Английская Википедия: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.

Early life and amateur career

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. In his youth, before turning to boxing, he initially practiced wrestling and football.

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:

• 1986 – European Junior Semi-Finalist in middleweight division, defeating Fabrice Tiozzo but losing to Ray Close
• 1990 – German National Champion in light heavyweight division
• 1991 – European Champion in light heavyweight division

Defection to Germany

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".

Professional career

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.

Two-weight world champion

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 unification

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.

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 record

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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 fight

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 culture

• Tiger Energy Drink is named after the famous boxer. His picture and text "Recommended by Dariusz 'Tiger' Michalczewski" appears on the cans and bottles.
• Dariusz Michalczewski struck a friendship with performer Mark Wahlberg, known at the time by his stage name Marky Mark of the formation Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. In 1995, Marky Mark released a track called "No Mercy" about his friend Dariusz Michalczewski, including excerpts in Polish from Dariusz, who also appears in the video clip shot by Frank Papenbroock. "No Mercy" appears in the album The Remix Album by Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark, although this particular track is a solo effort by Marky Mark.
• In 2006, a documentary was made by Pawel Kocambasi alias P.M.Starost. The 60-minute documentary entitled "Tiger" took part in Filmfest München and won the award for the Best Documentary at the Biberacher Filmfestspiele.

Social involvement

In 2003 Dariusz Michalczewski established foundation "Równe Szanse" (equal chances) which was aimed at supporting initiatives for youth from dysfunctional families. Since 2014 he supports the social campaign for civil union and the right for adoption by homosexual couples.

Professional boxing record

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

Television viewership

Germany

Date	Fight	Viewership (Шаблон:Abbr)	Source(s)
Шаблон:Center	Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Richard Hall II	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Derrick Harmon	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Julio César González	Шаблон:Center
Шаблон:Center	Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Fabrice Tiozzo	Шаблон:Center
	Total viewership	26,500,000

Poland

Date	Fight	Viewership (Шаблон:Abbr)	Source(s)
Шаблон:Center	Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Julio César González	Шаблон:Center
	Total viewership	5,794,000

See also

• List of light heavyweight boxing champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions

External links

• Шаблон:Boxrec
• Dariusz Michalczewski profile at Cyber Boxing Zone