Sinan Şamil Sam

Sinan Şamil Sam
Born
Sinan Şamil Sam

(1974-06-23)23 June 1974
Frankfurt, West Germany
Died30 October 2015(2015-10-30) (aged 41)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
German
Other namesBull of the Bosphorus
Statistics
Weight(s)heavyweight
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Reach76 in (193.0 cm)
Boxing record
Total fights35
Wins31
Wins by KO16
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Turkey
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Montreal Light Heavyweight
European Amateur Boxing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Bursa Light Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Minsk Super Heavyweight
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Berlin Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1999 Houston Super Heavyweight
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Saint Petersburg Heavyweight

Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU, WBC international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. According to his former managers, Sam died after battling liver and kidney failure.

Amateur career

Sinan Şamil Sam won Turkish Amateur Boxing Championship nine times.

Highlights

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Junior European Championships (Middleweight), Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992:

  • Quarterfinals: Defeated Istvan Kozak (Hungary) KO 1
  • Semifinals: Defeated Chris Davies (Wales) 8:7
  • Finals: Lost to Vassiliy Jirov (Kazakhstan) 7:11

1st place, gold medalist(s) Junior World Championships (Light Heavyweight), Montreal, Canada, 1992.

  • Preliminaries: Defeated Jay Massie (Canada) 8:2
  • Quarterfinals: Defeated Dmitriy Gorbachov (Russia) 14:5
  • Semifinals: Defeated Yuriy Dvornikov (Ukraine) 17:6
  • Finals: Defeated Alexander Gonzalez (Puerto Rico) 11:1

1st place, gold medalist(s) 1993 Mediterranean Games (Light Heavyweight), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 1993.

  • Semifinals: Defeated Mohamed Benguesmia (Algeria) on points
  • Finals: Defeated Vasilikos Paris (Greece) TKO 1

2nd place, silver medalist(s) European Championships (Light Heavyweight), Bursa, Turkey, 1993.[1]

  • Preliminaries: Defeated Kelly Oliver (England) TKO 1
  • Quarterfinals: Defeated Ervins Chelmanis (Latvia) 6:1
  • Semifinals: Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) 4:2
  • Finals: Lost to Igor Kshinin (Russia) 2:2+

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) World Military Games (Heavyweight), Rome, Italy, 1995:

  • Quarterfinals: Defeated Ionas Dambrauskas (Lithuania) 12:1
  • Semifinals: Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) 2:12

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) World Championships (Heavyweight), Berlin, Germany, 1995:

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) European Championships (Super Heavyweight), Minsk, Belarus, 1998.[2]

  • Preliminaries: Defeated Mirko Filipović (Croatia) 5:1
  • Quarterfinals: Defeated Patrick Halberg (Denmark) 3:0
  • Semifinals: Lost to Alexey Lezin (Russia)) 3:9

1st place, gold medalist(s) World Championships (Super Heavyweight), Houston, Texas, 1999.[3]

Professional career

Sam, known as "Bull of the Bosphorus", turned professional in 2000. He won his first 18 fights, including victories over Przemyslaw Saleta, Danny Williams, and Julius Francis.[4]

In 2003, he suffered his first professional defeat to Juan Carlos Gómez and lost the following fight against Luan Krasniqi.

In 2005, he beat Lawrence Clay Bey to set up a fight with Oleg Maskaev, a fight which he lost on points by unanimous decision. After the loss to Maskaev he defeated Saul Montana in 2006, but then lost a WBC eliminator to Oliver McCall in June 2007.[4]

After three more victories against limited opponents he fought Paolo Vidoz on July 4, 2008; he won the fight by majority decision.

