Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish

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(

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origin). As a professional boxer, Sam won the

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,WBC international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. According to his former managers, Sam died after battling liver and kidney failure.

Amateur career

Sinan Şamil Sam won Turkish Amateur Boxing Championship nine times.

Highlights

Junior European Championships (Middleweight),

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, 1992: * Quarterfinals: Defeated Istvan Kozak (Hungary) KO 1 * Semifinals: Defeated Chris Davies (Wales) 8:7 * Finals: Lost to

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(Kazakhstan) 7:11 Junior World Championships (Light Heavyweight),

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, 1992. * Preliminaries: Defeated Jay Massie (Canada) 8:2 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Dmitriy Gorbachov (Russia) 14:5 * Semifinals: Defeated Yuriy Dvornikov (Ukraine) 17:6 * Finals: Defeated Alexander Gonzalez (Puerto Rico) 11:1

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(Light Heavyweight), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 1993. * Semifinals: Defeated

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(Algeria) on points * Finals: Defeated Vasilikos Paris (Greece) TKO 1

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(Light Heavyweight),

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, 1993. * Preliminaries: Defeated Kelly Oliver (England) TKO 1 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Ervins Chelmanis (Latvia) 6:1 * Semifinals: Defeated

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(Germany) 4:2 * Finals: Lost to

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(Russia) 2:2+

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(Heavyweight),

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, 1995: * Quarterfinals: Defeated Ionas Dambrauskas (Lithuania) 12:1 * Semifinals: Lost to

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(Ukraine) 2:12

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(Heavyweight),

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, 1995: * Preliminaries: Defeated

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(Sweden) 6:4 * Preliminaries: Defeated

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(United States) 10:0 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Mustafa Amrou (Egypt) TKO 3 * Semifinals: Lost to

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(Germany) 3:7

(Super Heavyweight),

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, 1998. * Preliminaries: Defeated

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(Croatia) 5:1 * Quarterfinals: Defeated Patrick Halberg (Denmark) 3:0 * Semifinals: Lost to Alexey Lezin (Russia)) 3:9

(Super Heavyweight), Houston, Texas, 1999. * Preliminaries: Defeated

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(Poland) 8:3 * Quarterfinals: Defeated

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(England) 4:3 * Semifinals: Defeated Felix Diachuk (Russia) 10:3 * Finals: Defeated

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(Kazakhstan) +4:4

Professional career

Sam, known as "Bull of the Bosphorus", turned professional in 2000. He won his first 18 fights, including victories over Przemyslaw Saleta, Danny Williams, and

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. In 2003, he suffered his first professional defeat to

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and lost the following fight against

. In 2005, he beat

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to set up a fight with

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, a fight which he lost on points by

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. After the loss to Maskaev he defeated

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in 2006, but then lost a WBC eliminator to

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in June 2007. After three more victories against limited opponents he fought

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on July 4, 2008; he won the fight by majority decision.

Professional boxing record

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sam, Sinan Samil 1974 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Frankfurt Turkish male boxers German male boxers Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent German people of Turkish descent German people of Azerbaijani descent Light-heavyweight boxers Heavyweight boxers Super-heavyweight boxers European Boxing Union champions Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Burials at Karşıyaka Cemetery, Ankara