Dawid Kostecki

Dawid Kostecki
Statistics
Nickname(s) Cygan ("Gypsy")
Weight(s) Light-heavyweight
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nationality Polish
Born (1981-06-27) 27 June 1981
Rzeszów, Poland
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 41
Wins 39
Wins by KO 25
Losses 2
Draws 0

Dawid Kostecki (born 27 June 1981) is a Polish professional boxer who fights at light-heavyweight.[1]

Personal life

Dawid Kostecki was born in Rzeszów, Poland. He is married to Edyta and they have four children (one of them was born when boxer wasn't at the age of 18).

He has Polish-Romani ancestry.

Boxing titles

  • WBC Youth Light Heavyweight Title (2004)
  • WBF Light Heavyweight Title (2005)
  • IBC Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
  • (2) WBF Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
  • WBC Baltic Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
  • WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight Title (2011)

Dawid Kostecki vs Roy Jones, Jr.

Roy Jones was supposed to face Dawid Kostecki in a ten-round bout at Atlas Arena on June 30. Days before the fight, Kostecki was convicted of being the ringleader of a criminal organization and was thrown in jail. Other Polish boxer, Paweł Głażewski stepped in to fight Jones instead. Jones defeated the 17-0 Głażewski by split decision.

Trouble with the law

October 31, 2011 the District Court in Rzeszów sentenced Kostecki to 2.5 years in prison for setting up and co-ownership of a criminal group. In 2003-2007 the group conducted three escort agencies. Investigators also accused him of trafficking in amphetamine, but the court acquitted him of the complaint. The boxer lodged an appeal. May 10, 2012 Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of 2.5 years imprisonment. On the night of 19/20 June 2012 was stopped by police officers and brought to serve a punishment. August 13, 2014 was released from prison.[2]

Comeback to ring

After coming back from the prison Kostecki extended for 4 years his contract with Andrzej Wasilewski, who is owner of the Polish group Knockout Promotions. Kostecki plans his comeback in the boxing ring on breakthrough of October and November.[3]

Professional Record

39 Wins (25 knockouts), 2 Loss, 0 Draw[4]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 39-2 Poland Andrzej Sołdra UD8 2014-11-08Poland Kraków
Win 39–1 Georgia (country) Sandro Siproshvili UD6 2012-04-21Poland Zabrze
Win 38–1 United States Byron Mitchell KO4 (10) 2011-12-03Poland Warszawa Retained WBC Baltic and WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight titles
Win 37–1 Denmark Lolenga Mock UD10 2011-06-25Poland Rzeszów Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight title

Retained WBC Baltic Light Heavyweight title

Win 36–1 Spain Juan Nelongo UD6 2011-03-05Poland Krynica Zdrój
Win 35–1 Trinidad and Tobago Shawn Corbin TKO4 (10) 2010-10-23Poland Warszawa
Win 34–1 Romania Giulian Ilie UD12 2009-13-18Poland Gdynia Won vacant WBF Light Heavyweight title
Win 33–1 Italy Dario Cichello TKO7 (12) 2010-02-06Poland Rzeszów Won vacant IBC Light Heavyweight title
Win 32–1 Romania Istvan Varga TKO1 (8) 2009-13-18Poland Łódź
Win 31–1 Poland Grzegorz Soszyński UD10 2009-10-24Poland Łódź
Win 30–1 France Martial Bella Oleme UD8 2009-02-28Poland Lublin
Win 29–1 Kenya Samson Onyango TKO5 (10) 2008-12-13Poland Ketrzyn
Win 28–1 Brazil Marcelo Leandro Da Silva TKO1 (8) 2008-09-14Poland Kielce
Win 27–1 Georgia (country) Armen Azizian UD8 2008-02-29Poland Lublin
Win 26–1 Portugal Antonio Pedro Quiganga TKO2 (10) 2007-12-15Poland Rzeszów
Win 25–1 Germany Bernard Donfack UD8 2007-10-13Russia Moscow
Win 24–1 Romania Paul David KO1 (8) 2007-09-22Poland Bytom
Win 23–1 Algeria Ramdane Serdjane DQ6 (8) 2006-10-28Poland Dębica
Win 22–1 Germany Andreas Günther KO2 (6) 2006-07-01Poland Kepno
Loss 21–1 France Rachid Kanfouah KO9 (12) 2006-05-06Poland Krosno For vacant IBC Light Heavyweight title
Win 21–0 Nigeria Richard Nwoba KO2 (10) 2006-01-21Poland Busko Zdrój
Win 20–0 Belgium Ismail Abdoul UD12 2005-10-15Poland Rzeszów Won vacant WBF Light Heavyweight title
Win 19–0 Tanzania Joseph Marwa TKO5 (10) 2005-05-21Poland Zdzieszowice
Win 18–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mukadi Shambuyi KO3 (10) 2005-03-12Poland Poznań Retained WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title
Win 17–0 United States Tucker Lambert KO3 (6) 2005-01-21United States Elk Grove
Win 16–0 United States Dhafir Smith UD10 2004-12-19Poland Rzeszów Retained WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title
Win 15–0 Netherlands Talal Santiago PTS6 2004-11-20Poland Strzelce Opolskie
Win 14–0 Tanzania Gasper Mathew TKO5 (10) 2004-09-25Poland Opole Won vacant WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title
Win 13–0 Russia Dmitry Treskov TKO6 (6) 2004-06-05Poland Dąbrowa Górnicza
Win 12–0 Croatia Ivica Cukusic KO2 (6) 2004-04-24Poland Dąbrowa Górnicza
Win 11–0 Kenya George Adipo Odour TKO6 (6) 2004-03-27Poland Radom
Win 10–0 Slovakia Stefan Stanko KO1 (4) 2004-03-13Germany Berlin
Win 9–0 Czech Republic Pavel Zima TKO3 (6) 2003-12-13Poland Opole
Win 8–0 Hungary Otto Nemeth TKO2 (6) 2003-10-24Poland Wrocław
Win 7–0 Turkey Bruce Özbek PTS6 2003-09-27Poland Gorzów Wielkopolski
Win 6–0 Romania Florian Benche PTS4 2003-06-28Poland Opole
Win 5–0 Belarus Dmitry Adamovich KO3 (4) 2002-05-24Poland Płońsk
Win 4–0 Hungary Sandor Szakaly TKO1 (6) 2002-04-13Poland Bielsko Biała
Win 3–0 Poland Piotr Ścieszka TKO2 (4) 2002-02-23Poland Włocławek
Win 2–0 unknown KO2 (4) 2001-12-29Poland Konin
Win 1–0 Poland Marcin Najman TKO4 (4) 2001-11-24Poland Łódź Kostecki's professional debut.

References

  1. ↑ Professional boxing record for Dawid Kostecki from BoxRec. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. WP.PL
  3. ↑ Comeback. Przegląd Sportowy
  4. ↑ Boxing record
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