Sinan Åžamil Sam
Sinan Samil Sam ( born June 23, 1974 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a retired Turkish boxer.
- 2.1 successes as a professional
Amateur
Sinan Samil Sam was an amateur nine times Turkish champions. His first international success was the second place in the middleweight class at the Junior European Championships in Edinburgh in 1992, he lost it in the final against Vasily Shirov.
In the same year 1992 he won but then as the light heavyweight Junior World Championships in Montreal. At the European Championships in 1993 in Bursa, Turkey, he finished second after he was hit in the semifinals Sven Ottke, but in the final of the Russian Igor Kschinin subject.
In 1995 he went back to a class, in the heavyweight (up to 91kg ), and was in the Amateur World Championships in Berlin Third, he failed there in the semifinals to Luan Krasniqi. In the semifinals of the Military World Championships in Rome, he defeated the Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko.
At the World Championships 1997 in Budapest won Sam, again ascended and now arrived in the super heavyweight, his first fight, but then came to the meeting with the Cuban Alexis Rubalcaba not. In 1998 he occupied at the European Championships in Minsk a third place, he was defeated by Russians Alexei Lesin. 1999 in Houston Sinan Samil Sam finally wins against the two finalists in the subsequent Olympic Games, Audley Harrison and Muchtarchan Dildabekow, amateur world champion and finished his amateur career with 217 victories in 18 defeats.
Successes as an amateur
- European Junior Championship - Second 1992
- World Junior Championship - Winner 1992
- European Championship - Second 1993, Third 1998
- Military World Championship - Third 1995
- World Cup - Third in 1995, winner in 1999
Professional career
His professional debut took place on 15 April 2000. His coach was Fritz Sdunek, his managers were Ahmet Öner and Klaus- Peter Kohl at the Universum Box-Promotion. In 2006, Sam then to the Arena Box-Promotion, the newly founded his manager Öner. Sam lives in Hamburg, is married and has one daughter.
On 17 October 2002, he won the European title with a victory over Poland Przemysław Saleta. Sam became the first Turkish boxer who could win in a higher weight class than the light welterweight a European title. He defended the title against the then slightly favored Danny Williams, whom he beat in the sixth round three times to the ground and defeat prematurely, and Julius Francis.
In a fight in the U.S. against Cuban Juan Carlos Gomez in September 2003, Sam had then, however, his first defeat suffered and went in the course of the struggle even to the ground. The next defense of his European Championship title on February 14, 2004 against Luan Krasniqi he lost.
After he was his next seven fights, including against Lawrence Clay -Bey and Peter Okhello win, he stepped in a WBC eliminator of the Association to the right the WBC title holder to be able to challenge, against Oleg Maskajew to. But Sam clearly lost on points and also pulled in the course of combat a broken jaw to.
On 16 June 2007, he played in the first Profiboxveranstaltung in Turkey for 27 years a renewed WBC elimination bout against the 42 -year-old Oliver McCall. Bad acting and austrainiert with the highest weight of his career (115 kg) antretend, he suffered early in the fight, a deep gash under his left eye and eventually lost on points.
After three more fights that Sam was able to finish all victorious, he punched on 4 July 2008 in Ankara for the vacant European title against Italian Paolo Vidoz. This fight, the Vidoz dominated with his jab over long distances, was first a draw. After the fight, there was tumultuous scenes at one of the judges, who then had to flee out of the hall. This judge should have changed his rating still later to the detriment of Sam after the end of the fight. After Sam's boxing stable, the Arena Box-Promotion, protest at the EBU had been inserted, it finally told Sam about two weeks later as the winner and new European champion, but with the arrangement of a return fight between the two rivals within 90 days. There was, however, no longer because Sam waived a few days after this decision on the European title.
Comeback attempts by Sam failed since then due to various health problems, such as a gallstone operation in 2009. In December 2010 he had due to cirrhosis caused by hepatitis disease and years of alcohol abuse are treated in the intensive care unit of an Istanbul hospital.
Success as a professional
- European champion 2002-2004 and 2008
- WBC International Heavyweight Champion 2007