Paea Wolfgramm
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Paea Wolfgramm (born December 1, 1969) is a
Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making him the first and only athlete from Tonga to win an Olympic medal.[1]
Personal
Wolfgramm has 7 children - 5 boys and 2 girls, as well as 4 brothers and 2 sisters. He resides in South Auckland New Zealand, where he is a hostel parent at a well-known New Zealand school, Wesley College.
Amateur highlights
- 1994 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
- Defeated Joseph Saimei (Solomon Islands) RSC 2
- Lost to David Anyim (Kenya) PTS (5-9)
- 1995 won the Oceanian Championships in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
- 1996 Representing Tonga, Wolfgramm won the Super Heavyweight Silver Medal at the Atlanta Olympics.[2]Results were:
- Defeated Serguei Lyakhovich(Belarus) PTS (10-9)
- Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS (17-12)
- Defeated Duncan Dokiwari (Nigeria) PTS (7-6)
- Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) PTS (3-7)
- Defeated
Professional career
At 6'4" and 325 pounds, the huge Wolfgramm turned pro after the Olympics, but had limited success. He lost a decision to journeyman
Jorge Luis Gonzalez by decision to set up a fight with Wladimir Klitschko for the vacant WBC International Heavyweight Title, he was beaten in the first round in a rematch of their 1996 Super Heavyweight Olympic finals bout. He later lost a decision to Eliecer Castillo, but beat Jimmy Thunder to set up a fight with Corey Sanders
in late 2001. Sanders won via 9th-round TKO, and Wolfgramm announced his retirement shortly after this fight.
Professional boxing record
24 fights | 20 wins | 4 losses |
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By knockout | 14 | 2 |
By decision | 6 | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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24 | Loss | 20–4 | Corey Sanders | TKO | 9 (10), 1:54 | 8 Aug 2001 | Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, Illinois, U.S. | |
23 | Win | 20–3 | Jimmy Thunder | TD | 7 (10), 3:00 | 1 Apr 2001 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | |
22 | Loss | 19–3 | Eliecer Castillo | SD | 12 | 21 Oct 2000 | Silver Star Casino, Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S. | For vacant IBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title |
21 | Win | 19–2 | Rocky Gannon | RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | 21 Jul 2000 | Regent Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | |
20 | Loss | 18–2 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO | 1 (12), 1:30 | 18 Mar 2000 | Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | For vacant WBC International heavyweight title |
19 | Win | 18–1 | Calvin Lampkin | UD | 10 | 5 Dec 1999 | Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S. | |
18 | Win | 17–1 | Gerard Jones | UD | 10 | 7 Mar 1999 | Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |
17 | Win | 16–1 | Jorge Luis González | MD | 8 | 15 Aug 1998 | County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, U.S. | |
16 | Win | 15–1 | Guy Sonnenberg | TKO | 1 (8), 1:29 | 12 Jun 1998 | Belle of Baton Rouge Casino, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | |
15 | Loss | 14–1 | Marion Wilson | MD | 6 | 9 May 1998 | Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Rick Sullivan | TKO | 1 (6) | 21 Mar 1998 | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Kevin Rosier | TKO | 1 (6), 1:12 | 16 Jan 1998 | Trump Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Billy Eaton | KO | 1 (6), 1:29 | 20 Dec 1997 | Country Club, Reseda, California, U.S. | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Ed White | KO | 1 (4), 2:15 | 23 Sep 1997 | Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S. | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Gerald Brown | TKO | 1 (4) | 23 August 1997 | Wild Wild West, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Jessie Henry | TKO | 3 (4), 2:59 | 9 August 1997 | South Padre Island, Texas, U.S. | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Robert Mitchell | TKO | 1 (4) | 24 May 1997 | Mammoth Events Center, Denver, Colorado, U.S. | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Khoren Indjian | TKO | 2 (4), 1:24 | 10 May 1997 | , U.S. | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Ronnie Smith | UD | 4 | 3 Mar 1997 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Stan Jones | KO | 2 (6) | 14 Feb 1997 | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S. | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Momtchil Govedarov | TKO | 1 (4), 1:17 | 28 Jan 1997 | Club Rio, Tempe, Arizona, U.S. | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Orlando Leavall | PTS | 4 | 17 Jan 1997 | Country Club, Reseda, California, U.S. | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | John Foster | TKO | 1 (4) | 11 Jan 1997 | Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Jeff Kirk | KO | 1 (4), 0:46 | 3 Dec 1996 | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S. | Professional debut |
Honours
- National honours
- Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Member (31 July 2008).[3]
References
- ^ "Boxing: Training was not all beer and skittles for Wolgramm". New Zealand Herald. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Bittersweet moment for Pacific Islands first Olympic medalist, Paea Wolfgramm". Matangi Tonga. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Royal orders presented at Palace". Matangi Tonga. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links
- Paea Wolfgramm at BoxRec (registration required)
- Paea Wolfgramm at Olympics.com
- Paea Wolfgramm at Olympedia
- Paea Wolfgramm at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)