Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011. At regional level, he held the European heavyweight title from 2005 to 2006. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics, bronze at the 1997 and 1999 World Championships, and silver at the 2000 European Championships.

Amateur career He won Olympic Bronze in 2000 at Super Heavyweight after beating Calvin Brock and Samuel Peter but lost to Audley Harrison.

Amateur highlights Italian Superheavyweight Champion 1991, 1993, 1995–1997, 1999 1996 competed at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmrl. Results were: Defeated Vasile Ciocan (Romania) RSC-2 Defeated Miroslav Gavenciak (Slovakia) PTS Lost to René Monse (Germany) DSQ-3 1996 competed as a Superheavyweight at the Atlanta Olympics. Results was: Lost to Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) RSCH-1 1997 3rd place at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results were: Defeated Patrick Halberg (Denmark) PTS Defeated Henryk Zatyka (Poland) PTS Defeated Ahmed El Akad (Egypt) PTS Lost to Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS 1997 won the Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy beating Sinan Samil Sam of Turkey in the final. 1998 won the Goodwill Games in New York, USA. Results were: Defeated Keith Govan (USA) PTS (8-1) Defeated Dmitriy Diagilev (Russia) PTS (8-2) Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS (9-3) 1998 competed at the European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Results were: Defeated Rimantas Priczmantas (Lithuania) PTS Lost to Vladimir Lazebnik (Ukraine) PTS 1999 3rd place at the World Championships in Houston, USA. Results were: Defeated Patrice L'Heureux (Canada) PTS Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS (2-5) Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kazakhstan) PTS 2000 2nd place at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Results were: Defeated Kurban Guenerbakan (Turkey) RSCI-1 Defeated Kestutis Bitkevicius (Lithuania) RSC-4 Defeated Bagrat Oghanian (Armenia) PTS Lost to Alexei Lezin (Russia) PTS 2000 won Super Heavyweight bronze at the Sydney Olympics. Results were: Defeated Calvin Brock (USA) RSCO-4 Defeated Samuel Peter (Nigeria) PTS (14-3) Lost to Audley Harrison (Great Britain) PTS (16-32)

Professional career His first match was held at Madison Square Garden on 27 January 2001, against Chris Morris. He won the match via knockout at 2 minutes and 22 seconds in the first round.

Vidoz kept up a solid winning streak before encountering Zuri Lawrence, a "journeyman" fighter who, while proficient in his defensive ability, lacks a modicum of talent with regard to hitting his opponents (he has failed to record even a single knockout throughout his 12 years in the ring). Lawrence was able to baffle Vidoz with his slippery movement in the ring and score a unanimous decision after eight rounds.

Vidoz bounced back with his next fight, registering a devastating knockout of Eduardo Sandivares at just under a minute into the fight.

Vidoz dropped out of serious contention with a ninth-round TKO loss to Russian boxer Nicolay Valuev on 9 October 2004 at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany.

On 6 June 2005, Vidoz captured vacant European (EBU) heavyweight title and IBF Inter-Continental title with a split decision over Timo Hoffmann. Vidoz followed this up with a victory over British fighter Michael Sprott, but his "Titanium Jaw" was later checked in a fight in July 2006 against Vladimir Virchis, who beat Vidoz by KO in the sixth.

After his loss to Virchis he rebounded with two more wins against Alexei Osokin and Antoine Palatis before losing to Virchis one more time this time by unanimous decision.

He won two more fights against Zoltan Peto and Paul Butlin, winning both of them by knockout.

He faced Sinan Samil Sam for the vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title on 4 July 2008, but lost by majority decision. This fight was particularly strange, with the Manager of Samil screaming and bullying the judges at the end of the fight, to obtain a winning decision over Vidoz. He fought Matt Skelton for the vacant EBU European heavyweight title on 19 December 2008. He lost the fight after refusing to come out for round 10. In his most recent fight he defeated Tomasz Zeprzalka by TKO in the fourth round. On 18 December 2009, he fought Albert Sosnowski for the EBU heavyweight title but lost by unanimous decision after twelve rounds.

After his loss to Sosnowski he would go on to lose his next three fights to Claus Bertino, Alexander Ustinov and Kubrat Pulev. All of those losses came by decision.

He would go on to win his next two fights by decision against Gabor Farkas and Sandor Balogh. His most recent fight was on December 16, 2011, where he lost a decision to undefeated Matteo Modugno and has retired after deciding to hang up the gloves following the loss.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes39Loss28–11Matteo ModugnoUD1016 Dec 201138Win28–10Sandor BaloghPTS69 Sep 201137Win27–10Gabor FarkasPTS615 Jul 201136Loss26–10Kubrat PulevUD818 Dec 201035Loss26–9Alexander UstinovUD1226 Jun 201034Loss26–8Claus BertinoMD830 Jan 201033Loss26–7Albert SosnowskiUD1218 Dec 200932Win26–6Tomasz ZeprzalkaTKO4 (6)7 Mar 200931Loss25–6Matt Skelton9 (12), 19 Dec 200830Loss25–5Sinan Şamil Sam124 Jul 200829Win25–4Paul ButlinKO2 (6)16 May 200828Win24–4Zoltan PetoTKO1 (6)21 Dec 200727Loss23–4Volodymyr VirchisUD1219 May 200726Win23–3Antoine PalatisUD827 Jan 200725Win22–3Alexey OsokinUD811 Nov 200624Loss21–3Volodymyr VirchisKO6 (12), 15 Jul 200623Win21–2Cengiz KoçUD1228 Jan 200622Win20–2Michael SprottUD121 Oct 200521Win19–2Timo Hoffmann1211 Jun 200520Win18–2Mindaugas KulikauskasTKO3 (6)16 Apr 200519Loss17–2Nikolai ValuevTKO9 (12), 9 Oct 200418Win17–1Tamer MouradKO2 (6)6 Aug 200417Win16–1Thierry GuezouliKO3 (6)12 Mar 200416Win15–1Siarhei DychkouPTS86 Feb 200415Win14–1Ralf PackheiserTKO4 (6)17 Dec 200314Win13–1Antoine Palatis67 Jun 200313Win12–1Eduardo Andres SandivaresKO1 (6), 15 Apr 200312Loss11–1Zuri LawrenceUD817 Aug 200211Win11–0Joe LenhartUD626 Jul 200210Win10–0Alessandro GuniTKO5 (10)19 Apr 20029Win9–0Craig TomlinsonTKO3 (8), 9 Mar 20028Win8–0Marco HeinichenKO2 (6)9 Feb 20027Win7–0Nicholus NurseUD69 Nov 20016Win6–0Ronnie CopelandTKO4 (6), 28 Sep 20015Win5–0Chris HairstonTKO2 (6)7 Jul 20014Win4–0Eduardo Antonio CarranzaUD426 May 20013Win3–0Bobby McGraw1 (4), 20 Apr 20012Win2–0Marcus Johnson424 Mar 20011Win1–0Chris Morris1 (4), 27 Jan 2001

See also Nino Benvenuti Fabio Tuiach Duilio Loi Tiberio Mitri

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