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Total Fights | 52 |
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Wins | 44 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
KO Wins | 28 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and one month, Bobby Czyz fought 52 times with 44 wins and 8 losses.
Czyz retired from professional boxing with a record of 44-8, which included two world-title wins and five successful title defense fights at two weight classes — light-heavyweight and cruiserweight. He had a 53.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 28 of his total 52 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. Czyz suffered five knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 2nd round TKO defeat to Corrie Sanders on June 12, 1998.
Some of Czyz' best fights and notable victories include wins over Willie Edwards, David Sears, Oscar Albarado, Jim MacDonald, Slobodan Kačar, Donny Lalonde, and Richard Jackson.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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52 | Jun 12, 1998 | 36 | Corrie Sanders | Loss | TKO2 |
51 | May 10, 1996 | 34 | Evander Holyfield | Loss | RTD5 |
50 | Dec 5, 1995 | 33 | Richard Jackson | Win | TKO6 |
49 | Sep 22, 1995 | 33 | Jeff Williams | Win | UD |
48 | Mar 24, 1995 | 33 | Tim Tomashek | Win | TKO5 |
47 | Aug 4, 1994 | 32 | David Izeqwire | Loss | RTD4 |
46 | Feb 19, 1994 | 32 | George O'Mara | Win | UD |
45 | May 8, 1992 | 30 | Donny Lalonde | Win * | UD |
44 | Aug 9, 1991 | 29 | Bash Ali | Win * | UD |
43 | Mar 8, 1991 | 29 | Robert Daniels | Win * | SD |
42 | Sep 21, 1990 | 28 | Horacio Rene Brandan | Win | TKO6 |
41 | Jun 24, 1990 | 28 | Andrew Maynard | Win | KO7 |
40 | Mar 23, 1990 | 28 | Uriah Grant | Win | UD |
39 | Jun 25, 1989 | 27 | Charles Williams | Loss * | RTD10 |
38 | Mar 4, 1989 | 27 | Virgil Hill | Loss * | UD |
37 | Dec 27, 1988 | 26 | Mike DeVito | Win | TKO7 |
36 | Oct 25, 1988 | 26 | Leslie Stewart | Win | SD |
35 | May 22, 1988 | 26 | Dennis Andries | Loss | MD |
34 | Oct 29, 1987 | 25 | Charles Williams | Loss * | RTD9 |
33 | May 3, 1987 | 25 | Jim MacDonald | Win * | TKO6 |
32 | Feb 21, 1987 | 25 | Willie Edwards | Win * | KO2 |
31 | Dec 26, 1986 | 24 | David Sears | Win * | TKO1 |
30 | Sep 6, 1986 | 24 | Slobodan Kačar | Win * | TKO5 |
29 | Jul 26, 1985 | 23 | Murray Sutherland | Win | UD |
28 | May 9, 1985 | 23 | Mike Fischer | Win | UD |
27 | Jan 18, 1985 | 22 | Tim Broady | Win | TKO4 |
26 | Oct 23, 1984 | 22 | Marvin Mack | Win | UD |
25 | May 30, 1984 | 22 | Mark Frazie | Win | UD |
24 | Feb 15, 1984 | 22 | Jimmy Baker | Win | TKO1 |
23 | Oct 25, 1983 | 21 | Bill Medei | Win | TKO4 |
22 | Sep 9, 1983 | 21 | Bert Lee | Win | RTD2 |
21 | Nov 20, 1982 | 20 | Mustafa Hamsho | Loss | UD |
20 | Sep 25, 1982 | 20 | Chris Linson | Win | TKO2 |
19 | Jul 3, 1982 | 20 | Manuel Melon | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Mar 23, 1982 | 20 | Bobby Coolidge | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Jan 17, 1982 | 19 | Robbie Sims | Win | UD |
16 | Nov 12, 1981 | 19 | Elisha Obed | Win | DQ |
15 | Nov 8, 1981 | 19 | Dan Snyder | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Jun 26, 1981 | 19 | Rick Noggle | Win | TKO7 |
13 | Jun 18, 1981 | 19 | Reggie Jones | Win | RTD6 |
12 | May 21, 1981 | 19 | Oscar Albarado | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Feb 23, 1981 | 19 | Teddy Mann | Win | UD |
10 | Feb 8, 1981 | 18 | Danny Long | Win | TKO5 |
9 | Dec 18, 1980 | 18 | Skipper Jones | Win | TKO7 |
8 | Oct 16, 1980 | 18 | Tommy Merola | Win | TKO2 |
7 | Sep 18, 1980 | 18 | Johnny Davis | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Aug 21, 1980 | 18 | Leo Ferro | Win | UD |
5 | Jul 17, 1980 | 18 | Bruce Strauss | Win | KO4 |
4 | Jun 19, 1980 | 18 | Ronald Cousins | Win | TKO1 |
3 | May 22, 1980 | 18 | Dalton Swift | Win | KO2 |
2 | May 8, 1980 | 18 | Jamal Arbubakar | Win | PTS |
1 | Apr 24, 1980 | 18 | Hank Whitmore | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Bobby Czyz (Matinee Idol) is a 62-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Orange, New Jersey, U.S. on February 10, 1962. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1980 to 1998.
Czyz made his professional boxing debut against Hank Whitmore at the age of 18 on April 24, 1980, defeating Whitmore via 1st round KO. He went on to win 19 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 14 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on September 6, 1986 after 29 professional fights, against Slobodan Kačar for the light-heavyweight IBF title. He defeated Kačar via 5th round TKO to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Czyz has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Czyz' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Czyz had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against South African boxer Corrie Sanders on June 12, 1998. Czyz lost the fight via 2nd round TKO. It's been 25 years, 10 months, and 12 days since this fight.
Czyz had a total of 10 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and five successful title defenses. He won seven of these fights and lost three.
Bobby Czyz fought for world titles in four fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 8, 1991 | Robert Daniels | Cruiserweight | WBA | SD |
Sep 6, 1986 | Slobodan Kačar | Light-heavyweight | IBF | TKO |
Bobby Czyz had six world-title defense fights across two weight classes — light-heavyweight (x4) and cruiserweight (x2). He won five of them and lost only once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 8, 1992 | Donny Lalonde | Cruiserweight | WBA | UD |
Aug 9, 1991 | Bash Ali | Cruiserweight | WBA | UD |
May 3, 1987 | Jim MacDonald | Light-heavyweight | IBF | TKO |
Feb 21, 1987 | Willie Edwards | Light-heavyweight | IBF | KO |
Dec 26, 1986 | David Sears | Light-heavyweight | IBF | TKO |
Bobby Czyz lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Oct 29, 1987 | Charles Williams | Light-heavyweight | IBF | RTD |
Czyz fought a total of 52 times during his professional career, which includes 10 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
May 21, 1981: Bobby Czyz puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Oscar Albarado via 3rd round TKO.
September 6, 1986: Czyz wins his first world title by defeating Slobodan Kačar via 5th round TKO. He is now the IBF light-heavyweight world champion.
December 26, 1986: Czyz successfully defends the IBF light-heavyweight title against David Sears, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
February 21, 1987: Czyz successfully defends the IBF light-heavyweight title against Willie Edwards, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
May 8, 1992: Czyz successfully defends the WBA cruiserweight title against Donny Lalonde, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Czyz knocked out 28 of his 52 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 53.8%. Of his total 44 wins, 28 of them were via KO (63.6%).
Czyz' first world-title win was the IBF belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Slobodan Kačar via 5 round TKO to win the title.
Czyz won two world titles at two weight classes.
Czyz had a total of six title defense fights. He was successful five times and lost one time.