Paea Wolfgramm | |
Fullname: | Paea Wolfgramm |
Nicknames: | The Tongan Warrior |
Nationality: | Tongan |
Weight Class: | Super Heavyweight |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1969 |
Birth Place: | Vava'u, Tonga |
Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
Weight: | 1400NaN0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Paea Wolfgramm (born December 1, 1969) is a Tongan retired boxer. Nicknamed "The Tongan Warrior", Wolfgramm earned the Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making him the first and only athlete from Tonga to win an Olympic medal.[1]
Wolfgramm has 7 children - 5 boys and 2 girls, as well as 4 brothers and 2 sisters. He resides in South Auckland New Zealand, where he is a hostel parent at a well-known New Zealand school, Wesley College.
At 6'4" and 325 pounds, the huge Wolfgramm turned pro after the Olympics, but had limited success. He lost a decision to journeyman Marion Wilson in 1998. Although he was able to beat former Cuban Olympian Jorge Luis Gonzalez by decision to set up a fight with Wladimir Klitschko for the vacant WBC International Heavyweight Title, he was beaten in the first round in a rematch of their 1996 Super Heavyweight Olympic finals bout. He later lost a decision to Eliecer Castillo, but beat Jimmy Thunder to set up a fight with Corey Sanders in late 2001. Sanders won via 9th-round TKO, and Wolfgramm announced his retirement shortly after this fight.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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24 | Loss | 20–4 | Corey Sanders | TKO | 9 (10), | 8 Aug 2001 | |||
23 | Win | 20–3 | Jimmy Thunder | 7 (10), | 1 Apr 2001 | ||||
22 | Loss | 19–3 | Eliecer Castillo | 12 | 21 Oct 2000 | ||||
21 | Win | 19–2 | Rocky Gannon | 3 (8), | 21 Jul 2000 | ||||
20 | Loss | 18–2 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO | 1 (12), | 18 Mar 2000 | |||
19 | Win | 18–1 | Calvin Lampkin | UD | 10 | 5 Dec 1999 | |||
18 | Win | 17–1 | Gerard Jones | UD | 10 | 7 Mar 1999 | |||
17 | Win | 16–1 | Jorge Luis González | MD | 8 | 15 Aug 1998 | |||
16 | Win | 15–1 | Guy Sonnenberg | TKO | 1 (8), | 12 Jun 1998 | |||
15 | Loss | 14–1 | Marion Wilson | 6 | 9 May 1998 | ||||
14 | Win | 14–0 | Rick Sullivan | TKO | 1 (6) | 21 Mar 1998 | |||
13 | Win | 13–0 | Kevin Rosier | TKO | 1 (6), | 16 Jan 1998 | |||
12 | Win | 12–0 | Billy Eaton | KO | 1 (6), | 20 Dec 1997 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | Ed White | KO | 1 (4), | 23 Sep 1997 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | Gerald Brown | TKO | 1 (4) | 23 August 1997 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | Jessie Henry | TKO | 3 (4), | 9 August 1997 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | Robert Mitchell | TKO | 1 (4) | 24 May 1997 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | Khoren Indjian | TKO | 2 (4), | 10 May 1997 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Ronnie Smith | 4 | 3 Mar 1997 | ||||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Stan Jones | KO | 2 (6) | 14 Feb 1997 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Momtchil Govedarov | TKO | 1 (4), | 28 Jan 1997 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Orlando Leavall | 4 | 17 Jan 1997 | ||||
2 | Win | 2–0 | John Foster | 1 (4) | 11 Jan 1997 | ||||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Jeff Kirk | 1 (4), | 3 Dec 1996 |