Art Binkowski

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Artur ("Art") Binkowski (born February 19, 1975 in Bielawa) is a Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer who competed for his adopted country Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

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[edit] Background

Binkowski came to Canada from Poland at the age of 13. He started boxing at age 15. He initially enrolled in martial arts as a teenager to deal with problems with other students in school. He started boxing after he and a friend bought some gloves at Canadian Tire and sparred for fun in Binkowski's basement. Binkowski's father was able to enroll his son in a boxing club soon afterwards. He studied psychology at the University of Waterloo.

[edit] Amateur career

Binkowski was Ontario amateur heavyweight champion for 6 years. He took part in the Olympics 2000 at superheavyweight. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Uzbekistan's Rustam Saidov.

[edit] Professional career

Nicknamed "The Polish Warrior", the resident of Mississauga, Ontario made his debut as a professional on November 23, 2001 in Southfield, Michigan against Michael Moncrief of the United States. In 2005 he lost to lightly-regarded countryman Patrice L'Heureux. Although Binkowski sported the better record, he came in as an underdog against hard-hitting American amateur star Rafael Butler on ShoBox in April of 2007. He hit the deck three times in the first round but scored a stunning come-from-behind TKO in the final round of their bout.

He was crushed in a 2nd round TKO loss to Mike Mollo in October 2007.

[edit] Outside the Ring

He also played the boxer John 'Corn' Griffin in the movie "Cinderella Man", starring Russell Crowe.

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