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 | ![]() | TKO | 9 (10), | 8 Aug 2001 | ![]() | ||
23 | Win | 20–3 | ![]() | 7 (10), | 1 Apr 2001 | ![]() | |||
22 | Loss | 19–3 | ![]() | 12 | 21 Oct 2000 | ![]() | |||
21 | Win | 19–2 | ![]() | 3 (8), | 21 Jul 2000 | ![]() | |||
20 | Loss | 18–2 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (12), | 18 Mar 2000 | |||
19 | Win | 18–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 5 Dec 1999 | ![]() | ||
18 | Win | 17–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 7 Mar 1999 | ![]() | ||
17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() | MD | 8 | 15 Aug 1998 | ![]() | ||
16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (8), | 12 Jun 1998 | ![]() | ||
15 | Loss | 14–1 | ![]() | 6 | 9 May 1998 | ![]() | |||
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (6) | 21 Mar 1998 | |||
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (6), | 16 Jan 1998 | ![]() | ||
12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() | KO | 1 (6), | 20 Dec 1997 | ![]() | ||
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() | KO | 1 (4), | 23 Sep 1997 | ![]() | ||
10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (4) | 23 August 1997 | ![]() | ||
9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (4), | 9 August 1997 | ![]() | ||
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (4) | 24 May 1997 | ![]() | ||
7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (4), | 10 May 1997 | ![]() | ||
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() | 4 | 3 Mar 1997 | ![]() | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() | KO | 2 (6) | 14 Feb 1997 | ![]() | ||
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (4), | 28 Jan 1997 | ![]() | ||
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() | 4 | 17 Jan 1997 | ![]() | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | 1 (4) | 11 Jan 1997 | ![]() | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | 1 (4), | 3 Dec 1996 | ![]() |