Maciej SulÃÂcki (born 2 May 1989) is a Polish professional boxer who challenged for the WBO middleweight title in 2019.
Sulecki had a 110âÂÂ30 record as an amateur, becoming a three-time Polish Junior champion.
SulÃÂcki made his professional debut in June 2010, defeating Adam Gawlik by knockout in the first round in Kielce, Poland. In June 2012, SulÃÂcki defeated former welterweight world champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko with a unanimous decision.
Over the next three years SulÃÂcki put together 15 straight victories before fighting for his first title in November 2013, against Lukasz Wawrzyczek for the vacant Republic of Poland middleweight title. SulÃÂcki won by unanimous decision. In May 2014, he added the Polish International super-middleweight title to that by beating Nicolas Dion of France over ten rounds.
SulÃÂcki then faced former European champion and WBA middleweight world title challenger Grzegorz Proksa at the Krakow Arena, Poland in November 2014. SulÃÂcki was victorious in the all-Polish affair, stopping Proksa in the seventh round. Proksa's unorthodox style gave SulÃÂcki some trouble early on but as the fight went on, SulÃÂcki started landing more effective shots and ended the fight with a right-hand counterpunch.
Following that victory, the Pole teamed up with promoter Lou DiBella and manager Al Haymon and made his US debut against Darryl Cunningham at the UIC Pavilion, Chicago in April 2015. SulÃÂcki again won by knockout, this time in the third round.
SulÃÂcki then stopped 40-year-old Jose Miguel Berrio, late replacement for Eduardo Tercero, at the Prudential Center. SulÃÂcki landed a number left hooks under the right elbow of Rodriguez and the referee stopped the fight before the end of the first round. Following this victory Sulecki was added as a contender for Sherdog's Top 10 middleweights list.
In 2016, SulÃÂcki defeated previously unbeaten prospect Hugo Centeno Jr. with a knockout in the final round of a ten-round bout. This was SulÃÂcki's fifth consecutive knockout after only scoring three stoppages in his first eighteen fights. SulÃÂcki moved down to light-middleweight in 2017. In October, he fought Jack Culcay, backing up the World Boxing Super Series quarter-final match between Krzysztof WÃ Âodarczyk and Murat Gassiev. SulÃÂcki beat Culcay with a unanimous decision (98-92, 97-93, 96-94).
After that, Sulecki fought former world middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs, who was ranked #2 by the WBA and WBO and #3 by the WBC and IBF at the time. He went on to lose the bout by unanimous decision.
In his next fight in the States, Sulecki defeated Puerto Rican veteran Gabriel Rosado in a grudgematch. This win eventually led him to a #2 ranking by the WBO and a mandatory world-title fight against Demetrius Andrade. Andrade would end up being too much for the Pole, taking away every round from him, while also dropping him to the canvas in the process.
Sulecki faced Diego Pacheco in Carson, CA on August 31, 2024. This fight was for both the WBC USA and WBO International super middleweight titles Sulecki lost the fight via KO after a left body hook knocked him down in the sixth round
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