Robert Edward Czyz (/ˈtʃɛz/CHEZ; born February 10, 1962) is an American retired boxer and commentator. Czyz was a two-division world title at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.
Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey and attended Lakeland Regional High School.[1][2] He is three quarters Italian and one quarter Polish.[3] His younger brother is avant-garde fiction writer Vincent Czyz.[4][5]
Nicknamed "the Matinee Idol", Czyz was a member of the United States amateur boxing team whose other members died aboard LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 when it crashed in 1980. Czyz did not make the trip, as he was recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident.
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^Czyz, V (15 June 2018). "The Cold War and its Fallout". Longreads. Auto Mattic. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
^"Czyz-grant Not A Joke". The New York Times. NY Times. 8 April 1990. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
Robert Edward Czyz (/ˈtʃɛz/ CHEZ; born February 10, 1962) is an American retired boxer and commentator. Czyz was a two-division world title at light heavyweight...
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journeyman status, and dropped a series of fights, including a decision to BobbyCzyz in 1990. In 1991 he lost to Frank Tate, and moved up to cruiserweight...
hepatitis before the fight. In 1996, Holyfield met former world champion BobbyCzyz, beating him by a knockout in six. Afterwards, he and Mike Tyson met....
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champion BobbyCzyz won the vacant WBU world super cruiserweight title by stopping previously undefeated Richard Jackson in the sixth round in 1995. Czyz never...
Berger, Phil. "Players; BobbyCzyz Fights Back", The New York Times, August 5, 1986. Accessed October 2, 2013. "When BobbyCzyz first appeared on television...
U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 1:48 of the fifth round. Loss 12-1 BobbyCzyz UD 10 17/01/1982 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Win 12-0 Johnny Heard...
three-division world champion Wilfred Benítez and future world champion BobbyCzyz, became Hagler's next challenger, putting up a lot of resistance before...
the U.S. coastline. In a bout in Fort Myers, Florida, American boxer BobbyCzyz defeated Mike Devito by knockout in the seventh round. Born: Hera Hilmar...
27, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014. "Mark Fidrych, Andy Banachowski, BobbyCzyz, Joe Verdeur to be inducted into The National Polish-American Sports Hall...
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The third role was previously filled by Antonio Tarver, Ferdie Pacheco, BobbyCzyz, and Paulie Malignaggi among others. Veteran Jim Gray is chief reporter...
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