Albert Dariusz Sosnowski (born 7 March 1979) is a Polish former

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who competed from 1998 to 2017. He held the European heavyweight title in 2009 and challenged once for the WBC

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title in 2010.

Professional career

Sosnowski made his professional debut in July 1998, defeating

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fighter Jan Drobena via first-round

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in Outrup, Denmark. He won his first 19 fights, 12 wins by knockout. In July 2001, Sosnowski fought for his first title belt against Canadian Arthur Cook in

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, Hungary, for the vacant WBC World Youth heavyweight title. Sosnowski, who was clearly ahead on points all scorecards, was knocked out by Cook in the ninth round to take the title. In July 2008, Sosnowski lost to journeyman Zuri Lawrence, who had taken the fight on late notice but in November 2008 he defeated British fighter Danny Williams when Sosnowski himself was the underdog and he had taken the fight at late notice. He won by

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after 1:17 of the 8th round. He fought Francesco Pianeta for the EBU-EU heavyweight title on 4 April 2009 with the fight going to a draw after twelve rounds. On 18 December 2009, Sosnowski defeated

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for the EBU heavyweight title, winning by

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World title shot

He was subsequently lined up to face heavyweight Prizefighter series winner and former Olympic gold medallist, Audley Harrison for his first defence of the title, with the fight being scheduled for 9 April 2010. He cancelled this fight for a shot at

Vitali Klitschko Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,Łukasz Różański , KO , 1 (8), , 9 Sep 2017 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 59 , Loss , 49–8–2 , style="text-align:left;", Andrzej Wawrzyk , , 5 (10), , 17 Sep 2016 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 58 , Win , 49–7–2 , style="text-align:left;", Andras Csomor , TKO , 2 (8), , 18 Mar 2016 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 57 , Loss , 48–7–2 , style="text-align:left;", Marcin Rekowski , TKO , 7 (10), , 31 May 2014 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 56 , Win , 48–6–2 , style="text-align:left;", Wladimir Letr , TKO , 1 (6), , 26 Apr 2014 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 55 , Loss , 47–6–2 , style="text-align:left;", Martin Rogan , TKO , 3 (3), , 23 Feb 2013 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 54 , Loss , 47–5–2 , style="text-align:left;", Kevin Johnson , SD , 3 , 20 Jun 2012 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 53 , Win , 47–4–2 , style="text-align:left;", Maurice Harris , , 3 , 20 Jun 2012 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 52 , Draw , 46–4–2 , style="text-align:left;", Hastings Rasani , PTS , 6 , 9 Nov 2011 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 51 , Loss , 46–4–1 , style="text-align:left;", Alexander Dimitrenko , KO , 12 (12), , 26 Mar 2011 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 50 , Win , 46–3–1 , style="text-align:left;", Paul Butlin , TKO , 1 (8), , 25 Sep 2010 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 49 , Loss , 45–3–1 , style="text-align:left;",

