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Adam Kownacki (born 27 March 1989) is a Polish professional boxer.
He grew up watching Andrew Golota fights, which got him interested in boxing. As an overweight youngster who spoke English with a Polish accent, he was frequently the target of bullies at school and on the streets, which gave him further motivation to enter the boxing gym. Early in his boxing career, Kownacki had to work in construction and security in nightclubs to support himself.
His first fight of 2015 was against Randy Easton, who he knocked out in the first round. His next fight took place on 29 May, where he beat Ytalo Perea by unanimous decision over 8 rounds, the first time he had gone the distance in his professional career. His next fight was against Maurenzo Smith on 1 August, at the Barclays Center, New York. He knocked Maurenzo out in the second round. His last fight of 2015 was a unanimous decision win over Rodney Hernandez. Kownacki fought twice in 2016, with a unanimous decision over Danny Kelly and a knockout win against Jesse Barboza. He then went on to face Joshua Tufte on 14 January 2017, who he knocked out in the second round.
Kownacki's first fight of 2018 was against Iago Kiladze, at the Barclays Center, New York, on the undercard of Errol Spence Jr. vs Lamont Peterson. He won the fight by knockout in the sixth round. On 8 September 2018 he faced former IBF heavyweight world champion Charles Martin. After a close ten round fight, Kownacki won by unanimous decision with all judges scoring the bout 96–94 in favor of Kownacki. The bout was a part of the undercard for Danny García vs Shawn Porter at the Barclays Center, New York.
On 26 January 2019 Kownacki faced Gerald Washington. Kownacki was ranked #5 by the IBF and #8 by the WBC. Kownacki knocked out Washington at the beginning of 2nd round.
In his second bout of 2019, on 3 August at the Barclays Center, New York, Kownacki defeated Chris Arreola by unanimous decision (118–110, 117–111, 117–111), winning the IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title. The fight broke the CompuBox record for the most combined punches thrown (2,172) and landed (667) in a heavyweight fight.
| 25 | Loss | Kacper Meyna | TKO | 1 (10), | 2 Mar 2024 | |||||||
| 24 | NC | 20–3 | Joe Cusumano | TKO | 8 (10), | 24 Jun 2023 | ||||||
| 23 | Loss | 20–3 | Ali Eren Demirezen | UD | 10 | 30 Jul 2022 | ||||||
| 22 | Loss | 20–2 | Robert Helenius | TKO | 6 (12), | 9 Oct 2021 | ||||||
| 21 | Loss | 20–1 | Robert Helenius | TKO | 4 (12), | 7 Mar 2020 | ||||||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Chris Arreola | UD | 12 | 3 Aug 2019 | ||||||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Gerald Washington | TKO | 2 (10), | 26 Jan 2019 | Charles Martin | UD | 10 | 8 Sep 2018 | ||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Iago Kiladze | KO | 6 (10), | 20 Jan 2018 | ||||||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Artur Szpilka | TKO | 4 (10), | 14 Jul 2017 | ||||||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Joshua Tufte | TKO | 2 (8), | 14 Jan 2017 | ||||||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jesse Barboza | TKO | 3 (6), | 26 Jun 2016 | ||||||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Danny Kelly | UD | 8 | 16 Jan 2016 | ||||||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Rodney Hernandez | UD | 8 | 10 Oct 2015 | ||||||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Maurenzo Smith | KO | 2 (8), | 1 Aug 2015 | ||||||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Ytalo Perea | 8 | 29 May 2015 | |||||||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Randy Easton | KO | 1 (6), | 25 Apr 2015 | ||||||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Terrell Jamal Woods | TKO | 4 (8), | 1 Nov 2014 | ||||||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Charles Ellis | TKO | 5 (6), | 2 Aug 2014 | ||||||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Excell Holmes | TKO | 2 (4), | 29 Mar 2014 | ||||||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Calbert Lewis | TKO | 2 (4), | 20 Apr 2013 | ||||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Damon Clement | KO | 2 (4), | 16 Jul 2010 | ||||||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Yohan Banks | 4 (4), | 22 May 2010 | |||||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Tyyab Beale | TKO | 2 (4), | 2 Apr 2010 | ||||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Carossee Auponte | 1 (4), | 30 Oct 2009 |
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