Quick Facts
Biography
Dawid Kostecki (born 27 June 1981) is a Polish professional boxer who fights at light-heavyweight.
Personal life
Dawid Kostecki was born in Rzeszów, Poland. He is married to Edyta and they have four children (one of them was born when boxer wasn't at the age of 18).
He has Polish-Romani ancestry.
Boxing titles
- WBC Youth Light Heavyweight Title (2004)
- WBF Light Heavyweight Title (2005)
- IBC Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
- (2) WBF Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
- WBC Baltic Light Heavyweight Title (2010)
- WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight Title (2011)
Dawid Kostecki vs Roy Jones, Jr.
Roy Jones was supposed to face Dawid Kostecki in a ten round bout at Atlas Arena on June 30. Days before the fight, Kostecki was convicted of being the ringleader of a criminal organization and was thrown in jail. Other Polish boxer, Paweł Głażewski stepped in to fight Jones instead. Jones defeated the 17-0 Głażewski by split decision.
Trouble with the law
October 31, 2011 the District Court in Rzeszów sentenced Kostecki to 2.5 years in prison for setting up and co-ownership of a criminal group. In 2003-2007 the group conducted three escort agencies. Investigators also accused him of trafficking in amphetamine, but the court acquitted him of the complaint. The boxer lodged an appeal. May 10, 2012 Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of 2.5 years imprisonment. On the night of 19/20 June 2012 was stopped by police officers and brought to serve a punishment. August 13, 2014 was released from prison.
Comeback to ring
After coming back from the prison Kostecki extended for 4 years his contract with Andrzej Wasilewski, who is owner of the polish group Knockout Promotions. Kostecki plans his comeback in the boxing ring on breakthrough of October and November.
Professional Record
| 39 Wins (25 knockouts), 2 Loss, 0 Draw | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 39-2 |  Andrzej Sołdra | UD | 8 | 2014-11-08 | Kraków | |
| Win | 39–1 |  Sandro Siproshvili | UD | 6 | 2012-04-21 | Zabrze | |
| Win | 38–1 |  Byron Mitchell | KO | 4 (10) | 2011-12-03 | Warszawa | Retained WBC Baltic and WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight titles |
| Win | 37–1 |  Lolenga Mock | UD | 10 | 2011-06-25 | Rzeszów | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight title Retained WBC Baltic Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 36–1 |  Juan Nelongo | UD | 6 | 2011-03-05 | Krynica Zdrój | |
| Win | 35–1 |  Shawn Corbin | TKO | 4 (10) | 2010-10-23 | Warszawa | |
| Win | 34–1 |  Giulian Ilie | UD | 12 | 2009-13-18 | Gdynia | Won vacant WBF Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 33–1 |  Dario Cichello | TKO | 7 (12) | 2010-02-06 | Rzeszów | Won vacant IBC Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 32–1 | Istvan Varga | TKO | 1 (8) | 2009-13-18 | Łódź | |
| Win | 31–1 | Grzegorz Soszyński | UD | 10 | 2009-10-24 | Łódź | |
| Win | 30–1 |  Martial Bella Oleme | UD | 8 | 2009-02-28 | Lublin | |
| Win | 29–1 |  Samson Onyango | TKO | 5 (10) | 2008-12-13 | Ketrzyn | |
| Win | 28–1 |  Marcelo Leandro Da Silva | TKO | 1 (8) | 2008-09-14 | Kielce | |
| Win | 27–1 | Armen Azizian | UD | 8 | 2008-02-29 | Lublin | |
| Win | 26–1 |  Antonio Pedro Quiganga | TKO | 2 (10) | 2007-12-15 | Rzeszów | |
| Win | 25–1 |  Bernard Donfack | UD | 8 | 2007-10-13 |  Moscow | |
| Win | 24–1 | Paul David | KO | 1 (8) | 2007-09-22 | Bytom | |
| Win | 23–1 |  Ramdane Serdjane | DQ | 6 (8) | 2006-10-28 | Dębica | |
| Win | 22–1 | Andreas Günther | KO | 2 (6) | 2006-07-01 | Kepno | |
| Loss | 21–1 | Rachid Kanfouah | KO | 9 (12) | 2006-05-06 | Krosno | For vacant IBC Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 21–0 |  Richard Nwoba | KO | 2 (10) | 2006-01-21 | Busko Zdrój | |
| Win | 20–0 |  Ismail Abdoul | UD | 12 | 2005-10-15 | Rzeszów | Won vacant WBF Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 19–0 |  Joseph Marwa | TKO | 5 (10) | 2005-05-21 | Zdzieszowice | |
| Win | 18–0 |  Mukadi Shambuyi | KO | 3 (10) | 2005-03-12 | Poznań | Retained WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 17–0 | Tucker Lambert | KO | 3 (6) | 2005-01-21 | Elk Grove | |
| Win | 16–0 | Dhafir Smith | UD | 10 | 2004-12-19 | Rzeszów | Retained WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 15–0 |  Talal Santiago | PTS | 6 | 2004-11-20 | Strzelce Opolskie | |
| Win | 14–0 | Gasper Mathew | TKO | 5 (10) | 2004-09-25 | Opole | Won vacant WBC Youth Light Heavyweight title |
| Win | 13–0 | Dmitry Treskov | TKO | 6 (6) | 2004-06-05 | Dąbrowa Górnicza | |
| Win | 12–0 |  Ivica Cukusic | KO | 2 (6) | 2004-04-24 | Dąbrowa Górnicza | |
| Win | 11–0 | George Adipo Odour | TKO | 6 (6) | 2004-03-27 | Radom | |
| Win | 10–0 |  Stefan Stanko | KO | 1 (4) | 2004-03-13 | Berlin | |
| Win | 9–0 |  Pavel Zima | TKO | 3 (6) | 2003-12-13 | Opole | |
| Win | 8–0 |  Otto Nemeth | TKO | 2 (6) | 2003-10-24 | Wrocław | |
| Win | 7–0 |  Bruce Özbek | PTS | 6 | 2003-09-27 | Gorzów Wielkopolski | |
| Win | 6–0 | Florian Benche | PTS | 4 | 2003-06-28 | Opole | |
| Win | 5–0 |  Dmitry Adamovich | KO | 3 (4) | 2002-05-24 | Płońsk | |
| Win | 4–0 | Sandor Szakaly | TKO | 1 (6) | 2002-04-13 | Bielsko Biała | |
| Win | 3–0 | Piotr Ścieszka | TKO | 2 (4) | 2002-02-23 | Włocławek | |
| Win | 2–0 |  unknown | KO | 2 (4) | 2001-12-29 | Konin | |
| Win | 1–0 | Marcin Najman | TKO | 4 (4) | 2001-11-24 | Łódź | Kostecki's professional debut. |