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, UD , 12 , 18 Dec 2009 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 47 , Draw , 44–2–1 , style="text-align:left;", Francesco Pianeta , , 12 , 4 May 2009 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 46 , Win , 44–2 , style="text-align:left;", Danny Williams , TKO , 8 (10), , 8 Nov 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 45 , Loss , 43–2 , style="text-align:left;", Zuri Lawrence , UD , 8 , 6 Aug 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 44 , Win , 43–1 , style="text-align:left;", Terrell Nelson , TKO , 5 (8), , 25 Apr 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 43 , Win , 42–1 , style="text-align:left;", Colin Kenna , PTS , 10 , 25 Jan 2008 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 42 , Win , 41–1 , style="text-align:left;", Manuel Alberto Pucheta , KO , 2 (12), , 15 Sep 2007 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 41 , Win , 40–1 , style="text-align:left;", Steve Herelius , TKO , 9 (10), , 8 Jun 2007 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 40 , Win , 39–1 , style="text-align:left;", Lawrence Tauasa , MD , 12 , 4 Nov 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 39 , Win , 38–1 , style="text-align:left;", Osborne Machimana , UD , 10 , 25 May 2006 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 38 , Win , 37–1 , style="text-align:left;", Orlin Norris , , 6 , 28 May 2005 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 37 , Win , 36–1 , style="text-align:left;", Travis Fulton , TKO , 2 (8), , 19 Mar 2005 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 36 , Win , 35–1 , style="text-align:left;", Tommy Connelly , TKO , 2 (6), , 22 Jan 2005 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 35 , Win , 34–1 , style="text-align:left;", Kenny Craven , KO , 2 (8) , 11 Sep 2004 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 34 , Win , 33–1 , style="text-align:left;", Wojciech Bartnik , PTS , 6 , 26 Jun 2004 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 33 , Win , 32–1 , style="text-align:left;", Paul King , PTS , 4 , 10 Apr 2004 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 32 , Win , 31–1 , style="text-align:left;", Greg Scott Briggs , KO , 2 (6), , 31 Jan 2004 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 31 , Win , 30–1 , style="text-align:left;", Chris Woollas , TKO , 1 (6), , 22 Nov 2003 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 30 , Win , 29–1 , style="text-align:left;", Jason Brewster , TKO , 2 (6), , 5 Jul 2003 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 29 , Win , 28–1 , style="text-align:left;", Mike Holden , PTS , 6 , 12 Apr 2003 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 28 , Win , 27–1 , style="text-align:left;", Mindaugas Kulikauskas , TKO , 2 (6), , 8 Mar 2003 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 27 , Win , 26–1 , style="text-align:left;", Jacklord Jacobs , PTS , 6 , 7 Dec 2002 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 26 , Win , 25–1 , style="text-align:left;", Paul Bonson , PTS , 4 , 27 Jul 2002 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 25 , Win , 24–1 , style="text-align:left;", Jacob Odhiambo , KO , 1 (6), , 9 Mar 2002 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 24 , Win , 23–1 , style="text-align:left;", Cătălin Zmărăndescu , KO , 1 (4) , 22 Jan 2002 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 23 , Win , 22–1 , style="text-align:left;", Robert Măgureanu , TKO , 4 (6) , 27 Oct 2001 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 22 , Win , 21–1 , style="text-align:left;", Stanyslav Tomkachov , TKO , 3 (6) , 13 Oct 2001 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 21 , Win , 20–1 , style="text-align:left;", Dirk Wallyn , UD , 6 , 7 Jul 2001 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 20 , Loss , 19–1 , style="text-align:left;", Arthur Cook , KO , 9 (10), , 17 Mar 2001 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", , - , 19 , Win , 19–0 , style="text-align:left;", Michael Murray , TKO , 5 (6) , 27 Nov 2000 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 18 , Win , 18–0 , style="text-align:left;", Everett Martin , TKO , 7 (8) , 30 Sep 2000 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 17 , Win , 17–0 , style="text-align:left;", Dan Conway , UD , 4 , 19 Aug 2000 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 16 , Win , 16–0 , style="text-align:left;", Clarence Goins , TKO , 2 (6) , 24 Jun 2000 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 15 , Win , 15–0 , style="text-align:left;", Neil Kirkwood , TKO , 1 (6), , 27 May 2000 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 14 , Win , 14–0 , style="text-align:left;", Slobodan Popovic , KO , 1 (6) , 8 Apr 2000 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 13 , Win , 13–0 , style="text-align:left;", Luke Simpkin , PTS , 4 , 11 Mar 2000 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 12 , Win , 12–0 , style="text-align:left;", Henry Kolle Njume , PTS , 6 , 20 Nov 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 11 , Win , 11–0 , style="text-align:left;", Jeff Lally , TKO , 3 (6), , 22 Oct 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 10 , Win , 10–0 , style="text-align:left;", Ignacio Orsola , , 1 (6) , 18 Sep 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 9 , Win , 9–0 , style="text-align:left;", Bruno Foster , PTS , 6 , 17 Jul 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 8 , Win , 8–0 , style="text-align:left;",

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, , 4 , 26 Jun 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 7 , Win , 7–0 , style="text-align:left;", Gary Williams , TKO , 4 (4), , 28 May 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 6 , Win , 6–0 , style="text-align:left;", Stipe Balic , PTS , 4 , 17 Apr 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 5 , Win , 5–0 , style="text-align:left;", Chris Woollas , PTS , 4 , 12 Mar 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 4 , Win , 4–0 , style="text-align:left;", Viktor Juhász , TKO , 1 (4) , 13 Feb 1999 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 3 , Win , 3–0 , style="text-align:left;", Rene Hanl , , 4 , 2 Oct 1998 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 2 , Win , 2–0 , style="text-align:left;", Andrzej Dziewulski , TKO , 4 (4) , 25 Sep 1998 , style="text-align:left;", , , - , 1 , Win , 1–0 , style="text-align:left;", Jan Drobena , , 1 (4), , 22 Jul 1998 , style="text-align:left;", ,

References

External links

Official Website
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