke in Germany in May 2008, but the bout never materialized.

In popular cultureEdit

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Social involvementEdit

In 2003 Dariusz Michalczewski established foundation "Równe Szanse" (equal chances) which was aimed at supporting initiatives for youth from dysfunctional families.<ref>"Równe Szanse” – Fundacja Sportowa Darka Michalczewskiego</ref> Since 2014 he supports the social campaign for civil union and the right for adoption by homosexual couples.<ref>Michalczewski: Popieram adopcję dzieci przez pary homoseksualne - Sporty walki - Najnowsze wiadomości - Dziennik.pl</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional boxing recordEdit

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Template:Abbr Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
50 Template:No2Loss 48–2 Fabrice Tiozzo TKO 6 (12), Template:Small 26 Feb 2005 Template:Small Template:Small
49 Template:No2Loss 48–1 Julio César González Template:Abbr 12 18 Oct 2003 Template:Small Template:Small
48 Template:Yes2Win 48–0 Derrick Harmon KO 9 (12) 29 Mar 2003 Template:Small Template:Small
47 Template:Yes2Win 47–0 Richard Hall TKO 10 (12) 14 Sep 2002 Template:Small Template:Small
46 Template:Yes2Win 46–0 Joey DeGrandis KO 2 (12) 20 Apr 2002 Template:Small Template:Small
45 Template:Yes2Win 45–0 Richard Hall TKO 11 (12), Template:Small 15 Dec 2001 Template:Small Template:Small
44 Template:Yes2Win 44–0 Alejandro Lakatos KO 9 (12), Template:Small 5 May 2001 Template:Small Template:Small
43 Template:Yes2Win 43–0 Ka-Dy King TKO 7 (12), Template:Small 16 Dec 2000 Template:Small Template:Small
42 Template:Yes2Win 42–0 Graciano Rocchigiani TKO 10 (12), Template:Small 15 Apr 2000 Template:Small Template:Small
41 Template:Yes2Win 41–0 Montell Griffin TKO 4 (12), Template:Small 28 Aug 1999 Template:Small Template:Small
40 Template:Yes2Win 40–0 Muslim Biarslanov TKO 7 (12), Template:Small 3 Apr 1999 Template:Small Template:Small
39 Template:Yes2Win 39–0 Drake Thadzi TKO 9 (12), Template:Small 12 Dec 1998 Template:Small Template:Small
38 Template:Yes2Win 38–0 Mark Prince KO 8 (12) 19 Sep 1998 Template:Small Template:Small
37 Template:Yes2Win 37–0 Andrea Magi TKO 4 (12) 20 Mar 1998 Template:Small Template:Small
36 Template:Yes2Win 36–0 Darren Zenner Template:Abbr 6 (12), Template:Small 13 Dec 1997 Template:Small Template:Small
35 Template:Yes2Win 35–0 Nicky Piper TKO 7 (12), Template:Small 4 Oct 1997 Template:Small Template:Small
34 Template:Yes2Win 34–0 Virgil Hill UD 12 13 Jun 1997 Template:Small Template:Small
33 Template:Yes2Win 33–0 Christophe Girard TKO 8 (12) 13 Dec 1996 Template:Small Template:Small
32 Template:Yes2Win 32–0 Graciano Rocchigiani DQ 7 (12), Template:Small 10 Aug 1996 Template:Small Template:Small
31 Template:Yes2Win 31–0 Christophe Girard UD 12 8 Jun 1996 Template:Small Template:Small
30 Template:Yes2Win 30–0 Asluddin Umarov TKO 5 (12), Template:Small 6 Apr 1996 Template:Small Template:Small
29 Template:Yes2Win 29–0 Philippe Michel UD 12 7 Oct 1995 Template:Small Template:Small
28 Template:Yes2Win 28–0 Everardo Armenta Jr. KO 5 (12), Template:Small 19 Aug 1995 Template:Small Template:Small
27 Template:Yes2Win 27–0 Paul Carlo KO 4 (12), Template:Small 20 May 1995 Template:Small Template:Small
26 Template:Yes2Win 26–0 Roberto Dominguez KO 2 (12), Template:Small 11 Mar 1995 Template:Small Template:Small
25 Template:Yes2Win 25–0 Nestor Hipolito Giovannini KO 10 (12), Template:Small 17 Dec 1994 Template:Small Template:Small
24 Template:Yes2Win 24–0 Leeonzer Barber Template:Abbr 12 10 Sep 1994 Template:Small Template:Small
23 Template:Yes2Win 23–0 Melvin Wynn KO 2, Template:Small 28 May 1994 Template:Small
22 Template:Yes2Win 22–0 David Davis KO 7 (10) 23 Apr 1994 Template:Small
21 Template:Yes2Win 21–0 David Vedder DQ 1 19 Feb 1994 Template:Small
20 Template:Yes2Win 20–0 Sergio Daniel Merani Template:Abbr 9 (12) 20 Nov 1993 Template:Small Template:Small
19 Template:Yes2Win 19–0 Mwehu Beya PTS 12 11 Sep 1993 Template:Small Template:Small
18 Template:Yes2Win 18–0 Juan Alberto Barrero KO 5 (10) 26 Jun 1993 Template:Small
17 Template:Yes2Win 17–0 Noel Magee TKO 8 (12) 22 May 1993 Template:Small Template:Small
16 Template:Yes2Win 16–0 Pat Alley KO 4 3 Apr 1993 Template:Small
15 Template:Yes2Win 15–0 Ali Saidi KO 10 (10) 13 Feb 1993 Template:Small Template:Small
14 Template:Yes2Win 14–0 Willie McDonald KO 2 (8) 12 Jan 1993 Template:Small
13 Template:Yes2Win 13–0 Mike Peak Template:Abbr 8 8 Dec 1992 Template:Small
12 Template:Yes2Win 12–0 Keith Williams TKO 2 17 Nov 1992 Template:Small
11 Template:Yes2Win 11–0 Cecil Simms KO 2 7 Nov 1992 Template:Small
10 Template:Yes2Win 10–0 Steve McCarthy Template:Abbr 3 (10), Template:Small 29 Sep 1992 Template:Small Template:Small
9 Template:Yes2Win 9–0 Sylvester White TKO 5 28 Aug 1992 Template:Small
8 Template:Yes2Win 8–0 Richard Bustin Template:Abbr 4 (8) 27 Jun 1992 Template:Small
7 Template:Yes2Win 7–0 Terrence Wright TKO 2 22 May 1992 Template:Small
6 Template:Yes2Win 6–0 Robert Johnson TKO 2 (8), Template:Small 4 Apr 1992 Template:Small
5 Template:Yes2Win 5–0 Sean Mannion TKO 3 21 Feb 1992 Template:Small
4 Template:Yes2Win 4–0 Yves Monsieur TKO 4 (8) 28 Jan 1992 Template:Small
3 Template:Yes2Win 3–0 Zoltan Habda TKO 2 (6) 10 Jan 1992 Template:Small
2 Template:Yes2Win 2–0 Peter Cenki TKO 2 15 Oct 1991 Template:Small
1 Template:Yes2Win 1–0 Frederic Porter Template:Abbr 2 16 Sep 1991 Template:Small

Titles in boxingEdit

Major world titlesEdit

Regional/International titlesEdit

Television viewershipEdit

GermanyEdit

Date Fight Viewership (Template:Abbr) Source(s)
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Total viewership 26,500,000

PolandEdit

Date Fight Viewership (Template:Abbr) Source(s)
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Total viewership 5,794,000

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