Sinan Şamil Sam Explained

Sinan Şamil Sam
Realname:Sinan Şamil Sam
Nickname:Bull of the Bosphorus
Weight:heavyweight
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Reach:761NaN1
Nationality:Turkish
German
Birth Date:1974 6, df=y
Birth Place:Frankfurt, West Germany
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Total:35
Wins:31
Ko:16
Losses:4
Draws:0
No Contests:0

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

Junior European Championships (Middleweight), Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992:

Junior World Championships (Light Heavyweight), Montreal, Canada, 1992.

1993 Mediterranean Games (Light Heavyweight), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 1993.

European Championships (Light Heavyweight), Bursa, Turkey, 1993.[1]

World Military Games (Heavyweight), Rome, Italy, 1995:

World Championships (Heavyweight), Berlin, Germany, 1995:

European Championships (Super Heavyweight), Minsk, Belarus, 1998.[2]

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

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
Win31–4Paolo Vidoz
Win30–4Ratko Draskovic
Win29–4Mazur Ali
Win28–4Ivica Perkovic
Loss27–4Oliver McCall
Win27–3Bob Mirovic
Win26–3Saul Montana
Win25–3George Arias
Loss24–3Oleg Maskaev
Win24–2Okello Peter
Win23–2Lawrence Clay Bey
Win22–2Denis Bakhtov
Win21–2Siarhei Dychkou
Win20–2Doug Liggion
Win19–2Edgars Kalnars
Loss18–2Luan Krasniqi
Loss18–1Juan Carlos Gómez
Win18–0Julius Francis
Win17–0Danny Williams
Win16–0Przemysław Saleta
Win15–0Roman Bugaj
Win14–0Thomas Williams
Win13–0Chris Isaac
Win12–0Henry Kolle Njume
Win11–0Ratko Draskovic
Win10–0Yuriy Yelistratov
Win9–0Stanyslav Tovkachov
Win8–0Denis Edwige
Win7–0Willie Chapman
Win6–0Bradley Rone
Win5–0Vlado Szabo
Win4–0Eduardo Antonio Carranza
Win3–0Daniel Jerling
Win2–0Alex Kosztopulosz
Win1–0Frantisek Sumina

Television viewership

Germany

Date Fight Viewership Network Source
ZDF[5]
Sinan Şamil Sam vs. Luan KrasniqiZDF[6]
Sinan Şamil Sam vs. Oleg MaskaevDas Erste[7]
Total viewership10,560,000

External links

Notes and References

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

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