| Paolo Vidoz | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Paolo Vidoz |
| Nickname(s) | Titanium Jaw |
| Rated at | Heavyweight |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 21 August 1970 Gorizia, Italy |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 34 |
| Wins | 26 |
| Wins by KO | 15 |
| Losses | 8 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
| Medal record | ||
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| Competitor for Italy | ||
| Men’s Boxing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Super heavyweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1997 Budapest | Super Heavyweight |
| Bronze | 1999 Houston | Super Heavyweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| Silver | 2000 Tampere | Super Heavyweight |
Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970 in Gorizia) is a boxer from Italy, who won the Olympic bronze medal, twice won the bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships: 1997 and 1999 and also won a silver medal at the European Championships.
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He won Olympic Bronze in 2000 at Super Heavyweight after beating Calvin Brock and Samuel Peter but lost to Audley Harrison.
His first match was held at Madison Square Garden on 27 January 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 Russian boxer Nicolay Valuev on 9 October 2004 at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany.
On 6 June 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 sixth.
After his loss to Virchis he rebounded with two more wins against Alexei Osokin and Antoine Palatis before losing to Virchis one more time this time by unanimous decision.
He won two more fights against Zoltan Peto and Paul Butlin, winning both of them by knockout.
He faced Sinan Samil Sam for the vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title on 4 July 2008, but lost by majority decision. He fought Matt Skelton for the vacant EBU European heavyweight title on 19 December 2008. He lost the fight after refusing to come out for round 10. In his most recent fight he defeated Tomasz Zeprzalka by TKO in the fourth round. On 18 December 2009, he fought Albert Sosnowski for the EBU heavyweight title but lost by unanimous decision after twelve rounds.