Robert Šulgan

Robert Šulgan (born 19 April 1975, Třinec, Czech Republic) is a Czech professional heavyweight boxer and a holder of the Czech Heavyweight title.

Robert Šulgan
Statistics
Real nameRobert Šulgan
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
NationalityCzech
Born (1975-04-19) 19 April 1975
Třinec, Czech Republic
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights19
Wins12
Wins by KO9
Losses7
Draws0
No contests0

Early career

Šulgan started boxing at the age of sixteen for an amateur club in the nearby town, Frýdek-Místek. After completing his national service he left for North Carolina, in the US, where he worked and competed in amateur boxing tournaments.

Professional

Following his successes in the local amateur boxing tournaments he decided to turn professional in 1999, and soon after returned to the Czech Republic. After picking up a number of wins at several venues around the country against Czech and Slovak opponents he won the vacant Czech heavyweight title in a bout against Marek Oravský in 2002, having lost to Oravsky several months prior.[1] Also in 2002 he was the sparring partner to well known polish boxer Przemysław Saleta who was preparing for an EBU heavyweight title fight with German-Turkish boxer Sinan Şamil Sam.[2]

Since then he's boxed the likes of Tomasz Bonin, Michael Sprott[3][4] and Alexander Petkovic.[5][6]

An opportunity arose in 2004 to fight an established and known heavyweight boxer Cedric Boswell at the Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, US, a potential breakthrough for Czech boxing. The fight was cancelled however.[7][8]

In 2010 he was due to take part in a charity boxing event called Night of Heroes held at the Millennium theatre in Prague, endorsed by UNICEF to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake. The lineup was fronted by Czech champion Lukáš Konečný pitted against Romanian Ionut Trandafir Illie.[9] Other participating fighters included Tomy Altmann from Germany, Nick Okoth and Artsiom Salomka from Belarus. The event received live coverage on Eurosport.

12 Wins (9 knockouts, 3 decisions), 7 Loss, 0 Draws
Res. Opponent Type Rd. Date Venue Location
Loss Frantisek Kasanic TKO 4 19 May 2006 Sportovní Hala (Sports Hall) Prostějov, Czech Republic
Win Martin Stensky TKO 1 15 December 2005 Sportovní Hala (Sports Hall) Chomutov, Czech Republic
Win Peter Simko TKO 2 2 December 2005 Laser Show Hall, Hotel Bobycentrum Brno, Czech Republic
Loss Alexander Petkovic Decision (Unanimous) 8 16 November 2004 Kugelbake-Halle Cuxhaven, Germany
Loss Michael Sprott TKO 1 10 September 2004 York Hall, Bethnal Green London, England
Win Pavel Vanacek TKO 2 15 November 2003 Sportovní Hala (Sports Hall) Olomouc, Czech Republic
Loss Tomasz Bonin Decision 6 27 September 2003 Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
Win Marek Oravsky TKO 2 7 December 2002 Laser Show Hall, Hotel Bobycentrum Brno, Czech Republic
Win Vladislav Druso Decision 6 26 October 2002 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Win Pavel Rohac TKO 2 17 August 2002 Prosenice, Czech Republic
Win Lubomir Janota TKO 1 21 June 2002 Prosenice, Czech Republic
Win Ervin Slonka TKO 2 7 June 2002 Prosenice, Czech Republic
Win Vladislav Druso TKO 3 27 April 2002 Werk Arena Třinec, Czech Republic
Loss Marek Oravsky Decision 4 15 February 2002 Brno, Czech Republic
Win Jan Drobena KO 1 18 January 2002 Prosenice, Czech Republic
Loss Roman Bugaj Decision 4 27 October 2001 Pruszkow, Warsaw, Poland
Loss Shaun George TKO 2 2 September 2000 Pamlico High School Bayboro, North Carolina, United States
Win James Nies Decision 4 27 August 1999 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Win James Nies Decision 4 20 April 1999 Yesterday's Nitelife Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Other information

His father was Slovak. He's based in the city of Brno in Moravia but lives in Olomouc.

References
  1. Robert Šulgan-professional boxer on YouTube
  2. "Przemysław Saleta kończy przygotowania do obrony tytułu Mistrza Europy". media netPR. 2002-10-03. Retrieved 2010-09-10.(polish)
  3. "Michael Sprott v Robert Sulgan: interview". BBC Sport. 2004-09-09. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  4. "Czech challenge for Sprott at York Hall". get reading. 2004-09-07. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  5. "Chagaev, Petkovic Victorious". east side boxing. 2004-11-16. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  6. "Spannende Kämpfe in allen Klassen". Cuxhavener Nachrichten. 2004-11-18. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2010-09-01.(german)
  7. "Warts and all, boxing clings to Atlanta scene". undisputedproductions. 2004-04-20. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  8. "Jako Rocky se pere o životní šanci". idnes.cz. 2004-04-23. Retrieved 2010-07-15.(czech)
  9. "Konečný bude boxovat na galavečeru, jehož výtěžek půjde na Haiti". Sport.cz. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-09-03.(czech)
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