BOXERS from Poland

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Polish Boxers of all time. This list of famous Polish Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Andrew Golota (1968 - )

With an HPI of 45.82, Andrew Golota is the most famous Polish Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Andrzej Jan Gołota (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ɡɔˈwɔta]; born 5 January 1968), best known as Andrew Golota, is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2013. He challenged four times for a heavyweight world title (by all four major sanctioning bodies), and as an amateur won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1988 Olympics. Despite his accomplishments and more than 40 professional wins, Golota is perhaps best known for twice being disqualified against Riddick Bowe for repeated low blows in fights that Golota was winning. On October 4, 1997, he became the first Pole to challenge for a heavyweight boxing crown when he fought WBC champion Lennox Lewis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. In November 2016, Golota was inducted into the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame.

2. Jerzy Kulej (1940 - 2012)

With an HPI of 44.48, Jerzy Kulej is the 2nd most famous Polish Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Jerzy Zdzisław Kulej (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈkulɛj]; 19 October 1940 – 13 July 2012) was a Polish boxer, politician and sports commentator. He was a double Olympic and World Champion.

3. Dariusz Michalczewski (1968 - )

With an HPI of 43.16, Dariusz Michalczewski is the 3rd most famous Polish Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Dariusz Tomasz Michalczewski (born 5 May 1968) is a Polish-German professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2005. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA, IBF, WBO and lineal light heavyweight titles between 1994 and 2003, and the WBO junior-heavyweight title from 1994 to 1995.

4. Jan Szczepański (1939 - 2017)

With an HPI of 41.74, Jan Szczepański is the 4th most famous Polish Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Jan Antoni Szczepański (20 November 1939 in Małecz – 15 January 2017 in Warsaw) was a Polish boxer, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he defeated Hungary's László Orbán on points (5:0). Szczepański died on 15 January 2017, after long illness.

5. Tomasz Adamek (1976 - )

With an HPI of 37.64, Tomasz Adamek is the 5th most famous Polish Boxer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Tomasz "Tomek" Adamek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ aˈdamɛk]; born 1 December 1976) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC light heavyweight title from 2005 to 2007, and the IBF and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles from 2008 to 2009. He also held the IBO cruiserweight title in 2007, and challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2011. BoxRec ranks Adamek as the third greatest Polish boxer of all time, pound for pound. He is the first Polish boxer to win The Ring title.