Andrzej Fonfara
- January 4, 2024
- Boxer
Quick Facts
Andrzej Fonfara Biography
| Name | Andrzej Fonfara |
| Birthday | Nov 4 |
| Birth Year | 1987 |
| Place Of Birth | Poland |
| Birth Country | Poland |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Parents | Bożena Fonfara, Andrzej Fonfara |
| Spouse | Justyna Fonfara |
Andrzej Fonfara is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on November 4, 1987 in Poland, Poland. He secured the IBO Light Heavyweight title on November 16, 2012, when he scored a TKO against Tommy Karpency.
In 2014, he agreed to challenge Adonis Stevenson in a prime matchup for the WBC Light Heavyweight title.
Fonfara fought 43 year old former world champion Glen Johnson (51-16-2, 36 KOs) on June 13, 2012, at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. Fonfara defeated Johnson via a controversial unanimous decision with the three judges scoring the bout 99–91, 97-93 and 97–93. Johnson had some success early landing with power shots and jabs when in range, but Fonfara had the better stamina and speed and worked over Johnson, who was fading, for the final four rounds. Fonfara connected well from the distance with jabs, followed by right hands and only allowed Johnson a chance when he chose to fight in close. Johnson announced his retirement after the fight. It was the first time Fonfara had been beyond seven rounds.
Andrzej Fonfara (born 4 November 1987) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018, and held the IBO light heavyweight title from 2012 to 2013. He was based in Chicago for most of his career.
He was born in Radom, Poland.
Andrzej Fonfara Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Boxer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Andrzej Fonfara is one of the richest Boxer from Poland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrzej Fonfara 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He began boxing at the Gwardia Warszawa boxing club.
He made his professional debut on June 3, 2006, where he earned a victory against Miroslav Kubik.
Following his first major win against Johnson, Fonfara challenged former world title challenger Tommy Karpency (21-3-1 4 KOs) for the vacant IBO light heavyweight title. The fight took place at the UIC Pavilion on November 16,
- In front of 4,224 on a Friday night, Fonfara won the vacant IBO title after stopping Karpency in round 7. Fonfara started off well, until Karpency go in on the action through the middle rounds. In round 7, Karpency slipped and fell on his back, after pleading to the referee to help him up, he eventually got up himself and waved the bout off. Fonfara refused to shake Karpency’s hand after the fight. There was bad blood from the beginning of the fight. At the time of stoppage, Karpency was ahead 57-55 on two of the judges’ cards, whilst the third judge had it 57-55 for Fonfara. Karpency was knocked down twice in the 1st-round.
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Who is Andrzej Fonfara Dating?
According to our records, Andrzej Fonfara married to Justyna Fonfara. As of December 1, 2023, Andrzej Fonfara’s is not dating anyone.
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In January 2014, Fonfara notified the IBF, who had ordered him to fight Dmitry Sukhotsky in a final eliminator, that he would pass on the opportunity because he had agreed a deal to fight lineal/WBC/The Ring champion Adonis Stevenson. IBF would instead order Sukhotsky to fight their #3 ranked Cedric Agnew. In February, Stevenson signed a deal with boxing adviser Al Haymon.The fight was scheduled for May 24 on HBO, until HBO cancelled the date from their boxing schedule. On March 25, Michel confirmed the fight would take place on Showtime instead. Stevenson started off very well, dropping his opponent twice with sharp lefts and appeared close to stopping his opponent. Fonfara however, recovered very well, even dropping Stevenson in the ninth round. Stevenson similarly recovered quickly. The two fighters exchanged punches in a good- action final round and the crowd gave the fight a standing ovation. Stevenson won the fight as the judges scored it 116–109, 115-110 & 115–110. CompuBox Stats showed over the 12 rounds, Stevenson landed 329 of 790 punches thrown (42%) and Fonfara landed 217 of his 613 thrown (35%).
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Andrzej Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Poland. Andrzej Fonfara celebrates birthday on November 4 of every year.
Fonfara fought Julio César Chávez, Jr. on April 18, 2015, at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, for the vacant WBC International Light Heavyweight Championship. A bout in which Fonfara dominated and dropped Chávez with a left hook to the forehead in the 9th round. Before the 10th round begun Chávez told his corner “Stop the fight” making it his first TKO in his career. After fight Chávez said “Yes, I think I won the fight”. Some words were lost in translation; he meant to say he felt he was winning the fight at early stages of the bout. Chávez was behind in all three judges score cards at the time of the stoppage.