Albert Sosnowski

Albert Sosnowski
Albert Sosnowski, 2015
Data
Birth Name	Albert Dariusz Sosnowski
Fight name	The Dragon
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Polish
birthday	March 7, 1979
place of birth	Warsaw
style	Left delivery
size	1.89 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	60
Victories	49
Knockout victories	30th
Defeats	9
draw	2
Profile in the BoxRec database

Albert Dariusz Sosnowski alias " The Dragon " (born March 7,  1979 in Warsaw ) is a Polish professional boxer and former EBU European heavyweight champion.

Career as a boxer

Sosnowski started out kickboxing and signed a contract as a professional boxer at the age of 18, without having previously been an amateur boxer. He played his first fight on July 22, 1998 in Denmark against the Czech Jan Drobena. He won the first round by knockout. He also won the next 18 fights, including eleven more by knockout. In July 2001, he competed against the Canadian Arthur Cook for the WBC junior heavyweight title, but lost on points in front in the ninth round by knockout

On November 4, 2006 he won on points against Lawrence Tausa from Australia the fight for the insignificant world heavyweight title according to the version of the WBF . He successfully defended the title in September 2007 against the Argentine Manuel Alberto Pucheta by knockout in the second round. He had previously won on June 8, 2007 by TKO against the Frenchman Steve Herelius ; however, this was not a fight for the WBF title.

The second loss of his career Sosnowski experienced on August 6, 2008 in New York against the American Zuri Lawrence. In November of the same year, however, he won in London against the favorite British and Tyson conqueror Danny Williams by TKO in the eighth round. In April 2009 he fought in Düsseldorf against the Italian Francesco Pianeta, who trained at the Sauerland boxing stable, for the EBU title of EU heavyweight champion. The duel ended in a draw after twelve rounds, so that Pianeta retained his title as defending champion. When Sosnowski boxed for the EBU European heavyweight title in December 2009, he went out of the ring as the winner against Paolo Vidoz after twelve rounds.

A defense of the EBU belt against Audley Harrison , gold medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games, was planned for April 2010, but Sosnowski canceled it and instead gave up the title because he had the chance to win against Vitali Klitschko on May 29, 2010 for his WBC - World title to climb into the ring. The duel took place in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen . Klitschko's decision for Sosnowski as an opponent caused a lot of surprise for many people; Critics, such as the former light heavyweight world champion Dariusz Michalczewski , regarded such a fight as too early for Sosnowski or gave him no chance against Klitschko. For the fight against Klitschko Sosnowski was trained by Fiodor Lapin. Sosnowski finally lost to the Ukrainian by knockout in the tenth round.

Another attempt to secure the EBU title in May 2010 failed due to a knockout loss to Alexander Dimitrenko .

