Sinan Samil Sam

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Born
1974 (51 years old)
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Frankfurt, Germany

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Eurasian

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191 cm

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_Retired Boxing

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_Defunct Fighting Teams

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					Sinan Samil Sam vs Oleg Maskaev	12 Nov 05
					Sinan Samil Sam vs Okello Peter	11 Jun 05

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Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer of Azerbaijani origin. As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU, WBC international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. According to his former managers, Sam died after battling liver and kidney failure.

Sam, known as "Bull of the Bosphorus", turned professional in 2000. He won his first 18 fights, including victories over Przemyslaw Saleta, Danny Williams, and Julius Francis.

In 2003, he suffered his first professional defeat to Juan Carlos Gómez and lost the following fight against Luan Krasniqi.

In 2005, he beat Lawrence Clay Bey to set up a fight with Oleg Maskaev, a fight which he lost on points by unanimous decision. After the loss to Maskaev he defeated Saul Montana in 2006, but then lost a WBC eliminator to Oliver McCall in June 2007.

After three more victories against limited opponents he fought Paolo Vidoz on July 4, 2008; he won the fight by majority decision.

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