Grzegorz Kielsa

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Grzegorz Kielsa
Born (1979-05-26) 26 May 1979 (age 44)
Białystok, Poland
NationalityPolish
Other namesThe Steel Pole
Statistics
Weight(s)heavyweight
Stancesouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights14
Wins11
Wins by KO3
Losses2
Draws0
No contests1

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

Amateur career[edit]

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[edit]

  • 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia at Superheavyweight. Results were:
  • 2003 at the World Championships in Bangkok at Superheavyweight. Results were:

Professional career[edit]

Debut fight[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Canada Neven Pajkic UD 10 30/06/2010 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title.
Loss 11-0 Canada Neven Pajkic UD 10 27/03/2010 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title.
Win 9-8-2 United States Jason Bergman UD 6 21/11/2009 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada
Win 17-6-1 United States Kevin Montiy NC 2 04/09/2009 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada Fight stopped due to Montiy's inability to see out of his left eye.
Win 23-9-1 United States Byron Polley TKO 4 26/06/2009 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada Referee stopped the bout at 2:12 of the fourth round.
Win 14-4-2 Canada Arthur Cook TKO 8 20/03/2009 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:16 of the eighth round.
Win 7-2-1 Canada Raymond Olubowale UD 10 21/11/2008 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada Canada Heavyweight Title.
Win 7-4 The Bahamas Jerry Butler UD 8 29/08/2008 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada
Win 3-1-4 Mexico Alvaro Morales UD 4 20/06/2008 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win 9-5-1 United States Kenny Lemos TKO 3 05/04/2008 Canada Rama, Ontario, Canada
Win 3-9 Canada Stephane Tessier UD 6 28/10/2006 Canada Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Win 0-1 Trinidad and Tobago Mickey Richards TKO 2 23/06/2006 Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the second round.
Win 3-5 Canada Stephane Tessier UD 4 08/04/2006 Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Win 2-3 United States Mike Jones KO 2 11/03/2006 Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada Jones knocked out at 2:10 of the second round.

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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