In a career spanning 13 years and five months, Dariusz Michalczewski fought 50 times with 48 wins and 2 losses. By his last professional fight on February 26, 2005, Michalczewski's boxing record stood at 48-2 (38 KO wins, 1 KO loss).
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Dariusz Michalczewski (Tiger) is a retired Polish professional boxer. He was born in Gdańsk, Poland on May 5, 1968. Michalczewski made his professional boxing debut at the age of 23, on September 16, 1991. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. He is 55 years old, and will be turning 56 in 10 months and 25 days.
Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 48 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 38 |
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Total Title Wins | 4 |
Title Defenses | 23 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 20 |
Losses via KO | 1 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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50 | Feb 26, 2005 | 36 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Loss * | TKO6 |
49 | Oct 18, 2003 | 35 | Julio César González | Loss * | SD |
48 | Mar 29, 2003 | 34 | Derrick Harmon | Win * | KO9 |
47 | Sep 14, 2002 | 34 | Richard Hall | Win * | TKO10 |
46 | Apr 20, 2002 | 33 | Joey DeGrandis | Win * | KO2 |
45 | Dec 15, 2001 | 33 | Richard Hall | Win * | TKO11 |
44 | May 5, 2001 | 33 | Alejandro Lakatos | Win * | KO9 |
43 | Dec 16, 2000 | 32 | Ka-Dy King | Win * | TKO7 |
42 | Apr 15, 2000 | 31 | Graciano Rocchigiani | Win * | TKO10 |
41 | Aug 28, 1999 | 31 | Montell Griffin | Win * | TKO4 |
40 | Apr 3, 1999 | 30 | Muslim Biarslanov | Win * | TKO7 |
39 | Dec 12, 1998 | 30 | Drake Thadzi | Win * | TKO9 |
38 | Sep 19, 1998 | 30 | Mark Prince | Win * | KO8 |
37 | Mar 20, 1998 | 29 | Andrea Magi | Win * | TKO4 |
36 | Dec 13, 1997 | 29 | Darren Zenner | Win * | RTD6 |
35 | Oct 4, 1997 | 29 | Nicky Piper | Win * | TKO7 |
34 | Jun 13, 1997 | 29 | Virgil Hill | Win * | UD |
33 | Dec 13, 1996 | 28 | Christophe Girard | Win * | TKO8 |
32 | Aug 10, 1996 | 28 | Graciano Rocchigiani | Win * | DQ |
31 | Jun 8, 1996 | 28 | Christophe Girard | Win * | UD |
30 | Apr 6, 1996 | 27 | Asluddin Umarov | Win * | TKO5 |
29 | Oct 7, 1995 | 27 | Philippe Michel | Win * | UD |
28 | Aug 19, 1995 | 27 | Everardo Armenta Jr. | Win * | KO5 |
27 | May 20, 1995 | 27 | Paul Carlo | Win * | KO4 |
26 | Mar 11, 1995 | 26 | Roberto Dominguez | Win * | KO2 |
25 | Dec 17, 1994 | 26 | Nestor Hipolito Giovannini | Win * | KO10 |
24 | Sep 10, 1994 | 26 | Leeonzer Barber | Win * | UD |
23 | May 28, 1994 | 26 | Melvin Wynn | Win | KO2 |
22 | Apr 23, 1994 | 25 | David Davis | Win | KO7 |
21 | Feb 19, 1994 | 25 | David Vedder | Win | DQ |
20 | Nov 20, 1993 | 25 | Sergio Daniel Merani | Win | TD |
19 | Sep 11, 1993 | 25 | Mwehu Beya | Win | PTS |
18 | Jun 26, 1993 | 25 | Juan Alberto Barrero | Win | KO5 |
17 | May 22, 1993 | 25 | Noel Magee | Win | TKO8 |
16 | Apr 3, 1993 | 24 | Pat Alley | Win | KO4 |
15 | Feb 13, 1993 | 24 | Ali Saidi | Win | KO10 |
14 | Jan 12, 1993 | 24 | Willie McDonald | Win | KO2 |
13 | Dec 8, 1992 | 24 | Mike Peak | Win | PTS |
12 | Nov 17, 1992 | 24 | Keith Williams | Win | TKO2 |
11 | Nov 7, 1992 | 24 | Cecil Simms | Win | KO2 |
10 | Sep 29, 1992 | 24 | Steve McCarthy | Win | DQ |
9 | Aug 28, 1992 | 24 | Sylvester White | Win | TKO5 |
8 | Jun 27, 1992 | 24 | Richard Bustin | Win | KO4 |
7 | May 22, 1992 | 24 | Terrence Wright | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Apr 4, 1992 | 23 | Robert Johnson | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Feb 21, 1992 | 23 | Sean Mannion | Win | TKO3 |
4 | Jan 28, 1992 | 23 | Yves Monsieur | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Jan 10, 1992 | 23 | Zoltan Habda | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Oct 15, 1991 | 23 | Peter Cenki | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Sep 16, 1991 | 23 | Frederic Porter | Win | TKO2 |
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Michalczewski was a two-weight-division world champion. He has held four world titles, all four of which were lineal championship wins.
