Bobby Czyz
Bobby Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey, United States on February 10th, 1962 and is the Boxer. At the age of 62, Bobby Czyz biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Robert Edward Czyz ( CHEZ; born February 10, 1962) is a retired American boxer, commentator.
Czyz was a two-division world titlist at light heavyweight and cruiserweight. Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey.
He lived in Wanaque, New Jersey and attended Lakeland Regional High School.
He is three quarters Italian and one quarter Polish.Nicknamed "Matinee Idol", Czyz was a member of the United States amateur boxing team whose other members died in the 1980 plane crash.
Because of an auto accident one week before the fatal trip, Czyz was not on the plane.
Amateur career
Czyz, who was an amateur, was trying to guarantee his spot in the US Olympic team for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which ultimately failed. He was one of a few boxers (along with Sal Cenicola and Tony Tucker) who survived the LOT Flight 7 crash by remaining at home in the United States. He had 26 fights under his belt, with a total of 24 victories and 2 losses.
Professional career
Czyz got off to a promising start in his amateur boxing career in the early 1980s, and he was soon in line to face world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler. But he had to start from scratch after suffering a one-sided, 10-round loss at the hands of veteran Mustafa Hamsho on November 20, 1982 in a contest that was nationally broadcasted.
Czyz gained weight, put together a string of victories, and in September 1986, he discovered himself in a competition with an undefeated world champion, IBF light heavyweight champion Slobodan Kaar (Olympic Gold medalist of 1980). In five rounds, Czyz defeated him.
Czyz made three defenses: a one-round loss of David Sears, a dramatic second-round KO of Willie Edwards, and a fifth-round TKO of Jim McDonald followed him in October 1987, before facing 'Prince' Charles Williams. Czyz scored early in Williams' bout, but the challenger not only survived in the fight but also smacked shut Czyz' left eye en route to winning a TKO victory and thus seizing the title after eight rounds of boxing.
In May 1988, Czyz lost a decision to Dennis Andries in May 1988, followed by a few victories, in turn, followed by two cracks at the world championship in 1989. Czyz, despite his best attempts on his behalf in both challenges, missed them both on the WBA version in March and the 10th-round TKO defeat to Williams in an IBF championship rematch in June.
Czyz went on to stop then-undefeated Andrew Maynard in seven rounds (the second undefeated Gold medalist he beat) in June 1990 and then jumped to cruiserweight. In March 1991, he met Robert Daniels for the WBA world cruiserweight championship, which was a unanimous decision. Two defenses against Bash Ali and Donny Lalonde were published (both by unanimous decision) before Czyz vacated the title.
Czyz became a television boxing analyst in 1994, alongside Steve Albert and Ferdie Pacheco, although he wasn't extending his boxing career. The trio appeared in combats around the world. He appeared in December 1994 as a member of Showtime's crew in Ecuador for the first world championship tournament ever held in Ecuador.
He stepped up to the heavyweight division in 1996 but was defeated in five rounds to Evander Holyfield and then promptly disqualified. Czyz lost by second-round TKO to South African Corrie Sanders for the last time in 1998. After being arrested in Readington Township, New Jersey, Czyz continued providing color commentary for Showtime, but was allowed to go after pleaded guilty to his fourth drunken-driving charge in six years. Czyz's lawsuit attracted a lot of attention because he was a repeat DUI prosecutor in multiple cases, and he was a driving force behind the NJ Assembly updating its laws. In 1998, 1999, and 2000, Czyz, a resident of Raritan Township, New Jersey, was banned from driving each of his three drunken driving convictions. Since his fourth arrest, which occurred in February 2003 in Readington Township, where he was found driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.14 percent, it was discovered that he was treated unlawfully as a first-time criminal. At that time, the state maximum was 0.10 percent.