Robert Edward Czyz is an American retired boxer and commentator.
24 Facts About Bobby Czyz
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Bobby Czyz was a two-division world titleholder at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.
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Bobby Czyz grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey and attended Lakeland Regional High School.
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Bobby Czyz is three quarters Italian and one quarter Polish.
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Bobby Czyz did not make the trip, as he was recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident.
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Bobby Czyz was one of a few boxers who survived the LOT Flight 7 crash by staying at home in the United States.
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Bobby Czyz finished his amateur career having 26 fights under his belt, with a record of 24 wins, 2 losses.
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Bobby Czyz had a quick start to his professional boxing career in the early 1980s, and he was in line for a shot against world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler.
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Bobby Czyz had to start from scratch after suffering a one-sided, 10-round loss at the hands of veteran Mustafa Hamsho on November 20,1982 in a bout that was nationally televised.
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Bobby Czyz went up in weight, put another string of wins together, and in September 1986, he finally found himself in a ring with an undefeated world champion, IBF light heavyweight champion Slobodan Kacar.
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Bobby Czyz made three defenses: a one-round defeat of David Sears, a see-saw second-round KO of Willie Edwards, and a fifth-round TKO of Jim McDonald - before taking on 'Prince' Charles Williams in October 1987.
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Bobby Czyz scored an early knockdown of Williams, yet the challenger not only stayed in the fight, but hammered shut Bobby Czyz' left eye en route to scoring a TKO victory and thus seizing the title after nine rounds of boxing.
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Bobby Czyz then lost a decision to Dennis Andries in May 1988, followed by a couple of victories, in turn followed by two cracks at the world title in 1989.
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Bobby Czyz went on to stop then-undefeated Andrew Maynard in seven rounds in June 1990, then jumped up to cruiserweight.
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Bobby Czyz challenged Robert Daniels for Daniels' WBA world cruiserweight championship in March 1991, and won a unanimous decision.
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Two defenses, against Bash Ali and Donny Lalonde, were made before Bobby Czyz vacated the title.
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In 1994, Bobby Czyz became a television boxing analyst working alongside Steve Albert and Ferdie Pacheco whilst continuing his boxing career.
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Bobby Czyz fought one last time in 1998, losing by second-round TKO to South African Corrie Sanders.
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Bobby Czyz continued doing color commentary for Showtime, but was let go after pleading guilty to his fourth drunken-driving offense in six years after being caught speeding in Readington Township, New Jersey.
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Bobby Czyz's case received a lot of attention as he was a multiple repeat DUI case, and was a driver behind the NJ Assembly revisiting its legislation.
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Bobby Czyz, who was a Raritan Township, New Jersey resident at the time, was given a six-month license suspension for each of his three drunken driving convictions in 1998,1999 and 2000.
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Bobby Czyz married actress and photographer Kimberly Ross on October 27,1992.
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Bobby Czyz has since been inducted into the Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
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Bobby Czyz even wore a shirt with "MENSA" on it while walking to the ring to fight Evander Holyfield.