Grzegorz Kielsa

Grzegorz Kielsa
Grzegorz Kielsa
Born	26 May 1979 (age 45); Białystok, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Other names	The Steel Pole
	Statistics
Weight(s)	heavyweight
Stance	southpaw
	Boxing record
Total fights	14
Wins	11
Wins by KO	3
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	1

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

Amateur career

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

2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia at Superheavyweight. Results were:
- Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (KAZ) PTS (16-5)
2003 at the World Championships in Bangkok at Superheavyweight. Results were:
- Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) PTS (22-8)
- Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (20-9)

Professional career

Debut fight

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

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

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

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

External links

Boxing record for Grzegorz Kielsa from BoxRec (registration required)

[Sports_Reference-1] "Grzegorz Kielsa Record". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2009.

[Boxrec-2] "Grzegorz Kielsa". Boxrec. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 26 January 2009.

[1]

[2]