Sinan Şamil Sam

Infobox Boxer


name=Sinan Şamil Sam
realname=Sinan Şamil Sam
nickname=Bull from Bosporus
weight=Heavyweight
nationality=Flagicon|Turkey Turkish
birth_date=Birth date and age|1974|6|23|mf=y
birth_place=Frankfurt, Flagicon|Germany West Germany
death_date|=
death_place|=
style=Orthodox
total=35
wins=31
KO=16
losses=4
draws=0
no contests=0|

Sinan Şamil Sam (born June 23, 1974 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer. Whilst his professional career, Sam had achieved the EBU and WBC belts several times.

Professional career

Height: 194 cm. Nicknamed the "Bull from Bosphorus", Sam turned pro in 2000 after a distinguished amateur career. Known for his iron chin, he won his first 18 fights, including victories over Przemyslaw Saleta, Danny Williams, and Julius Francis. In 2003 he suffered his first pro defeat to Juan Carlos Gomez and lost the following fight against Luan Krasniqi. In 2005 he upset Lawrence Clay Bey to set up a fight with Oleg Maskaev, a fight which he lost via unanimous decision. After the loss to Maskaev he defeated Saul Montana in 2006 but then lost a WBC elimination bout to Oliver McCall in June 2007.

Amateur career

* 9 times Turkish Championship
*1992 2nd place (Middleweight) at the Junior European Championships in Edinburgh, losing to Vassiliy Jirov
*1992 Junior World Champion (Light Heavyweight) in Montreal
*1993 2nd place (Light Heavyweight) at the European Championships in Bursa, Turkey
*1995 3rd place (Heavyweight) at the World Championships in Berlin, losing in the Semifinal to Luan Krasniqi
*1998 3rd place (Super Heavyweight) at the European Championships in Minsk, Belarus
*1999 won the World Championships in the Super Heavyweight in Houston

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* [http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/142/universum.html News and Pictures of Sinan Samil Sam]