Krzysztof GÃ Âowacki (born 31 July 1986) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer. As a boxer he held the WBO junior-heavyweight title twice; from 2015 to 2016 and again in 2019 (elevated from interim champion). As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the super-heavyweight division at the 2008 EU Championships.
Krzysztof GÃ Âowacki was born in Walcz, north west Poland in 1986. Glowacki first started training aikido and karate in the club Orzel Walcz, before finally deciding to pursue a career in boxing. He started boxing at the age of 13, in 1999. He idolized Mike Tyson. Glowacki became a father at the age of 18, and, after finishing high school realized that he needed to support his family, so he gave up on studying and took up boxing full-time.
GÃ Âowacki fought 125 amateur fights (103 Wins, 19 Losses and 3 Draws). He became Polish Junior Champion in 2003, 2004 and 2005. In 2007, he finished as runner-up in the Polish Senior Championships in the Super heavyweight category. The following year, he finished as a bronze medalist.
He made his debut in 2008, defeating Mariusz Radziszewski by points decision. In 2009, Gà Âowacki won vacant Baltic Boxing Union International title, defeating à Âukasz Rusiewicz by points decision.
On 18 August 2012, he won the vacant WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title, defeating Felipe Romero by sixth-round technical knockout (TKO).
On 31 January 2015, Gà Âowacki won WBO European cruiserweight title by unanimous decision (118âÂÂ110, 118âÂÂ110 and 120âÂÂ108) against Nuri Seferi (36âÂÂ6, 20 KOs) at Torun, Poland. The bout was as also a WBO cruiserweight title eliminator.
On 14 August 2015, Gà Âowacki won the WBO cruiserweight title, defeating Marco Huck (38âÂÂ2âÂÂ1, 26 KOs) by eleventh-round knockout. Huck dropped Gà Âowacki with a huge left hand in the sixth round, Gà Âowacki staggered to his feet and threw back everything he had, rocking Huck in the process. Coming into the eleventh round Huck was ahead on the scorecards, Gà Âowacki knocked down Huck with a left-right combination. As the referee allowed the bout to continue, Gà Âowacki landing two huge right hands and dropped Huck down against the ropes, the referee come in and waved off the bout. Glowacki twice dropped Marco Huck in a knockout that foiled Huck's attempt at a record 14th defense in the 200-pound division at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Like Huck, it was Glowacki's first fight outside of Europe. Many consider this as the 2015 fight of the year.
On 16 April 2016, he defended the WBO cruiserweight title by unanimous decision (116âÂÂ108, 115âÂÂ109, 115âÂÂ109) against Steve Cunningham. Cunningham was down twice in the second-round and once in tenth and twelfth.
Gà Âowacki lost the WBO cruiserweight championship against undefeated Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk (9âÂÂ0, 9 KOs) on 17 September 2016 at the Ergo Arena in Gdaà Âsk, Poland. The fight was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK. On the night, Usyk outpointed Gà Âowacki after an exciting twelve-round fight with the judges scoring it 119âÂÂ109, 117âÂÂ111, and 117âÂÂ111 all in Usyk's favour.
Krzysztof GÃ Âowacki entered the second edition of the World Boxing Super Series, with the winner from each weight division taking the Muhammad Ali Trophy, named after the former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, and a share of a grand prize.
On 10 November 2018 Gà Âowacki won the vacant WBO interim title by unanimous decision (118âÂÂ110, 117âÂÂ110, 115âÂÂ112) against Maxim Vlasov (42âÂÂ2, 25 KOs) in the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight quarter-final. Gà Âowacki knocked Vlasov down in the third-round of the bout. The fight took place at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, United States.
On 6 February 2019 it was announced that Glowacki would challenge Latvia's Mairis Briedis (25âÂÂ1, 18KOs) to defend the WBO interim title and their quest for the Ali Trophy in the cruiserweight division semi-final on 15 June at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. On 4 June the WBC made Oleksandr Usyk 'champion in recess', which freed up the vacant WBC cruiserweight title to be on the line for the Briedis vs. Glowacki fight. On 5 June, after Usyk moved up to heavyweight, the WBO made Krzysztof Glowacki their new cruiserweight champion.
On 15 June 2019 in Riga he lost in third-round by TKO to Briedis. The fight raised a lot of controversy at the end of the second-round when, during a clinch, Glowacki punched Briedis in the back of the head. Briedis responded with an elbow to Glowacki's jaw. Glowacki fell down but was able to stand up and referee Robert Byrd continued the fight. Next the referee didn't hear the bell and Glowacki was punched by Briedis which was scored as a knockdown for Briedis. During the bout after the bell, which was not heard by a referee, some of the Briedis' crew entered the ring.
At the WBO federation convention in Tokyo, Japan, it was decided that GÃ Âowacki would face Lawrence Okolie for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title. The fight took place at the SSE Arena, Wembley in London, England on 20 March 2021. Okolie won by stoppage in the sixth-round to hand GÃ Âowacki his third defeat.
GÃ Âowacki won in a bout against Francisco Rivas Ruiz, via TKO.
GÃ Âowacki lost in a bout against British boxer Richard Riakporhe, via TKO. This bout was on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Smith, held in the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, on the 21 January 2023. Almost a year after the bout it was announced that GÃ Âowacki tested positive for boldenone in the bout's urine sample, and was banned from any competition overseen by UKAD for four years.
Gà Âowacki made his mixed martial arts debut against Patryk Toà Âkaczewski on 3 June 2023 at . He won the bout via knockout in the first round after hitting Toà Âkaczewsk with left hook while being mounted which knocked Toà Âkaczewsk out.
At the end of July 2024, it was announced that GÃ Âowacki would face former kickboxer Dawid Kasperski on September 14 at in Lubin. GÃ Âowacki lost unanimously on the scorecards.
|- |Win |align=center| |Kleber Silva |TKO (arm injury) |Babilon MMA 56 | |align=center|2 |align=center|1:07 |à »yrardów, Poland | |- |Loss |align=center| |Jordan Nandor |Technical Submission (guillotine choke) |Babilon MMA 55 | |align=center|1 |align=center|0:23 |Radom, Poland | |- |NC |align=center| |Jordan Nandor |NC (accidental eye poke) | | |align=center|1 |align=center|0:20 |Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland | |- |Loss |align=center|1âÂÂ1 |Dawid Kasperski |Decision (unanimous) | | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Lubin, Poland | |- | Win |align=center| 1âÂÂ0 |Patryk Toà Âkaczewski | KO (punch) | | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:33 |Warsaw, Poland |
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