Английская Википедия:Bobby Czyz

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Robert Edward Czyz (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell; born February 10, 1962) is an American retired boxer and commentator. Czyz was a two-division world title at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.

Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey and attended Lakeland Regional High School. He is three quarters Italian and one quarter Polish. His younger brother is avant-garde fiction writer Vincent Czyz.

Nicknamed "the Matinee Idol", Czyz was a member of the United States amateur boxing team whose other members died aboard LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 when it crashed in 1980. Czyz did not make the trip, as he was recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Czyz was doing his best to secure his spot at the U.S. Olympic team for the eventually missed 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was one of a few boxers (along with Sal Cenicola, Marvis Frazier and Tony Tucker) who survived the LOT Flight 7 crash by staying at home in the United States. He finished his amateur career having 26 fights under his belt, with a record of 24 wins, 2 losses.

Professional career

Czyz had a quick start to his professional boxing career in the early 1980s, and he was soon in line for a shot against world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler. He had to start from scratch, however, after suffering a one-sided, 10-round loss at the hands of veteran Mustafa Hamsho on November 20, 1982 in a bout that was nationally televised.

Czyz went up in weight, put another string of wins together, and in September 1986, he finally found himself in a ring with an undefeated world champion, IBF light heavyweight champion Slobodan Kačar (Olympic Gold medallist of 1980). Czyz beat him in five rounds.

Czyz made three defenses: a one-round defeat of David Sears, a see-saw second-round KO of Willie Edwards, and a fifth-round TKO of Jim McDonald - before taking on 'Prince' Charles Williams in October 1987. Czyz scored an early knockdown of Williams, yet the challenger not only stayed in the fight, but also hammered shut Czyz' left eye en route to scoring a TKO victory and thus seizing the title after eight rounds of boxing.

Czyz then lost a decision to Dennis Andries in May 1988, followed by a couple of victories, in turn followed by two cracks at the world title in 1989. Czyz, despite truly good efforts on his part in both challenges, lost both of them - a 12-round decision to Virgil Hill in North Dakota for the WBA version in March, and a 10th-round TKO loss to Williams in an IBF title rematch in June.

Czyz went on to stop then-undefeated Andrew Maynard in seven rounds (the second undefeated Gold medallist he KO'd) in June 1990, then jumped up to cruiserweight. He challenged Robert Daniels for Daniels' WBA world cruiserweight championship in March 1991, and won a unanimous decision. Two defenses, against Bash Ali and Donny Lalonde, were made (both by unanimous decision) before Czyz vacated the title.

In 1994, Czyz became a television boxing analyst working alongside Steve Albert and Ferdie Pacheco whilst continuing his boxing career. The trio covered fights in many locations worldwide. In December 1994, he covered the first world title fight ever held in Ecuador as a member of Showtime's crew.

In 1996, he stepped up to the heavyweight division, but lost by knockout in five rounds to Evander Holyfield and quickly retired. Czyz fought one last time in 1998, losing by second-round TKO to South African Corrie Sanders. Czyz continued doing color commentary for Showtime, but was let go after pleading guilty to his fourth drunken-driving offense in six years after being caught speeding in Readington Township, New Jersey. Czyz's case received a lot of attention as he was a multiple repeat DUI case, and was a driver behind the NJ Assembly revisiting its legislation. Czyz, who was a Raritan Township, New Jersey resident at the time, was given a six-month license suspension for each of his three drunken driving convictions in 1998, 1999 and 2000. It was discovered that he was sentenced improperly as a first-time offender after his fourth arrest, which occurred in February 2003 in Readington Township, where he was caught driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.14 percent. The state limit at that time was 0.10 percent.

