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Biography
Ondřej Pála (born 20 September 1984) is a Czech professional boxer who currently fights in the heavyweight division.
Amateur career
Pála started boxing at 17 under the lead of trainers Jan Balog and Antonín Hauer. His effort soon brought him the Czech Junior heavyweight title. At young age, he was also trying to compete in Muay Thai and Jiu jistu.
Professional career
He turned professional in Médea boxing team and alongside his trainer Yuri Krivoruchko, he became one of the top prospects in the heavyweight division. He soon won several belts on the national level. In 2008, he beat the former WBO heavyweight champion Henry Akinwande. After the victory over Aleksey Masikin in March 2011, he became WBO European heavyweight champion and serious contender for the world belts. However, in March 2012, he surprisingly lost to Konstantin Airich and his promising career suffered a lot. Pála was thinking about the retirement, but eventually returned to the ring. After two relatively easy fights, he was expected to fight IBF number 1 contender Kubrat Pulev. After the negotiations went down, he got offer from former WBC world title contender Dereck Chisora. Pála had a great start in this match, having two great rounds. In the third round, the referee stopped the match when Pála got into the corner and turned his back after the big pressure from Chisora.
Professional boxing record
| 32 Wins (22 knockouts), 5 Losses, 0 Draws | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 32–5 |  David Price | TKO | 3 (8) | 2014-04-12 |  Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg, Denmark | |
| Loss | 32–4 | Dereck Chisora | TKO | 3 (12) | 2013-11-30 | Copper Box Arena , London, England | for the EBU (European) Heavyweight Title. |
| Win | 32–3 |  Yuri Bihoutseu | PTS | 8 (8) | 2013-02-19 | Moulin Rouge Club, Minsk, Belarus | |
| Win | 31–3 |  Radovan Kůča | TKO | 2 (8) | 2012-12-22 | Medea Fitness, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Loss | 30–3 |  Konstantin Airich | TKO | 9 (12) | 2012-03-09 |  Tekirdağ, Turkey | for the IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title, lost WBO European heavyweight title. |
| Win | 30–2 |  Darnell Wilson | UD | 12 (12) | 2011-11-16 | Spor Salonu, Trabzon, Turkey | retain the WBO European heavyweight title |
| Win | 29–2 |  Aleksey Masikin | RTD | 7 (12) | 2011-04-01 | Digibet Pferdesportpark, Lichtenberg, Berlin | won the vacant WBO European heavyweight title |
| Win | 28–2 | Ergin Solmaz | TKO | 3 (8) | 2010-12-03 | Arena Sparta, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 27–2 | Serhiy Babych | TKO | 5 (8) | 2010-04-09 | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| Win | 26–2 | Robert Hawkins | UD | 8 (8) | 2010-01-23 | Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen | |
| Win | 25–2 | Aleksey Masikin | UD | 8 (8) | 2009-10-24 | Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen | |
| Win | 24–2 | Raman Sukhaterin | UD | 8 (8) | 2009-06-05 | Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 23–2 | Konstantin Airich | MD | 10 (10) | 2009-03-06 | Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen | |
| Win | 22–2 |  Harry Duiven Jr | TKO | 11 (12) | 2008-12-17 | Hotel Hilton, Prague, Czech Republic | won the interim PABA heavyweight title |
| Win | 21–2 | Pavel Šiška | TKO | 2 (8) | 2008-11-21 | Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 20–2 | Henry Akinwande | UD | 6 (6) | 2008-07-04 | Bueyuek Anadolu Hotel, Ankara, Turkey | |
| Win | 19–2 |  Arthur Cook | TKO | 8 (10) | 2008-02-08 |  Shaikh Rashid Hall, Dubai | |
| Win | 18–2 | Viacheslav Shcherbakov | KO | 3 (8) | 2007-11-23 | Top Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 17–2 |  Aleksandrs Borhovs | RTD | 2 (8) | 2007-10-19 | DK INWEST, Plzeň, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 16–2 |  Humberto Evora | KO | 4 (8) | 2007-07-04 | Top Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 15–2 | Piotr Sapun | KO | 1 (6) | 2007-04-28 | Hotel Boby Brno, Brno, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 14–2 | Tomáš Mrázek | KO | 5 (10) | 2006-12-14 | Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | won the Czech heavyweight title |
| Win | 13–2 | Aleh Dubiaha | TKO | 3 (6) | 2006-11-14 | Minsk, Belarus | |
| Win | 12–2 |  Imrich Borka | TKO | 3 (6) | 2006-10-17 | Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Loss | 11–2 |  Denis Boytsov | TKO | 5 (10) | 2006-09-09 | Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt | for the vacant WBC Youth World heavyweight title |
| Win | 11–1 |  Leo Sanchez | UD | 6 (6) | 2006-07-04 | Medea Gym, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Loss | 10–1 | Rene Dettweiler | UD | 8 (8) | 2006-04-22 | SAP-Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
| Win | 10–0 | Alexey Osokin | PTS | 6 (6) | 2006-03-03 | Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 9–0 | Aleksandrs Borhovs | RTD | 7 (10) | 2005-12-13 | Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | won the Czech International Heavyweight Title |
| Win | 8–0 | Aliaksandr Mazaleu | TKO | 1 (6) | 2005-11-16 | Hotel Pyramida, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 7–0 | Aleh Dubiaha | TKO | 5 (6) | 2005-10-06 | Top Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 6–0 | Mihail Bandarenka | TKO | 4 (4) | 2005-09-15 | The House of Physical Culture, Minsk, Belarus | |
| Win | 5–0 |  Tomasz Zeprzalka | PTS | 4 (4) | 2005-08-18 | KD Strelnice, Děčín, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 4–0 | Valeri Meierson | TKO | 2 (4) | 2005-05-26 | Top Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 3–0 | Peter Simko | TKO | 4 (4) | 2005-04-28 | Dům Kultury, Liberec, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 2–0 | Dzianis Shkalau | TKO | 4 (4) | 2005-03-27 | Hotel Prague, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Win | 1–0 | Vladimir Tolkachev | TKO | 2 (4) | 2005-03-03 | Minsk, Belarus | Pála's professional debut |