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Pete Podgorski | ||
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Ring Record | ||
Career Span | 1977–1986 | |
Total Bouts | 38 | |
Wins | 22 | |
Knockouts | 16 | |
NC | 1 | |
Losses | 14 |
Pete Podgorski (born December 1953) is a former amateur and professional - Junior Welterweight, Welterweight & light middleweight boxer, as well as a boxing official.
As an amateur, Podgorski compiled a 45-12 record, along with twenty knockouts. The 1972 C.Y.O. Catholic Youth Organization Welterweight Champion, 1973 Fox Valley, Wisconsin Golden Gloves Champion, and 1977 C.P.D. Chicago Park District Open division 156 lb. Champion also fought as a member of the United States national boxing teams. Occasionally nicknamed the "Polish Hammer" and "The Percentage Man", he is of Polish, Russian, Irish and French descent. Mothers last name was, La Montagne. [1] As a professional boxer, Podgorski compiled a 22-14 record with sixteen knockouts
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