Bobby Czyz - Revision history

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Amateur Career

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	*Won two Junior Olympic state championship gold medals, two regional championship gold medals and one bronze medal in the nationals.		*Won two Junior Olympic state championship gold medals, two regional championship gold medals and one bronze medal in the nationals.
	*Twice boxed for the United States national team.		*Twice boxed for the United States national team.
	*On March 14, 1980, a Polish airliner carrying 14 boxers and 8 staff members of the United States amateur boxing team crashed into a military fort near Warsaw's International Airport. All 87 people on board were killed. Czyz was a member of the team and was supposed to be on the flight, but he stayed home in New Jersey due to a broken nose he suffered in a car crash.		*On March 14, 1980, a Polish airliner carrying 14 boxers and 8 staff members of the United States amateur boxing team crashed into a military fort near Warsaw's International Airport, see [[Warsaw Plane Crash]]. All 87 people on board were killed. Czyz was a member of the team and was supposed to be on the flight, but he stayed home in New Jersey due to a broken nose he suffered in a car crash.

	==Professional Career==		==Professional Career==

Slugger at 17:26, 28 December 2018

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	'''Trainer:''' Tommy Parks<br>		'''Trainer:''' [[Tommy Parks (New Jersey)\|Tommy Parks]]<br>
	'''~~Manager~~:''' [[Lou Duva]] (1980-1984), self-managed (1984-1998)		'''Managers:''' [[Lou Duva]] (1980-1984), self-managed (1984-1998)<br>

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*[http://home.comcast.net/~jwdima/index.html Official Bobby Czyz Website]
	*[http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ken/Hissner010111.htm "Bobby 'Chappie' Czyz: More Than a Matinee Idol! (Q&A)" By Ken Hissner, Doghouse Boxing, January 1, 2011]		*[http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ken/Hissner010111.htm "Bobby 'Chappie' Czyz: More Than a Matinee Idol! (Q&A)" By Ken Hissner, Doghouse Boxing, January 1, 2011]

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Amateur Career

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	*~~Had an~~ amateur record of 22-4.		*Czyz had a purported amateur record of 22-4.
	*Won two Junior Olympic state championship gold medals, two regional championship gold medals and one bronze medal in the nationals.		*Won two Junior Olympic state championship gold medals, two regional championship gold medals and one bronze medal in the nationals.
	*Twice boxed for the United States national team.		*Twice boxed for the United States national team.

Boxsoup at 06:21, 3 January 2015

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			'''Trainer:''' Tommy Parks<br>
			'''Manager:''' [[Lou Duva]] (1980-1984), self-managed (1984-1998)

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	~~'''~~Bobby Czyz''' was a member of the ~~U.S. Amateur Boxing Team that perished~~ in a ~~plane~~ crash ~~in Poland in 1980. An injury from an auto accident one week before the flight prevented Czyz from making the trip. He had an amateur record of 24-2~~.		==Amateur Career==
			[[File:Bobby Czyz80.JPG\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Czyz in the early 1980s]]
			[[File:HPIM0174.JPG\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Czyz and his title belts]]
			*Had an amateur record of 22-4.
			*Won two Junior Olympic state championship gold medals, two regional championship gold medals and one bronze medal in the nationals.
			*Twice boxed for the United States national team.
			*On March 14, 1980, a Polish airliner carrying 14 boxers and 8 staff members of the United States amateur boxing team crashed into a military fort near Warsaw's International Airport. All 87 people on board were killed. Czyz was a member of the team and was supposed to be on the flight, but he stayed home in New Jersey due to a broken nose he suffered in a car crash.