List of professional fights

46 wins (28 knockout wins), 4 losses (3 knockout losses), 1 draw
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Sosnowski
1998	22nd of July	Outrup Speedwaybane, Outrup, Denmark	Jan Drobena	Victory / TKO 1st round
	25th of September	Poznań, Poland	Andrzej Dziewulski	Victory / TKO 4th round
	October 2nd	Hala Ludowa, Wrocław, Poland	Rene Hanl	Points win / 4 rounds
1999	13th February	Jastrzebie Zdroj, Poland	Viktor Juhasz	Victory / TKO 1st round
	March 12th	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Chris Woollas	Points win / 4 rounds
	17th April	Warsaw, Poland	Stipe Balic	Points win / 4 rounds
	28th of May	Everton Park Sports Center, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom	Gary Williams	Victory / TKO 4th round
	June 26th	Hala Ludowa, Wrocław, Poland	Biko Botowamungu	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	17th July	Gdańsk, Poland	Bruno Foster	Victory / TKO 6th round
	September 18	Gdańsk, Poland	Ignacio Orsola	Victory / KO 1st round
	October 22nd	Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States	Jeff Lally	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	20th November	Gliwice, Poland	Henry Kolle Njume	Points win / 6 rounds
2000	March 11	Olympia, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	Luke Simpkin	Points win / 4 rounds
	April 8th	Gdańsk, Poland	Slobodan Popovic	Victory / KO 1st round
	May 27th	Mayfair, London, United Kingdom	Neil Kirkwood	Victory / TKO 1st round
	June 24th	Toruń, Poland	Clarence Goins	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	August 19th	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	Dan Conway	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	30. September	Sportcomplex De Wilgenring, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Everett Martin	Victory / TKO 7th round
	November 27th	Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom	Michael Murray	Victory / TKO 5th round
2001	17. March	FTC handball hall, Budapest, Hungary	Arthur Cook	Loss / KO 9th round
	7th of July	Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Dirk Wallyn	Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds
	October 13th	FTC handball hall, Budapest, Hungary	Stanislav Tomkatchov	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	October 27	Kolobrzeg, Poland	Robert Magureanu	Victory / TKO 4th round
2002	22nd of January	Gdynia, Poland	Catalin Zmarandescu	Victory / KO 1st round
	9th March	EM Sporthall, Budapest, Hungary	Jacob Odhiambo	Victory / KO 1st round
	July 27th	Harvey Hadden Leisure Center, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom	Paul Bonson	Points win / 4 rounds
	December 7th	Leisure Center, Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom	Jacklord Jacobs	Points win / 6 rounds
2003	8th of March	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	12. April	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Mike Holden	Points win / 6 rounds
	5th July	Leisure Center, Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom	Jason Brewster	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	22nd of November	Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK	Chris Woollas	Victory / TKO 1st round
2004	31 January	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Greg Scott Briggs	Victory / KO 2nd round
	10th of April	MEN Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom	Paul King	Points win / 4 rounds
	June 26th	Kings Hall, Belfast, Ireland, UK	Wojciech Bartnik	Points win / 6 rounds
	September 11	Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Kenny Craven	Victory / KO 2nd round
2005	22nd of January	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, United States	Tommy Connelly	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	19th March	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Travis Fulton	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	28th of May	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States	Orlin Norris	Point victory (majority decision) / 6 rounds
2006	25. May	Carnival City, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa	Osborne Machimana	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	November 4th	Emperor's Palace, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa	Lawrence Tauasa	Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds
2007	8th June	Civic Center, Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom	Steve Herelius	Victory / TKO 9th round
	September 14th	Ice Rink, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom	Manuel Alberto Pucheta	Victory / KO 2nd round
2008	January 25th	Goresbrook Leisure Center, Dagenham, Essex, United Kingdom	Colin Kenna	Points win / 10 rounds
	April 25	Utopia Paradise Theater, Bronx, New York, United States	Terrell Nelson	Victory / TKO 5th round
	6th of August	Aviator Sports Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States	Zuri Lawrence	Point loss (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	November 8th	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Danny Williams	Victory / TKO 8th round
2009	4. April	Burg-Wächter-Castello, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Francesco Pianeta	draw
	December 18th	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Paolo Vidoz	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2010	May 29th	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Vitali Klitschko	Loss / KO 10th round
	25th of September	Robin Park Center, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom	Paul Butlin	Victory / TKO 1st round
2011	26th of March	Universum Box Gym, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany	Alexander Dimitrenko	Loss / KO 12th round
	(Source: BoxRec database )

Others

In 2008, Sosnowski took part in the Polish reality show VIP Big Brother for two weeks . 2007–2008 he co-hosted a boxing show on the Polish broadcaster TVN. In addition to boxing, his passion is the game of poker , in which he also takes part in tournaments.

Web links

• Sosnowski's official website (Polish)
• Albert Sosnowski in the BoxRec database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.emito.net/wiadomosci/sport/pokonac_gladiatora_645197.html
2. ↑ Michalczewski nie daje szans Sosnowskiemu. March 16, 2016, accessed December 21, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Fiodor Lapin przygotuje Alberta Sosnowskiego do walki życia. Retrieved December 21, 2019 (Polish). 
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )