- Paolo Vidoz
Infobox Boxer
name=Paolo Vidoz
realname=Paolo Vidoz
nickname=Titanium Jaw
weight=Heavyweight
nationality=Flagicon|Italy Italian
birth_date=Birth date and age|1970|8|21|mf=y
birth_place=Gorizia ,Italy
death_date|=
death_place|=
style=Orthodox
total=26
wins=23
KO=12
losses=3
draws=0
no contests=0|Paolo Vidoz (born
August 21 ,1970 inGorizia ) is a boxer fromItaly , who won the Olympic bronze medal, twice won the bronze medal at theWorld Amateur Boxing Championships : 1997 and 1999 and also won a silver medal at the European Championships.Amateur career
He won Olympic Bronze in 2000 at Super Heavyweight after beating
Calvin Brock andSamuel Peter but lost toAudley Harrison .Amateur Highlights
* Italian Superheavyweight Champion 1991, 1993, 1995-1997, 1999
*1996 competed at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmrl. Results were:
**DefeatedVasile Ciocan (Romania) RSC-2
**DefeatedMiroslav Gavenciak (Slovakia) PTS
**Lost toRené Monse (Germany) DSQ-3
*1996 competed as a Superheavyweight at the Atlanta Olympics. Results was:
**Lost toAlexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) RSCH-1
*1997 3rd place at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results were:
**DefeatedPatrick Halberg (Denmark) PTS
**DefeatedHenryk Zatyka (Poland) PTS
**DefeatedAhmed El Akad (Egypt) PTS
**Lost toAlexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS
*1997 won the Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy beatingSinan Samil Sam of Turkey in the final.
*1998 won the Goodwill Games in New York, USA. Results were:
**DefeatedKeith Govan (USA) PTS (8-1)
**DefeatedDmitriy Diagilev (Russia) PTS (8-2)
**DefeatedAlexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS (9-3)
*1998 competed at the European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Results were:
**DefeatedRimantas Priczmantas (Lithuania) PTS
**Lost toVladimir Lazebnik (Ukraine) PTS
*1999 3rd place at the World Championships in Houston, USA. Results were:
**DefeatedPatrice L'Heureux (Canada) PTS
**DefeatedAlexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS (2-5)
**Lost toMukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kazakhstan) PTS
*2000 2nd place at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
**DefeatedKurban Guenerbakan (Turkey) RSCI-1
**DefeatedKestutis Bitkevicius (Lithuania) RSC-4
**DefeatedBagrat Oghanian (Armenia) PTS
**Lost toAlexei Lezin (Russia) PTS
*2000 won Super Heavyweight bronze at the Sydney Olympics. Results were:
**DefeatedCalvin Brock (USA) RSCO-4
**DefeatedSamuel Peter (Nigeria) PTS (14-3)
**Lost toAudley Harrison (Great Britain) PTS (16-32)Professional career
His first match was held at
Madison Square Garden onJanuary 27 ,2001 against Chris Morris. He won the match via knockout at 2 minutes and 22 seconds in the first round.Vidoz kept up a solid winning streak before encountering
Zuri Lawrence , a "journeyman" fighter who, while proficient in his defensive ability, lacks a modicum of talent with regard to hitting his opponents (he has failed to record even a single knockout throughout his 12 years in the ring). Lawrence was able to baffle Vidoz with his slippery movement in the ring and score a unanimous decision after eight rounds.Vidoz bounced back with his next fight, registering a devastating knockout of Eduardo Sandivares at just under a minute into the fight.
Vidoz dropped out of serious contention with a ninth round TKO loss to 7 ft 2 inch
Russia n prospectNicolay Valuev onOctober 9 ,2004 at the Messehalle inErfurt ,Germany .On
June 6 ,2005 Vidoz captured vacantEurope an (EBU)Heavyweight title and IBF Inter-Continental Title with a split decision overTimo Hoffmann . Vidoz followed this up with a victory over British fighterMichael Sprott , but his "Titanium Jaw" was later checked in a fight in July 2006 againstVladimir Virchis , who beat Vidoz by KO in the 6th.External links
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