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Sinan Samil Sam
Male
(Sinan Şamil Sam)
Heavyweight, Turkey, based in Germany, Hamburg
Born: 23 June 1974, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
(some sources report: in Turkey)
Died: 30 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey
Height: 6ft 4in, mt 1,92
Weight: 230.5, 227.75, 228.5, 232.5, 237, 241, 245 lbs
- a German born of Turkish descent -
as an amateur:
9 times Turkish Champion
1992 Edinburgh Junior European Championships middleweight silver medal
1992 Montreal World Jr Champs lt.heavyweight gold medal
1993 Bursa European Sr Champs lt.heavyweight silver medal
Wstpd1 Olivier Kelly (Eng), Wpt Helmanis Ervins (Lit) 6-1
Wpt Sven Ottke (Ger) 4-2, Final: Lcstpd2 Igor Kshinin (Rus)
1995 Berlin World Sr Champs heavyweight bronze medal
Wpt Kwa Turkson (Swe) 6-4, Wpt D. Williamson (USA) 10-0
Wstpd2 Mostafa Amir (Egy), Semis: Lpt Luan Krasniqi (Ger) 7-3
1995 Rome, Italy, World Military Games heavyweight bronze medal
Wpts Ionas Dambrauskas (Ltu) 12-1, Semis: Lpts Wladimir Klitschko (Ukr) 2-12
1995 Atlanta Pre-Olympic Tournament heavyweight silver medallist
Final: Lpts David Defiagbon (Can)
1996 Vejle European Sr Champs heavyweight
Lpt Oleg Belikov (Ukr) 3-1
1997 Budapest Worl Sr Champs super-heavyweight
Wpt Abel Jesus (Por) 10-4, L w/o Alexis Ruvalcaba (Cuba)
1997 Bari, Italy, Mediteranean Games super-heavyweight
silver medallist. Final: Lpts Paolo Vidoz (Ita)
1998 Minsk European Sr Champs super-heavy bronze medal
Wpt Mirko Filipovic (Cro) 5-1, Wpt Patrick Halberg (Den) 3-0
Semis: Lpt Alexey Lezin (Rus) 9-3
1998 Beijing, China, World Cup super-heavyweight bronze medal
W.o. Patrick Harris (USA), Semis: Lpts Abud Dux Iku (Chn) 17-21
1999 Houston Worl Sr Champs super-heavyweight gold medal
Wpt Tomasz Bonin (Pol) 8-3, Wpt Audley Harrison (Eng) 4-3
Wpt Feliks Dyachuk (Rus) 10-3
Final: Wpt Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kaz) 4-4/26-16
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1992 | |
| Edinburgh, Scotland, European Junior Championships silver medal for Turkey, 75 kg | + Apr. 7 | Istvan Kozak (HUN) | Edinburgh, Scotland | WRSC 1 | | + Apr. 9 | Chris Davies | Edinburgh, Scotland | WPTS 8:7 | | - Apr. 11 | Vassiliy Jirov | Edinburgh, Scotland | LPTS 11:7 | |
| Montreal, Canada, World Junior Championships gold medal for Turkey, 81 kg | + Sept. 26 | Jay Massie (CAN) | Montreal, Canada | WPTS 8:2 | | + Sept. 29 | Dmitriy Gorbachov (RUS) | Montreal, Canada | WPTS 14:5 | | + Oct. 2 | Yuriy Dvornikov (UKR) | Montreal, Canada | WPTS 17:6 | | + Oct. 4 | Alexander Gonzalez (PUR) | Montreal, Canada | WPTS 11:1 | | 1993 | | + May 10 | Mustafa Amrou | Berlin, Germany | WRSC 3 | |
| Narbonne, France, Mediterranean Games gold medal, 81 kg | + June 25 | Mohamed Benguesmia | Narbonne, France | WPTS | | + June 26 | Vasilikos Paris | Narbonne, France | WRSC 1 | | 1994 | |
| Saint Petersburg, Russia, Goodwill Games bronze medal, 91 kg | - July 28 | Sergey Mochalov | Saint Petersburg, Russia | LPTS 8:5 | | 1995 | |
| Berlin, Germany, World Championships bronze medals, 91 kg | + May 6 | Kwamena Turkson | Berlin, Germany | WPTS 6:4 | | + May 8 | DaVarryl Williamson | Berlin, Germany | WPTS 10:0 | | - May 11 | Luan Krasniqi | Berlin, Germany | LPTS 7:3 | |
| Ariccia, Italy, World Military Games bronze medal, 91 kg | + Sept. 10 | Jonas Dambrauskas | Ariccia, Italy | WPTS 12:1 | | - Sept. 11 | Wladimir Klitschko | Ariccia, Italy | LPTS 12:2 | |
| Macon, Georgia, AIBA Challenge, 91 kg | - Oct. 28 | Felix Savon | Macon, Georgia | LPTS 13:2 | | 1996 | |
| Halle, Germany, Chemistry Cup bronze medal, 91 Kg | - Mar. 1 | Luan Krasniqi | Halle, Germany | LPTS 8:0 | | 1997 | |
| Athens, Greece, Acropolis Cup bronze medal, +91 kg | + May 22 | Andrey Moyseyev | Athens, Greece | WPTS +6:6 | | + May 23 | Sergey Lyakhovich | Athens, Greece | WPTS 4:3 | | - May 24 | Mirko Filipovic | Athens, Greece | LPTS 7:6 | |
| Bari, Italy, Mediterranean Games silver medal, +91 kg | + June 18 | Liberis Flesias | Bari, Italy | WPTS | | - June 19 | Paolo Vidoz | Bari, Italy | LPTS 3:2 | |