Weight Division | World Titles Held |
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Cruiserweight | WBO |
Light-heavyweight | WBA, IBF, WBO |
Dariusz Michalczewski is 184 cm tall (6' 0.44") with a reach of 178 cm (5' 10.08"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of -6 cm (-2.36").
Michalczewski has a 76% KO rate. Of his total 38 KO wins, 18 were in the early rounds, 12 in the mid rounds, and eight in the later rounds. He doesn't have any first-round KO wins.
Dariusz Michalczewski's professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1991 to 2005.
Michalczewski made his professional boxing debut against Frederic Porter at the age of 23 on September 16, 1991, defeating Porter via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 47 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 37 wins via stoppage.
Michalczewski had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on September 10, 1994 after 23 professional fights, against Leeonzer Barber for the light-heavyweight WBO title. He defeated Barber via 12 round unanimous decision to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
He was a one-time undisputed light-heavyweight world champion, and has won four world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Michalczewski's world title wins and defenses refer to "Dariusz Michalczewski World Titles".
Some of Michalczewski's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Virgil Hill, Andrea Magi, Joey DeGrandis, Asluddin Umarov, Everardo Armenta Jr., Darren Zenner, and Paul Carlo.
Michalczewski had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was on February 26, 2005 against French boxer Fabrice Tiozzo for Tiozzo's light-heavyweight WBA title. Michalczewski lost the fight via 6th round TKO. It's been 18 years, 3 months, and 15 days since this fight.
Michalczewski fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 27 world-title fights at two weight divisions — light-heavyweight and cruiserweight. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
September 10, 1994: Michalczewski wins his first world title by defeating Leeonzer Barber via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBO light-heavyweight world champion.
March 11, 1995: Michalczewski successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Roberto Dominguez, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
May 20, 1995: Michalczewski successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Paul Carlo, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
August 19, 1995: Michalczewski successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Everardo Armenta Jr., winning the fight via 5th round KO.
April 6, 1996: Michalczewski successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Asluddin Umarov, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
June 13, 1997: Michalczewski becomes the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion by defeating Virgil Hill via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBO, WBA, and IBF light-heavyweight world-champion belts.
March 20, 1998: Michalczewski successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Andrea Magi, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
August 28, 1999: Michalczewski successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Montell Griffin, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
April 20, 2002: Michalczewski successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Joey DeGrandis, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Michalczewski's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Fabrice Tiozzo, and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On February 26, 2005, a 36-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (48-1, 38 KO) faced French boxer Fabrice Tiozzo, who was 35 years old with a record of 46-2. Michalczewski was challenging Tiozzo's WBA light-heavyweight title. Tiozzo was on a four-fight win streak with 30 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Tiozzo had a 5 cm reach advantage over Michalczewski. Coming into this fight, Tiozzo had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Michalczewski lost to Tiozzo via 6th round TKO. He is now on a two-fight losing streak. This was the last professional fight of his boxing career.
On October 18, 2003, a 35-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (48-0, 38 KO) faced Mexican boxer Julio César González, who was 27 years old with a record of 34-1 in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. González was on a seven-fight win streak with 22 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 23 cm reach advantage over Michalczewski. Coming into this fight, González had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Michalczewski lost to González via 12 round split-decision and lost the WBO light-heavyweight title. He suffers the first loss of his career, and his 48-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On March 29, 2003, a 34-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (47-0, 37 KO) faced Derrick Harmon in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Harmon via 9th round KO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 48-fight winning streak, with 14 back-to-back KO wins.