Professional boxing record

Шаблон:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
52	Шаблон:No2Loss	44–8	Corrie Sanders	TKO	2 (12), Шаблон:Small	12 Jun 1998	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
51	Шаблон:No2Loss	44–7	Evander Holyfield	RTD	5 (10), Шаблон:Small	10 May 1996	Шаблон:Small
50	Шаблон:Yes2Win	44–6	Richard Jackson	TKO	6 (12), Шаблон:Small	5 Dec 1995	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
49	Шаблон:Yes2Win	43–6	Jeff Williams	UD	10	22 Sep 1995	Шаблон:Small
48	Шаблон:Yes2Win	42–6	Tim Tomashek	TKO	5 (10), Шаблон:Small	24 Mar 1995	Шаблон:Small
47	Шаблон:No2Loss	41–6	David Izeqwire	RTD	4 (12), Шаблон:Small	4 Aug 1994	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
46	Шаблон:Yes2Win	41–5	George O'Mara	UD	10	19 Feb 1994	Шаблон:Small
45	Шаблон:Yes2Win	40–5	Donny Lalonde	UD	12	8 May 1992	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
44	Шаблон:Yes2Win	39–5	Bash Ali	UD	12	9 Aug 1991	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
43	Шаблон:Yes2Win	38–5	Robert Daniels	SD	12	8 Mar 1991	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
42	Шаблон:Yes2Win	37–5	Horacio Rene Brandan	TKO	6 (10), Шаблон:Small	21 Sep 1990	Шаблон:Small
41	Шаблон:Yes2Win	36–5	Andrew Maynard	KO	7 (10), Шаблон:Small	24 Jun 1990	Шаблон:Small
40	Шаблон:Yes2Win	35–5	Uriah Grant	UD	10	23 Mar 1990	Шаблон:Small
39	Шаблон:No2Loss	34–5	Charles Williams	RTD	10 (12), Шаблон:Small	25 Jun 1989	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
38	Шаблон:No2Loss	34–4	Virgil Hill	UD	12	4 Mar 1989	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
37	Шаблон:Yes2Win	34–3	Mike DeVito	TKO	7 (12), Шаблон:Small	27 Dec 1988	Шаблон:Small
36	Шаблон:Yes2Win	33–3	Leslie Stewart	SD	10	25 Oct 1988	Шаблон:Small
35	Шаблон:No2Loss	32–3	Dennis Andries	MD	10	22 May 1988	Шаблон:Small
34	Шаблон:No2Loss	32–2	Charles Williams	RTD	9 (12), Шаблон:Small	29 Oct 1987	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
33	Шаблон:Yes2Win	32–1	Jim MacDonald	TKO	6 (12), Шаблон:Small	3 May 1987	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
32	Шаблон:Yes2Win	31–1	Willie Edwards	KO	2 (12), Шаблон:Small	21 Feb 1987	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
31	Шаблон:Yes2Win	30–1	David Sears	TKO	1 (12), Шаблон:Small	26 Dec 1986	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
30	Шаблон:Yes2Win	29–1	Slobodan Kačar	TKO	5 (12), Шаблон:Small	6 Sep 1986	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
29	Шаблон:Yes2Win	28–1	Murray Sutherland	UD	10	26 Jul 1985	Шаблон:Small
28	Шаблон:Yes2Win	27–1	Mike Fischer	UD	10	9 May 1985	Шаблон:Small
27	Шаблон:Yes2Win	26–1	Tim Broady	TKO	4 (10), Шаблон:Small	18 Jan 1985	Шаблон:Small
26	Шаблон:Yes2Win	25–1	Marvin Mack	UD	10	23 Oct 1984	Шаблон:Small
25	Шаблон:Yes2Win	24–1	Mark Frazie	UD	10	30 May 1984	Шаблон:Small
24	Шаблон:Yes2Win	23–1	Jimmy Baker	TKO	1 (10), Шаблон:Small	15 Feb 1984	Шаблон:Small
23	Шаблон:Yes2Win	22–1	Bill Medei	TKO	4 (10), Шаблон:Small	25 Oct 1983	Шаблон:Small
22	Шаблон:Yes2Win	21–1	Bert Lee	RTD	2 (10), Шаблон:Small	9 Sep 1983	Шаблон:Small
21	Шаблон:No2Loss	20–1	Mustafa Hamsho	UD	10	20 Nov 1982	Шаблон:Small
20	Шаблон:Yes2Win	20–0	Chris Linson	TKO	2 (10)	25 Sep 1982	Шаблон:Small
19	Шаблон:Yes2Win	19–0	Manuel Melon	TKO	2 (10), Шаблон:Small	3 Jul 1982	Шаблон:Small
18	Шаблон:Yes2Win	18–0	Bobby Coolidge	TKO	4 (10), Шаблон:Small	23 Mar 1982	Шаблон:Small
17	Шаблон:Yes2Win	17–0	Robbie Sims	UD	10	17 Jan 1982	Шаблон:Small
16	Шаблон:Yes2Win	16–0	Elisha Obed	DQ	6 (10)	12 Nov 1981	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
15	Шаблон:Yes2Win	15–0	Dan Snyder	TKO	2 (10), Шаблон:Small	8 Nov 1981	Шаблон:Small
14	Шаблон:Yes2Win	14–0	Rick Noggle	TKO	7 (10), Шаблон:Small	26 Jun 1981	Шаблон:Small
13	Шаблон:Yes2Win	13–0	Reggie Jones	RTD	6 (10), Шаблон:Small	18 Jun 1981	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small
12	Шаблон:Yes2Win	12–0	Oscar Albarado	TKO	3 (10), Шаблон:Small	21 May 1981	Шаблон:Small
11	Шаблон:Yes2Win	11–0	Teddy Mann	UD	8	23 Feb 1981	Шаблон:Small
10	Шаблон:Yes2Win	10–0	Danny Long	TKO	5 (10), Шаблон:Small	8 Feb 1981	Шаблон:Small
9	Шаблон:Yes2Win	9–0	Skipper Jones	TKO	7 (10)	18 Dec 1980	Шаблон:Small
8	Шаблон:Yes2Win	8–0	Tommy Merola	TKO	2 (10), Шаблон:Small	16 Oct 1980	Шаблон:Small
7	Шаблон:Yes2Win	7–0	Johnny Davis	TKO	1 (8), Шаблон:Small	18 Sep 1980	Шаблон:Small
6	Шаблон:Yes2Win	6–0	Leo Ferro	UD	8	21 Aug 1980	Шаблон:Small
5	Шаблон:Yes2Win	5–0	Bruce Strauss	KO	4 (8)	17 Jul 1980	Шаблон:Small
4	Шаблон:Yes2Win	4–0	Ronald Cousins	TKO	1	19 Jun 1980	Шаблон:Small
3	Шаблон:Yes2Win	3–0	Dalton Swift	KO	2	22 May 1980	Шаблон:Small
2	Шаблон:Yes2Win	2–0	Jamal Arbubakar	PTS	4	8 May 1980	Шаблон:Small
1	Шаблон:Yes2Win	1–0	Hank Whitmore	KO	1 (4)	24 Apr 1980	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small

Outside the ring

Czyz married actress and photographer Kimberly Ross (October 8, 1959 – December 19, 2006) on October 27, 1992. Their daughter, Mercedes Czyz, was born September 27, 1993. They were divorced by the time Kimberly died, after a long battle with breast cancer, aged 47.

He has since been inducted into the Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.

Czyz is a member of Mensa, the organization for people who have scored in the highest 2% of takers in an IQ test. He even wore a shirt with "MENSA" on it while walking to the ring to fight Evander Holyfield.

See also

• List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
• List of world cruiserweight boxing champions

External links

• Шаблон:Boxrec
• Michael Swann's 2007 multi-part interview with Bobby Czyz
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Part Three
  • Follow-up