Cengiz Koc pugile

Cengiz Koç (born September 9, 1977 in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German heavyweight boxer of Turkish descent who won the bronze medal at the 2000 European amateur championships. He has also won a European championship in amateur kickboxing.In Houston at the World championships 1999 he lost on points to eventual runner-up Kazakh Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov.At the European Championships 2000 he scored his biggest result in a third place after losing to Russian Alexei Lezin.At the Olympics he was spectacularly knocked cold in his first match by Cuban giant Alexis Rubalcaba.He turned pro afterwards but disappointed displaying little power and dedication.He lost to Michael Sprott, Paolo Vidoz and Timo Hoffmann.