Tom Schwarz boxer

Tom Schwarz (born 29 May 1994) is a German professional boxer who has held the IBF International heavyweight title since 2019, and previously held the WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title from 2017 to 2019.Schwarz' first professional fight was on 29 August 2013 when he won a 20 second KO victory over 34 year old Mario Schmidt. After amassing a record of 12-0 (8 KO's), he accepted the challenge of fellow German contender Konstantin Airich and won via unanimous decision over eight rounds.In his 15th professional fight on 15 November 2015, Schwarz faced the powerful 20-year-old German Ilja Mezencev for the vacant WBO Youth World Champion title. In the first round, Schwarz went down against Mezencev, but recovered to win by knockout in the seventh round and captured the WBO World Youth Title.On 4 June 2016, Schwarz fought Dennis Lewandowski for the vacant WBC World Youth Title. This fight also represented his second title defense of the WBO World Youth Title. Schwarz clearly dominated the ten-round fight and won a unanimous decision.On 22 April 2017, Schwarz beat 40-year-old Bosnian Adnan Redzovic (18-1-0) by knockout in the second round to win the vacant WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title.On 21 April 2018 Schwarz faced fellow unbeaten German Senad Gashi. In a highly controversial fight, Gashi had several head-butts that resulted in his disqualification in the sixth round of the fight. Up until the time of the stoppage, the fight had been competitive. In the same year, two knockout victories followed against the Mexican Julian Fernandez and fellow German Christian Lewandowski.