	~~Shortly after Czyz suffered~~ his first ~~pro loss~~ to [[Mustafa Hamsho]], his ~~father committed suicide~~.		==Professional Career==
			*One of several young professional boxers showcased by [[NBC]] in the early 1980s. They were billed as [[KO Magazine: August 1981\|Tomorrow's Champions]].
			*Suffered his first defeat in November 1982, losing to [[Mustafa Hamsho]] by a ten-round unanimous decision.
			*Won the [[IBF]] light heavyweight championship with a fifth-round TKO of [[Slobodan Kacar]] in September 1986. Czyz successfully defended the title three times before losing it to [[Charles Williams\|Prince Charles Williams]] by a ninth-round RTD in October 1987.
			*Won the [[WBA]] cruiserweight championship with a twelve-round split decision against [[Robert Daniels]] in March 1991. Czyz successfully defended the championship twice, but he was forced to relinquish the title after he was hit by a car in March 1993 and was unable to defend it.
			*Returned to the ring in 1994 and won four of his last seven fights before retiring in 1998.
			*Record of 7-3 (4 KOs) in world title fights.
			*Record of 6-6 (1 KO) against future, current and former world champions.
			**Won against [[Murray Sutherland]], [[Slobodan Kacar]], [[Leslie Stewart]], [[Uriah Grant]], [[Robert Daniels]], [[Donny Lalonde]]
			**Lost against [[Charles Williams\|Prince Charles Williams]] (twice), [[Dennis Andries]], [[Virgil Hill]], [[Evander Holyfield]], [[Corrie Sanders]]

	~~For nearly~~ a ~~decade~~, Czyz ~~was~~ a ~~commentator~~ for ''Showtime ~~Championship~~ Boxing''.		==Notes==
			*Graduated sixth in a class of 335 students at Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque, New Jersey.
			*Member of Mensa, an organization for people whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population.
			*His father, Robert Czyz Sr., committed suicide on June 12, 1983. He died from a single gunshot wound to the head.
			*Commentator for [[Showtime]] from 1992 to 2003. Czyz was fired after he pleaded guilty to his fourth drunken-driving offense in six years.
			*Inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.
			*Inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
			*Inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

	*~~Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame inductee~~.		==External Links==
	*~~New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame inductee~~.		*[http://home.comcast.net/~jwdima/index.html Official Bobby Czyz Website]
	*Czyz is a ~~member of Mensa~~, ~~an organization for people whose I.Q. is in the top 2% of the population.~~		*[http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ken/Hissner010111.htm "Bobby 'Chappie' Czyz: More Than a Matinee Idol! (Q&A)" By Ken Hissner, Doghouse Boxing, January 1, 2011]

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Ric at 21:41, 23 November 2013

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	*Czyz was a member of the U.S. Amateur Boxing Team that perished in a plane crash in Poland in 1980. An injury from an auto accident one week before the flight prevented Czyz from making the trip.
	*Amateur record of 24-2.		'''Bobby Czyz''' was a member of the U.S. Amateur Boxing Team that perished in a plane crash in Poland in 1980. An injury from an auto accident one week before the flight prevented Czyz from making the trip. He had an amateur record of 24-2.
	*Shortly after ~~suffering~~ his first pro loss to [[Mustafa Hamsho]], ~~Czyz's~~ father committed suicide.
	*For nearly a decade, Czyz was a commentator for ''Showtime Championship Boxing''.		Shortly after Czyz suffered his first pro loss to [[Mustafa Hamsho]], his father committed suicide.

			For nearly a decade, Czyz was a commentator for ''Showtime Championship Boxing''.

	*Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame inductee.		*Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
	*New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.		*New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.

Slugger at 21:42, 30 December 2012

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	*Czyz was a member of the U.S. Amateur Boxing Team that perished in a plane crash in Poland in 1980. An injury from an auto accident one week before the flight prevented Czyz from making the trip.		*Czyz was a member of the U.S. Amateur Boxing Team that perished in a plane crash in Poland in 1980. An injury from an auto accident one week before the flight prevented Czyz from making the trip.
	*Amateur record of 24-2.		*Amateur record of 24-2.

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	*Czyz is a member of Mensa, an organization for people whose I.Q. is in the top 2% of the population.		*Czyz is a member of Mensa, an organization for people whose I.Q. is in the top 2% of the population.

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	[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]		[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
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