Grzegorz Kielsa | |
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Born | |
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.
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.
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]
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]
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