Andrzej Fonfara
| Andrzej Fonfara | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | The Polish Prince |
| Rated at | |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Reach | 196 cm (77 in) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born |
4 November 1987 Bialobrzegi, Poland |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 33 |
| Wins | 28 |
| Wins by KO | 16 |
| Losses | 4 |
| No contests | 1 |
Andrzej Fonfara (born 4 November 1987) is a Polish professional boxer who held the IBO light heavyweight title from 2012 to 2013. He currently resides in Chicago, the city with the third largest Polish population in the world behind Warsaw and New York City.
Andrzej began his career in boxing by joining the Warsaw boxing club Gwardia Warszawa. His trainers were Jacek Kucharczyk and Jerzy Rybicki. After some time he decided to transfer to another Warsaw boxing club, Legia Warszawa, and this time he trained with Krzysztof Kosedowski, Adam Kozlowski and Lukasz Landowski. But he didn’t stay there for long and transferred back to his original club. This time he was working with Stanislaw Lakomiec with whom he won his biggest trophies. Finally as a senior he trained with Paweł Skrzecz and Sebastian Skrzecz, and with them he ended his amateur career.
His professional career began in 2006 at Ostrołęka, where he won by majority decision against Czech fighter Miroslav Kubik. After this fight he got a chance to train and fight in the U.S. He currently resides in the U.S. with his family in Chicago and trains with Sam Colonna (Andrzej Golota’s trainer). In 2009 he signed a contract with Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions. That same year, Fonfara tested positive for anabolic steroids. His TKO win over Skyler Thompson was overturned, ending up in a No Contest. At the beginning of 2010 he decided to move to Light Heavyweight division which is better suited for his body. In 2010 he won a WBC Youth Championship, and in 2011 WBO NABO Title. On September 23, 2011, he won by TKO in second round against Jose Spearman in his home town of Chicago.
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