On September 14, 2002, in their 2nd fight, a 34-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (46-0, 36 KO) faced Richard Hall again, who was now 30 years old with a record of 9-3 in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. Hall had lost to Michalczewski in their last fight, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 19 cm reach advantage over Michalczewski. Coming into this fight, Hall had three losses, all of which were via stoppage
Michalczewski defeated Hall via 10th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 47-fight winning streak, with 13 back-to-back KO wins.
On April 20, 2002, a 33-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (45-0, 35 KO) faced Joey DeGrandis in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated DeGrandis via 2nd round KO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 46-fight winning streak, with 12 back-to-back KO wins.
On December 15, 2001, a 33-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (44-0, 34 KO) faced Jamaican boxer Richard Hall for the first time, who was 30 years old with a record of 9-2 in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. Hall was on a one-fight win streak with 9 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 19 cm reach advantage over Michalczewski. Coming into this fight, Hall had two losses, both of which were via stoppage.
Michalczewski defeated Hall via 11th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 45-fight winning streak, with 11 back-to-back KO wins.
On May 5, 2001, a 33-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (43-0, 33 KO) faced Alejandro Lakatos in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Lakatos via 9th round KO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 44-fight winning streak, with 10 back-to-back KO wins.
On December 16, 2000, a 32-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (42-0, 32 KO) faced Ka-Dy King in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated King via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 43-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On April 15, 2000, in their 2nd fight, a 31-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (41-0, 31 KO) faced Graciano Rocchigiani again, who was now 36 years old with a record of 40-4-1 in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. Rocchigiani was on a two-fight win streak with 19 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 11 cm reach advantage over Michalczewski. Coming into this fight, Rocchigiani had four losses, but had never been stopped.
Michalczewski defeated Rocchigiani via 10th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 42-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On August 28, 1999, a 31-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (40-0, 30 KO) faced American boxer Montell Griffin, who was 29 years old with a record of 38-2 in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. Griffin was on a four-fight win streak with 27 KO wins. Michalczewski was the taller of the two by 14 cms but both had the same reach. Coming into this fight, Griffin had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Michalczewski defeated Griffin via 4th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 41-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On April 3, 1999, a 30-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (39-0, 29 KO) faced Muslim Biarslanov in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Biarslanov via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 40-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On December 12, 1998, a 30-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (38-0, 28 KO) faced Drake Thadzi in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Thadzi via 9th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 39-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On September 19, 1998, a 30-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (37-0, 27 KO) faced Mark Prince in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Prince via 8th round KO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 38-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On March 20, 1998, a 29-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (36-0, 26 KO) faced Andrea Magi in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Magi via 4th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 37-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 13, 1997, a 29-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (35-0, 25 KO) faced Darren Zenner in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Zenner via 6th round RTD to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 36-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On October 4, 1997, a 29-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (34-0, 24 KO) faced Nicky Piper in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Piper via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 35-fight winning streak.
On June 13, 1997, a 29-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (33-0, 24 KO) faced American boxer Virgil Hill, who was 33 years old with a record of 43-1 in an undisputed light-heavyweight championship bout. Hill was on a 13-fight win streak with 20 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Hill had a 18 cm reach advantage over Michalczewski. Coming into this fight, Hill had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Michalczewski defeated Hill via 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBA and IBF light-heavyweight titles and retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 34-fight winning streak.
On December 13, 1996, in their 2nd fight, a a 28-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (32-0, 23 KO) faced Christophe Girard in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Girard via 8th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 33-fight winning streak.
On August 10, 1996, a 28-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (31-0, 23 KO) faced German boxer Graciano Rocchigiani for the first time, who was 32 years old with a record of 38-3-1 in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. Rocchigiani was on a one-fight win streak with 19 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 11 cm reach advantage over Michalczewski. Coming into this fight, Rocchigiani had three losses, but had never been stopped.
Michalczewski defeated Rocchigiani via 7 round DQ to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 32-fight winning streak.
On June 8, 1996, a 28-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (30-0, 23 KO) faced Christophe Girard in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Girard via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 31-fight winning streak.
