Andrzej Fonfara

Andrzej Fonfara
Statistics
Nickname(s)	The Polish Prince
Rated at	Welterweight Light middleweight Middleweight Super middleweight Light heavyweight[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Reach	196 cm (77 in)
Nationality	Polish
Born	4 November 1987 Radom, Poland
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	32
Wins	28
Wins by KO	16
Losses	3
No contests	1

Andrzej Fonfara (born 4 November 1987) is a Polish professional boxer and former IBO light heavyweight champion.^[2] He currently resides in Chicago, the city with the third largest Polish population in the world behind Warsaw and New York.

Amateur career

• Bronze medal- Nationwide Youth Olympics in Hall Sports- Boxing, Starachowice, Poland 2003
• Bronze medal- Polish Junior Championship, Ostroleka, Poland 2004
• Silver medal- Polish Junior Cup, Ostroleka, Poland 2004
• Trophy for the youngest boxer- Youth Polish Championship, Ostroleka, Poland 2005
• Gold medal- Polish Junior Championship, Leszno, Poland 2005

Professional boxing

Andrzej began his career in boxing by joining the Warsaw boxing club Gwardia Warszawa. His trainers were Jacek Kucharczyk and Jerzy Rybicki. After some time he decided to transfer to another Warsaw boxing club, Legia Warszawa, and this time he trained with Krzysztof Kosedowski, Adam Kozlowski and Lukasz Landowski. But he didn’t stay there for long and transferred back to his original club. This time he was working with Stanislaw Lakomiec with whom he won his biggest trophies. Finally as a senior he trained with Paweł Skrzecz and Sebastian Skrzecz, and with them he ended his amateur career.

His professional career began in 2006 at Ostrołęka, where he won by majority decision against Czech fighter Miroslav Kubik. After this fight he got a chance to train and fight in the U.S. He currently resides in the U.S. with his family in Chicago and trains with Sam Colonna (Andrzej Golota’s trainer). In 2009 he signed a contract with Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions. That same year, Fonfara tested positive for anabolic steroids. His TKO win over Skyler Thompson was overturned, ending up in a No Contest.^[3] At the beginning of 2010 he decided to move to Light Heavyweight division which is better suited for his body. In 2010 he won a WBC Youth Championship, and in 2011 WBO NABO Title. On September 23, 2011, he won by TKO in second round against Jose Spearman in his home town of Chicago.

On June 13, 2012 at Chicago's UIC Pavilion, Fonfara defeated former champion Glen Johnson by unanimous decision.

Fonfara fought Adonis Stevenson on May 24, 2014, in Montreal, Quebec, losing by unanimous decision in a 12-round bout.

After the fight with Stevenson he signed a contract with Al Haymon.

Fonfara fought Julio César Chávez, Jr. on April 18, 2015, in Carson, California for the vacant WBC International Light Heavyweight Championship. Fonfara won the fight by technical knockout after Chavez threw in the towel before the start of the 10th round.^[4]

On October 16, 2015, at UIC Pavilion in Chicago he retained WBC International Light Heavyweight Championship. Fonfara defeated Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision (115-113, 116-112, 116-112).^[5]

Professional boxing record

See also

• List of current WBC youth world champions

References

1. "Andrzej Fonfara". BoxRec. 1987-11-04. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
2. Hamel, Larry (17 November 2012). "Andrzej Fonfara’s puzzling TKO victory pleases Pavilion crowd". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
3. "Adonis Stevenson: Next opponent is likely Andrzej Fonfara". Fightsaga.com. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
4. Rosenthal, Michael (18 April 2015). "Andrzej Fonfara delivers a severe blow to the career of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.". The Ring. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. Bracelin, Jason (16 October 2015). "Andrzej Fonfara outlasts Nathan Cleverly in record-setting 175-pound slugfest". Premier Boxing Champions. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

External links

• Andrzej Fonfara official site
• Andrzej Fonfara Career Record