Maciej Sulęcki


Maciej Sulęcki is a Polish professional boxer who challenged for the WBO middleweight title in 2019. As of July 2020, he is ranked as the world's ninth best active middleweight The Ring.

Amateur career

Sulecki had a 110-30 record as an amateur, becoming a three-time Polish Junior champion.

Professional boxing career

Sulęcki made his professional debut in June 2010 defeating Adam Gawlik by knockout in the first round in Kielce, Poland. In June 2012, Sulęcki defeated former welterweight world champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko with a unanimous decision.
Over the next three years Striczu 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. Sulęcki 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.
Sulęcki then faced former European champion and WBA middleweight world title challenger Grzegorz Proksa at the Krakow Arena, Poland in November 2014. Sulęcki was victorious in the all-Polish affair stopping Proksa in the seventh. Proksa's unorthodox style gave Sulęcki some trouble early on but as the fight went on, Sulęcki 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. Sulęcki again won by knockout, this time in the third round.
Sulęcki then stopped 40-year-old Jose Miguel Berrio, late replacement for Eduardo Tercero, at the Prudential Center. Sulęcki 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, Sulęcki defeated previously unbeaten prospect Hugo Centeno Jr. with a knockout in the final round of a ten-round bout. This was Sulęcki's fifth consecutive knockout after only scoring three stoppages in his first eighteen fights. Sulęcki 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 Włodarczyk and Murat Gassiev. Sulęcki beat Culcay with a unanimous decision.
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, although through putting up a great performance against a world-class fighter like Jacobs.
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.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
30Loss28–2 Demetrius AndradeUD1229 Jun 2019 Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USFor WBO middleweight title
29Win28–1 Gabriel RosadoUD1015 Mar 2019 Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USWon vacant WBO International middleweight title
28Win27–1 Jean Michel HamilcaroTKO2, 2:3310 Nov 2018 Arena Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland
27Loss26–1 Daniel JacobsUD1228 Apr 2018Barclays Center, New York City, New York, US.png" />
26Win26–0 Jack CulcayUD1021 Oct 2017Newark, New Jersey, US.png" />
25Win25–0 Damián BonelliTKO3, 2:5424 Jun 2017Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Poland.png" />
24Win24–0 Michi MuñozKO3, 2:038 Apr 2017Zakopane, Poland.png" />
23Win23–0 Hugo Centeno, Jr.TKO10, 1:0618 Jun 2016Chicago, Illinois, US.png" />
22Win22–0 Derrick FindleyTKO7, 1:2916 Jan 2016New York City, New York, US.png" />
21Win21–0 Jose Miguel BerrioTKO1, 2:0714 Aug 2015New Jersey, US.png" />
20Win20–0 Darryl CunninghamKO3, 2:5924 Apr 2015Illinois, US.png" />
19Win19–0 Grzegorz ProksaTKO7, 2:578 Nov 2014Kraków Arena, Kraków, Poland.png" />
18Win18–0 Nicolas DionUD1010 May 2014Brodnica, Poland.png" />Won Republic of Poland International super-middleweight title
17Win17–0 Howard CospoliteUD101 Mar 2014Suwałki, Poland.png" />
16Win16–0 Lukasz WawrzyczekUD109 Nov 2013Ełk, Poland.png" />Won vacant Republic of Poland middleweight title
15Win15–0 Daniel UrbanskiUD629 Jun 2013Ostróda, Poland.png" />
14Win14–0 Francis TchoffoUD810 May 2013Urania Hall, Olsztyn, Poland.png" />
13Win13–0 Robert SwierzbinskiUD823 Feb 2013
12Win12–0 Andrejs LoginovsPTS616 Nov 2012Zielonka, Poland.png" />
11Win11–0 Dzianis MakarTKO5, 2:2627 Oct 2012Częstochowa, Poland.png" />
10Win10–0 Yuriy NuzhnenkoUD61 Jun 2012Rzeszów, Poland.png" />
9Win9–0 Jetmir KuqiUD617 Feb 2012
8Win8–0 Fehti BentafnaUD626 Nov 2011Bialystok, Poland.png" />
7Win7–0 Mika JoensuuUD65 Aug 2011
6Win6–0 Endrit VukaUD625 Jun 2011Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland.png" />
5Win5–0 Dzianis MakarTKO5, 2:4411 Mar 2011
4Win4–0 Sergejs SavrinovicsUD412 Nov 2010Salt Mine, Wieliczka, Poland.png" />
3Win3–0 Deniss SirjatovsUD417 Sep 2010
2Win2–0 Andrejs LoginovsUD418 Aug 2010Międzyzdroje, Poland.png" />
1Win1–0 Adam GawlikTKO1, 2:1619 Jun 2010Kielce, Poland.png" />