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Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011 and held the European heavyweight title from 2005 to 2006. As an amateur boxing Vidoz won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in the super-heavyweight bracket, as well as a bronze medal at the 1997 and 1999 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2000 European Championships.
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 boxer Nicolay Valuev on 9 October 2004 at the Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany.
On 6 June 2005, Vidoz captured vacant (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.
| 39 | Loss | 28–11 | Matteo Modugno | UD | 10 | 16 Dec 2011 | ||
| 38 | Win | 28–10 | Sandor Balogh | PTS | 6 | 9 Sep 2011 | ||
| 37 | Win | 27–10 | Gabor Farkas | PTS | 6 | 15 Jul 2011 | ||
| 36 | Loss | 26–10 | Kubrat Pulev | UD | 8 | 18 Dec 2010 | ||
| 35 | Loss | 26–9 | Alexander Ustinov | UD | 12 | 26 Jun 2010 | ||
| 34 | Loss | 26–8 | Claus Bertino | MD | 8 | 30 Jan 2010 | ||
| 33 | Loss | 26–7 | Albert Sosnowski | UD | 12 | 18 Dec 2009 | ||
| 32 | Win | 26–6 | Tomasz Zeprzalka | TKO | 4 (6) | 7 Mar 2009 | ||
| 31 | Loss | 25–6 | Matt Skelton | 9 (12), | 19 Dec 2008 | |||
| 30 | Loss | 25–5 | Sinan Şamil Sam | 12 | 4 Jul 2008 | |||
| 29 | Win | 25–4 | Paul Butlin | KO | 2 (6) | 16 May 2008 | ||
| 28 | Win | 24–4 | Zoltan Peto | TKO | 1 (6) | 21 Dec 2007 | ||
| 27 | Loss | 23–4 | Volodymyr Virchis | UD | 12 | 19 May 2007 | ||
| 26 | Win | 23–3 | Antoine Palatis | UD | 8 | 27 Jan 2007 | ||
| 25 | Win | 22–3 | Alexey Osokin | UD | 8 | 11 Nov 2006 | ||
| 24 | Loss | 21–3 | Volodymyr Virchis | KO | 6 (12), | 15 Jul 2006 | ||
| 23 | Win | 21–2 | Cengiz Koç | UD | 12 | 28 Jan 2006 | ||
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | Michael Sprott | UD | 12 | 1 Oct 2005 | ||
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | Timo Hoffmann | 12 | 11 Jun 2005 | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Mindaugas Kulikauskas | TKO | 3 (6) | 16 Apr 2005 | ||
| 19 | Loss | 17–2 | Nikolai Valuev | TKO | 9 (12), | 9 Oct 2004 | ||
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Tamer Mourad | KO | 2 (6) | 6 Aug 2004 | ||
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Thierry Guezouli | KO | 3 (6) | 12 Mar 2004 | ||
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Siarhei Dychkou | PTS | 8 | 6 Feb 2004 | ||
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Ralf Packheiser | TKO | 4 (6) | 17 Dec 2003 | ||
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Antoine Palatis | 6 | 7 Jun 2003 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Eduardo Andres Sandivares | KO | 1 (6), | 15 Apr 2003 | ||
| 12 | Loss | 11–1 | Zuri Lawrence | UD | 8 | 17 Aug 2002 | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Joe Lenhart | UD | 6 | 26 Jul 2002 | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Alessandro Guni | TKO | 5 (10) | 19 Apr 2002 | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Craig Tomlinson | TKO | 3 (8), | 9 Mar 2002 | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Marco Heinichen | KO | 2 (6) | 9 Feb 2002 | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Nicholus Nurse | UD | 6 | 9 Nov 2001 | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Ronnie Copeland | TKO | 4 (6), | 28 Sep 2001 | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Chris Hairston | TKO | 2 (6) | 7 Jul 2001 | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Eduardo Antonio Carranza | UD | 4 | 26 May 2001 | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Bobby McGraw | 1 (4), | 20 Apr 2001 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Marcus Johnson | 4 | 24 Mar 2001 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Chris Morris | 1 (4), | 27 Jan 2001 |
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