Dawid Kostecki

Dawid Kostecki
Statistics
Real name	Dawid Kostecki
Nickname(s)	"Cygan" (Eng. "Gypsy")
Rated at	Light Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1981-06-27) 27 June 1981 Rzeszów, Poland
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	41
Wins	39
Wins by KO	25
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0

Dawid Kostecki (born 27 June 1981 in Rzeszów) is a Polish professional boxer, who fights in Light Heavyweight division.^[1]

Personal life

Dawid Kostecki was born in Rzeszów, Poland. He is married to Edyta and they have four children (one of them was born when boxer wasn't at the age of 18).

He has Polish-Romani ancestry.

Boxing titles

• WBC Youth Light Heavyweight Title (2004)
• WBF Light Heavyweight Title (2005)
• IBC Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
• (2) WBF Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
• WBC Baltic Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
• WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight Title (2011)

Dawid Kostecki vs Roy Jones, Jr.

Roy Jones was supposed to face Dawid Kostecki in a ten round bout at Atlas Arena on June 30. Days before the fight, Kostecki was convicted of being the ringleader of a criminal organization and was thrown in jail. Other Polish boxer, Paweł Głażewski stepped in to fight Jones instead. Jones defeated the 17-0 Głażewski by split decision.

Trouble with the law

October 31, 2011 the District Court in Rzeszów sentenced Kostecki to 2.5 years in prison for setting up and co-ownership of a criminal group. In 2003-2007 the group conducted three escort agencies. Investigators also accused him of trafficking in amphetamine, but the court acquitted him of the complaint. The boxer lodged an appeal. May 10, 2012 Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of 2.5 years imprisonment. On the night of 19/20 June 2012 was stopped by police officers and brought to serve a punishment. August 13, 2014 was released from prison.^[2]

Comeback to ring

After coming back from the prison Kostecki extended for 4 years his contract with Andrzej Wasilewski, who is owner of the polish group Knockout Promotions. Kostecki plans his comeback in the boxing ring on breakthrough of October and November.^[3]

Professional Record

39 Wins (25 knockouts), 2 Loss, 0 Draw[4]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	39-2	Andrzej Sołdra	UD	8	2014-11-08	Kraków
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	39–1	Sandro Siproshvili	UD	6	2012-04-21	Zabrze
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	38–1	Byron Mitchell	KO	4 (10)	2011-12-03	Warszawa	Retained WBC Baltic and WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight titles
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	37–1	Lolenga Mock	UD	10	2011-06-25	Rzeszów	Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight title Retained WBC Baltic Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	36–1	Juan Nelongo	UD	6	2011-03-05	Krynica Zdrój
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	35–1	Shawn Corbin	TKO	4 (10)	2010-10-23	Warszawa
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	34–1	Giulian Ilie	UD	12	2009-13-18	Gdynia	Won vacant WBF Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	33–1	Dario Cichello	TKO	7 (12)	2010-02-06	Rzeszów	Won vacant IBC Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	32–1	Istvan Varga	TKO	1 (8)	2009-13-18	Łódź
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	31–1	Grzegorz Soszyński	UD	10	2009-10-24	Łódź
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	30–1	Martial Bella Oleme	UD	8	2009-02-28	Lublin
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	29–1	Samson Onyango	TKO	5 (10)	2008-12-13	Ketrzyn
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	28–1	Marcelo Leandro Da Silva	TKO	1 (8)	2008-09-14	Kielce
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	27–1	Armen Azizian	UD	8	2008-02-29	Lublin
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	26–1	Antonio Pedro Quiganga	TKO	2 (10)	2007-12-15	Rzeszów
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	25–1	Bernard Donfack	UD	8	2007-10-13	Moscow
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	24–1	Paul David	KO	1 (8)	2007-09-22	Bytom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	23–1	Ramdane Serdjane	DQ	6 (8)	2006-10-28	Dębica
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	22–1	Andreas Günther	KO	2 (6)	2006-07-01	Kepno
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	21–1	Rachid Kanfouah	KO	9 (12)	2006-05-06	Krosno	For vacant IBC Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21–0	Richard Nwoba	KO	2 (10)	2006-01-21	Busko Zdrój
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	20–0	Ismail Abdoul	UD	12	2005-10-15	Rzeszów	Won vacant WBF Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19–0	Joseph Marwa	TKO	5 (10)	2005-05-21	Zdzieszowice
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18–0	Mukadi Shambuyi	KO	3 (10)	2005-03-12	Poznań	Retained WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17–0	Tucker Lambert	KO	3 (6)	2005-01-21	Elk Grove
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	16–0	Dhafir Smith	UD	10	2004-12-19	Rzeszów	Retained WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	15–0	Talal Santiago	PTS	6	2004-11-20	Strzelce Opolskie
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	14–0	Gasper Mathew	TKO	5 (10)	2004-09-25	Opole	Won vacant WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	13–0	Dmitry Treskov	TKO	6 (6)	2004-06-05	Dąbrowa Górnicza
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12–0	Ivica Cukusic	KO	2 (6)	2004-04-24	Dąbrowa Górnicza
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11–0	George Adipo Odour	TKO	6 (6)	2004-03-27	Radom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10–0	Stefan Stanko	KO	1 (4)	2004-03-13	Berlin
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9–0	Pavel Zima	TKO	3 (6)	2003-12-13	Opole
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8–0	Otto Nemeth	TKO	2 (6)	2003-10-24	Wrocław
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7–0	Bruce Özbek	PTS	6	2003-09-27	Gorzów Wielkopolski
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6–0	Florian Benche	PTS	4	2003-06-28	Opole
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5–0	Dmitry Adamovich	KO	3 (4)	2002-05-24	Płońsk
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4–0	Sandor Szakaly	TKO	1 (6)	2002-04-13	Bielsko Biała
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3–0	Piotr Ścieszka	TKO	2 (4)	2002-02-23	Włocławek
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2–0	unknown	KO	2 (4)	2001-12-29	Konin
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1–0	Marcin Najman	TKO	4 (4)	2001-11-24	Łódź	Kostecki's professional debut.

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