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Dariusz Michalczewski (born May 5, 1968, in Gdansk
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
) is a former Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 light heavyweight boxer.

alczewski came up through Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
's state-run sports program as a boy and had a successful amateur career. On 24 April 1988, while competing in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 for the Polish national team, Michalczewski defected from the team to stay in Germany. Becoming a citizen of Germany in 1991 and turning professional the same year, he was soon signed by Universum Box-Promotion
Universum Box-Promotion

Universum Box-Promotion is a Hamburg based German athlete-promotion company.The company is owned by Klaus-Peter Kohl. Universum has been working exclusively with the World Boxing Organization, Felix Sturm boxes for World Boxing Association....
, one of the leading boxing promoters in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
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Dariusz Michalczewski (born May 5, 1968, in Gdansk
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
) is a former Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 light heavyweight boxer.

Early career

Michalczewski came up through Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
's state-run sports program as a boy and had a successful amateur career. On 24 April 1988, while competing in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 for the Polish national team, Michalczewski defected from the team to stay in Germany. Becoming a citizen of Germany in 1991 and turning professional the same year, he was soon signed by Universum Box-Promotion
Universum Box-Promotion

Universum Box-Promotion is a Hamburg based German athlete-promotion company.The company is owned by Klaus-Peter Kohl. Universum has been working exclusively with the World Boxing Organization, Felix Sturm boxes for World Boxing Association....
, one of the leading boxing promoters in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. His aggressive style earned him the nickname "The Tiger."

Professional career


He won the German international light heavyweight
Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight division is the boxing weight classes between cruiserweight and super middleweight. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Muhammad Ali , Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr....
 (175-pound) title early on 13 February 1993, the title is for foreign born fighters based in Germany. He then won the IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 Intercontinental championship on 22 May 1993. Finally, on September 10 1994, Michalczewski captured the WBO light heavyweight title with a 12-round decision over defending champion Leeonzer Barber
Leeonzer Barber

Leeonzer Barber was a professional boxing in the light heavyweight division....
.

Between then and March 2003, Michalczewski made 23 successful defenses of his WBO title and picked up three other belts along the way. Three months after beating Barber, he won the WBO's cruiserweight title with a knockout of Nestor Giovannini. However, he soon gave up that title to continue campaigning as a light heavyweight.

On June 13, 1997, he defeated Virgil Hill
Virgil Hill

Virgil Eugene Hill is a Joplin, Missouri fighter partly of Native Americans in the United States heritage, who forged a solid connection between the U.S....
 over 12 rounds to add Hill's WBA
World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
 and IBF titles to his own. However, Michalczewski soon lost both alphabet titles. The WBA stripped him for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO, an organization it didn't recognize. The IBF did so a few weeks later, when Michalczewski refused to defend his title against mandatory challenger William Guthrie
William Guthrie

William Douglas Guthrie is a professional boxing in the cruiserweight division....
 within 30 days.

After beating Hill, Michalczewski knocked out 14 consecutive opponents, all in defense of his WBO titles. On 1998, he defeated Drake Thadzi
Drake Thadzi

Drake Thadzi is a retired Boxing from Malawi, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he was decisioned in the second round of competition in the light heavyweight division by Algeria's eventual bronze medalist Mustapha Moussa....
 and in 2000 he went to defeat Graciano Rocchigiani
Graciano Rocchigiani

Graciano "Rocky" Rocchigiani , was a professional boxing in the Light Heavyweight division.Rocchigiani turned pro in 1983 after a successful amateur career in which he was the 1982 German Light Middleweight National Amateur Champion....
.

Michalczewski had a perfect record of 48 wins and no losses when he faced Julio César González
Julio Cesar Gonzalez

Julio C?sar Gonz?lez Ibarra is a Mexico Light-Heavyweight boxing who held the WBO world title in that weight class.Gonzalez was born in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, and still claims Mexico as his native country although he has lived in the United States for several years....
 of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 in defense of his title on October 18, 2003. Coming into the fight, he was within one victory of tying Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano , born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956. Marciano, with forty-three knockouts to his credit , remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career....
's all-time record for an undefeated record by a world championship boxer. A win also would have put him just one victory short of Joe Louis
Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was a List of Heavyweight Champions.Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, he is considered to be one of the greatest in boxing history....
' all-time record for successful defenses at any weight class. However, the now 35-year-old Michalczewski was unable to pull it off. He lost a controversial split decision to the 27-year-old Gonzalez at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany and his career record dropped to 48-1.

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

In October 2004, it was announced that Michalczewski would come out of retirement to fight France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
's Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo

Fabrice Tiozzo was a professional boxing in the light heavyweight division. His record is 48-2 .Tiozzo was a two time light heavyweight champion as well as a one time cruiserweight champion....
 for the WBA light-heavyweight title on February 26, 2005, in Hamburg. He fought him but he lost, and then he declared the end of his career in May 2005.

Michalczewski was to come out of retirement to fight German boxing icon Sven Ottke
Sven Ottke

Sven Ottke, known as "the Phantom", is a former Germany professional boxing who remained undefeated throughout his career held the International Boxing Federation title from 1998 to 2004....
 in Germany in May 2008, but the bout never materialized.

Amateur career

Amateur Record: 133-15-2 (83 KO's)

  • 1986 – European Junior Semi-Finalist in Middleweight division, defeating Fabrice Tiozzo
    Fabrice Tiozzo

    Fabrice Tiozzo was a professional boxing in the light heavyweight division. His record is 48-2 .Tiozzo was a two time light heavyweight champion as well as a one time cruiserweight champion....
     but losing to Ray Close
  • 1990 – German National Champion in Light Heavyweight division
  • 1991
    1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships

    The European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden from May 7 to May 12. The 29th edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 191 fighters from 26 countries participated this time, was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....
     – European Champion in Light Heavyweight division


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