On April 6, 1996, a 27-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (29-0, 22 KO) faced Asluddin Umarov in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Umarov via 5th round TKO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 30-fight winning streak.
On October 7, 1995, a 27-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (28-0, 22 KO) faced Philippe Michel in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Michel via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 29-fight winning streak.
On August 19, 1995, a 27-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (27-0, 21 KO) faced Everardo Armenta Jr. in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Armenta Jr. via 5th round KO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 28-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On May 20, 1995, a 27-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (26-0, 20 KO) faced Paul Carlo in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Carlo via 4th round KO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On March 11, 1995, a 26-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (25-0, 19 KO) faced Roberto Dominguez in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. He defeated Dominguez via 2nd round KO to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 26-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On December 17, 1994, a 26-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (24-0, 18 KO) faced Nestor Hipolito Giovannini for Giovannini's WBO cruiserweight title. He defeated Giovannini via 10th round KO to win the WBO cruiserweight title. He is now on a 25-fight winning streak.
On September 10, 1994, in his 24th professional fight, a 26-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (23-0, 18 KO) had his first world title fight against Leeonzer Barber for Barber's WBO light-heavyweight belt. He defeated Barber via 12th round unanimous decision to win the WBO light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 24-fight winning streak.
On May 28, 1994, a 26-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (22-0, 17 KO) fought Melvin Wynn in his 23rd professional fight. He defeated Wynn via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On April 23, 1994, a 25-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (21-0, 16 KO) fought David Davis in his 22nd professional fight. He defeated Davis via 7th round KO. He is now on a 22-fight winning streak.
On February 19, 1994, a 25-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (20-0, 16 KO) fought David Vedder in his 21st professional fight. He defeated Vedder via 1st round DQ. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak.
On November 20, 1993, a 25-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (19-0, 16 KO) fought Sergio Daniel Merani in his 20th professional fight. He defeated Merani via 9th round technical-decision. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak.
On September 11, 1993, a 25-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (18-0, 16 KO) fought Mwehu Beya in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Beya via 12th round PTS. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak.
On June 26, 1993, a 25-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (17-0, 15 KO) fought Juan Alberto Barrero in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Barrero via 5th round KO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On May 22, 1993, a 25-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (16-0, 14 KO) fought Noel Magee in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Magee via 8th round TKO. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On April 3, 1993, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (15-0, 13 KO) fought Pat Alley in his 16th professional fight. He defeated Alley via 4th round KO. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On February 13, 1993, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (14-0, 12 KO) fought Ali Saidi in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Saidi via 10th round KO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On January 12, 1993, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (13-0, 11 KO) fought Willie McDonald in his 14th professional fight. He defeated McDonald via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak.
On December 8, 1992, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (12-0, 11 KO) fought Mike Peak in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Peak via 8th round PTS. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
On November 17, 1992, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (11-0, 10 KO) fought Keith Williams in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Williams via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 7, 1992, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (10-0, 9 KO) fought Cecil Simms in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Simms via 2nd round KO. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
On September 29, 1992, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (9-0, 9 KO) fought Steve McCarthy in his 10th professional fight. He defeated McCarthy via 3rd round DQ. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak.
On August 28, 1992, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (8-0, 8 KO) fought Sylvester White in his 9th professional fight. He defeated White via 5th round TKO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On June 27, 1992, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (7-0, 7 KO) fought Richard Bustin in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Bustin via 4th round KO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On May 22, 1992, a 24-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (6-0, 6 KO) fought Terrence Wright in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Wright via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On April 4, 1992, a 23-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (5-0, 5 KO) fought Robert Johnson in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Johnson via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On February 21, 1992, a 23-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (4-0, 4 KO) fought Sean Mannion in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Mannion via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On January 28, 1992, a 23-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (3-0, 3 KO) fought Yves Monsieur in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Monsieur via 4th round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On January 10, 1992, a 23-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (2-0, 2 KO) fought Zoltan Habda in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Habda via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On October 15, 1991, a 23-year old Dariusz Michalczewski (1-0, 1 KO) fought Peter Cenki in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Cenki via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On September 16, 1991, a 23-year old Dariusz Michalczewski successfully debuted against Frederic Porter. He defeated Porter via 2nd round TKO.
Michalczewski knocked out 38 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 76%. Of his total 48 wins, 38 of them were via KO (79.2%).