Professional boxing record

35 fights 31 wins 4 losses
By knockout 16 0
By decision 15 4
By disqualification 0 0
Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Win 31–4 Paolo Vidoz MD 12 2008-07-04 Büyük Anadolu Hotel, Ankara, Turkey Won EBU heavyweight title
Retained WBC Mediterranean heavyweight title
Win 30–4 Ratko Draskovic TKO 3 (12), 1:53 2008-03-14 Zenith – Die Kulturhalle, Munich, Bayern, Germany Retained WBC Mediterranean heavyweight title.
Win 29–4 Mazur Ali PTS 3 (12), 1:53 2008-02-15 Istanbul, Turkey Retained WBC Mediterranean heavyweight title.
Win 28–4 Ivica Perkovic UD 3 (12), 1:53 2007-10-19 Estrel Convention Centre, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany Won WBC Mediterranean heavyweight title.
Loss 27–4 Oliver McCall UD 12 2007-06-16 Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Lost WBC International heavyweight title.
Win 27–3 Bob Mirovic UD 3 (12), 1:53 2006-11-10 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany Retained WBC International heavyweight title.
Win 26–3 Saul Montana UD 3 (12), 1:53 2006-07-29 König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Retained WBC International heavyweight title.
Win 25–3 George Arias UD 3 (12), 1:53 2006-04-08 Ostseehalle, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Won WBC International heavyweight title.
Loss 24–3 Oleg Maskaev UD 12 2005-11-12 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany Lost WBC International heavyweight title.
Win 24–2 Okello Peter UD 3 (12), 1:53 2005-06-11 BigBox, Kempten, Bayern, Germany Retained WBC International heavyweight title
Win 23–2 Lawrence Clay Bey UD 9 (12), 2:01 2005-02-12 Max-Schmeling-Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany Retained WBC International heavyweight title.
Win 22–2 Denis Bakhtov TKO 10 (12) 0:48 2004-11-20 BigBox, Kempten, Bayern, Germany Won WBC International heavyweight title.
Win 21–2 Siarhei Dychkou TKO 5 (10), 1:28 2004-09-04 Grugahalle, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Win 20–2 Doug Liggion KO 2 (12), 2:04 2004-07-24 Brandenburg Halle, Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
Win 19–2 Edgars Kalnars KO 7 (12), ? 2004-06-05 Chemnitz Arena, Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany
Loss 18–2 Luan Krasniqi MD (12) 2004-02-14 Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Lost EBU Heavyweight Title. 115-113, 116-113, 114-114.
Loss 18–1 Juan Carlos Gómez UD 10 2003-09-27 HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York, United States
Win 18–0 Julius Francis TKO 12 2003-04-26 Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Retained EBU heavyweight title.
Win 17–0 Danny Williams TKO 8 (12), 2:08 2003-02-08 Estrel Convention Center, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany Retained EBU heavyweight title.
Win 16–0 Przemysław Saleta TKO 1 (12), 0:45 2002-10-12 Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Won EBU heavyweight title.
Win 15–0 Roman Bugaj KO 2 (10), 2:55 2002-07-20 Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany
Win 14–0 Thomas Williams KO 2 (10), 1:09 2002-03-16 Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
Win 13–0 Chris Isaac PTS 3 (6), 3:00 2001-12-08 König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
Win 12–0 Henry Kolle Njume TKO 1 (6), 1:36 2001-11-03 Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany
Win 11–0 Ratko Draskovic PTS 5 (12), 2:53 2001-09-29 Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
Win 10–0 Yuriy Yelistratov PTS 3 (8), 2:46 2001-07-21 Tivoli Eissporthalle, Aachen, Germany
Win 9–0 Stanyslav Tovkachov TKO 1 (6) 2001-06-16 Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary
Win 8–0 Denis Edwige TKO 1 (10) 2001-05-05 Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany
Win 7–0 Willie Chapman PTS 4 (6) 2001-02-10 Estrel Convention Centre, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
Win 6–0 Bradley Rone KO 1 (6) 2000-12-05 Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
Win 5–0 Vlado Szabo TKO 1 (6), 0:54 2000-10-14 Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
Win 4–0 Eduardo Antonio Carranza PTS 2 (4), 2:09 2000-10-01 Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany
Win 3–0 Daniel Jerling PTS 1 (6), 2:42 2000-06-23 FTC Stadium, Budapest, Hungary
Win 2–0 Alex Kosztopulosz PTS 4 (4), 0:54 2000-05-06 Swissôtel, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Win 1–0 Frantisek Sumina KO 2 (4), 3:00 2000-04-15 Preussag Arena, Hanover, Germany Professional debut.

Television viewership

Germany

Date Fight Viewership (avg.) Network Source
26 April 2003
 Sinan Şamil Sam vs. Julius Francis
2,800,000
 ZDF [5]
14 February 2004
 Sinan Şamil Sam vs. Luan Krasniqi
4,330,000
 ZDF [6]
12 November 2005
 Sinan Şamil Sam vs. Oleg Maskaev
3,030,000
 Das Erste [7]
Total viewership 10,560,000

References

  1. ^ "European Championships1993".
  2. ^ "European Championships1998".
  3. ^ "10.World Championships - Houston, USA - August 20-27 1999".
  4. ^ a b Boxrec. "Sinan Samil Sam". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Schiebung auf andere Art" (in German). 28 April 2003.
  6. ^ "4,3 Millionen Zuschauer sahen Boxen im Zweiten" (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Profiboxen: Samil Sam ist kein Klitschko-Ersatz" (in German). 13 November 2005.