| Budapest, Hungary, World Championships preliminaries, +91 kg | + Oct. 20 | Abelo de Jesus | Budapes, Hungary | WPTS 10:4 | | - Oct. 21 | Alexis Rubalcaba | Budapest, Hungary | LWO | | 1998 | |
| Minsk, Belarus, European Championships bronze medal, +91 kg | + May 17 | Mirko Filipovic | Minsk, Belarus | WPTS 5:1 | | + May 20 | Patrick Halberg | Minsk, Belarus | WPTS 3:0 | | - May 22 | Alexey Lezin | Minsk, Belarus | LPTS 9:3 | |
| Chongqing, China, World Cup bronze medal, +91 Kg | + June 21 | Patrick Harris | Chongqing, China | WWO | | - June 23 | Abud Dux Iku | Chongqing, China | LPTS 21:17 | | 1999 | |
| Houston, Texas, World Championships gold medal, +91 kg | + Aug. 21 | Tomasz Bonin | Houston, Texas | WPTS 8:3 | | + Aug. 24 | Audley Harrison | Houston, Texas | WPTS 4:3 | | + Aug. 25 | Felix Diachuk | Houston, Texas | WPTS 10:3 | | + Aug. 27 | Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov | Houston, Texas | WPTS +4:4 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 2000 | | + Apr. 15 | Frantisek Sumina | Hannover, Germany | TKO 2 | | + May 6 | Alex Kostapolusz | Neuss, Germany | W 4 | | + June 23 | Dan Jerling | Budapest, Hungary | W 4 | | + Oct. 1 | Eduardo Antonio Carranza | Hamburg, Germany | W 4 | | + Oct. 14 | Vladimir Szabo | Köln, Germany | TKO 2 | | + Dec. 5 | Bradley Rone | Hamburg, Germany | KO 3 | | 2001 | | + Feb. 10 | Willie Chapman | Berlin, Germany | W 6 | | + May 5 | Denis Edwige | Braunschweig, Germany | KO 1 | | + June 16 | Stanislav Tomkatchov | Budapest, Hungary | TKO 2 | | + July 21 | Yuriy Yelistratov | Aachen, Germany | W 6 | | + Sept. 29 | Ratko Draskovic | Hamburg, Germany | W 6 | | + Nov. 3 | Henry Kolle Njume | Lübeck, Germany | TKO 3 | | + Dec. 8 | Chris Isaac | Oberhausen, Germany | W 8 | | 2002 | | + Mar. 16 | Thomas Williams | Stuttgart, Germay | KO 3 | | + July 20 | Roman Bugaj | Dortmund, Germany | KO 5 | | + Oct. 12 | Przemyslaw Saleta | Schwerin, Germany | TKO 7 | | (Won European Heavyweight Title) | | 2003 | | + Feb. 8 | Danny Williams | Berlin, Germany | TKO 6 | | (Retained European Heavyweight Title) | | + Apr. 26 | Julius Francis | Schwerin, Germany | TKO 7 | | (Retained European Heavyweight Title) | | - Sept. 27 | Juan Carlos Gómez | Buffalo, New York | L 10 | | 2004 | | - Feb. 14 | Luan Krasniqi | Stuttgart, Germany | L 12 | | (Lost European Heavyweight Title) | | + June 5 | Edgar Kalnars | Chemnitz, Germany | KO 5 | | + July 24 | Doug Liggion | Frankfurt/Oder, Germany | KO 1 | | + Sept. 4 | Sergey Dychkov | Essen, Germany | TKO 3 | | + Nov. 20 | Dennis Bakhtov | Kempten, Germany | KO 10 | | (Won WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title) | | 2005 | | + Feb. 12 | Lawrence Clay-Bey | Berlin, Germany | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title) | | + June 11 | Peter Okhello | Kempten, Germany | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title) | | - Nov. 12 | Oleg Maskaev | Hamburg, Germany | L 12 | | (Lost WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title and | | 2006 | | + Apr. 8 | George Arias | Kiel, Germany | W 12 | | (Regained vacant WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title) | | + July 29 | Saul Montana | Oberhausen, Germany | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title) | | + Nov. 10 | Bob Mirovic | Hamburg, Germany | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title) | | 2007 | | - June 16 | Oliver McCall | Ankara, Turkey | L 12 | | (Lost WBC Int’l Heavyweight Title) | | + Oct. 19 | Ivica Perkovic | Berlin, Germany | W 12 | | (Won inaugural WBC Mediterranean Heavyweight Title) | | 2008 | | + Feb. 15 | Mazur Ali | Istanbul, Turkey | W 6 | | + Mar. 14 | Ratko Draskovic | München, Germany | TKO 2 | | (Retained WBC Mediterranean Heavyweight Title) | | + July 4 | Paolo Vidoz | Ankara, Italy | W 12 | | (Regained vacant European Heavyweight Title) |
Summary
Total bouts: 35, Won: 31 (16 inside the limit), Lost: 4 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0
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