Paolo Vidoz

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Paolo Vidoz
Real name	Paolo Vidoz
Nickname	Titanium Jaw
Weight	Heavyweight
Nationality	Italian
Birth date	August 21, 1970
Birth place	Gorizia, Italy
Style	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	26
Wins	23
Wins by KO	12
Losses	3
Draws	0
No contests	0

Men's boxing
Olympic medal record
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Super heavyweight

Paolo Vidoz (born August 21, 1970 in Gorizia) is a boxer from Italy, who won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.

He won Olympic Bronze in 2000 at Super Heavyweight after beating Calvin Brock and Samuel Peter but lost to Audley Harrison.

He began his professional career afterwards.

His first match was held at Madison Square Garden on January 27, 2001 against Chris Morris. He won the match via knockout at 2 minutes and 22 seconds in the first round.

Vidoz kept up a solid winning streak before encountering Zuri Lawrence, a "journeyman" fighter who, while proficient in his defensive ability, lacks a modicum of talent with regard to hitting his opponents (he has failed to record even a single knockout throughout his 12 years in the ring). Lawrence was able to baffle Vidoz with his slippery movement in the ring and score a unanimous decision after eight rounds.

Vidoz bounced back with his next fight, registering a devastating knockout of Eduardo Sandivares at just under a minute into the fight.

Vidoz dropped out of serious contention with a ninth round TKO loss to 7 ft 2 inch Russian prospect Nicolay Valuev on October 9, 2004 at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany.

On June 6, 2005 Vidoz captured vacant European (EBU) Heavyweight title and IBF Inter-Continental Title with a split decision over Timo Hoffmann. Vidoz followed this up with a victory over British fighter Michael Sprott, but his "Titanium Jaw" was later checked in a fight in July 2006 against Vladimir Virchis, who beat Vidoz by KO in the 6th.