Rudolf Kraj (ˈrudolf ˈkraj) (born 5 December 1977 in Mělník

Melnik

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, Czechoslovakia

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) is a Czech

Czech Republic

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 boxer

Boxing

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Amateur

He won the silver medal

Olympic medalists in boxing

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 in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 in Sydney

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. He lost to Aleksandr Lebziak

Aleksandr Lebziak

Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak is a Russian boxer, who won the Gold medal in the men's Light Heavyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He beat Rudolf Kraj in the final....

 in the final.

He also won a bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships

2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships

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 in Bangkok

Bangkok

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 losing to another Russian, the eventual winner Evgeny Makarenko

Evgeny Makarenko

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He won 170 out of 200 amateur matches.

Olympic Results

• • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Olanda Anderson
    Olanda Anderson
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     (United States) 13-12
  • Defeated Jegbefumer Albert (Nigeria) 8-7
  • Defeated Andriy Fedchuk
    Andriy Fedchuk
    Andriy Vasylyovych Fedchuk , was a boxer from Ukraine, who won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual runner-up Rudolf Kraj from the Czech Republic...
    
     (Ukraine) 11-7
  • Lost to Alexander Lebzyak (Russia) 6-20

Professional

Kraj began his professional career in 2005 in Germany and won all his thirteen bouts in the cruiserweight division including a stoppage of Armenian Melkomian (record 20-1).

He fought Giacobbe Fragomeni

Giacobbe Fragomeni

Giacobbe Fragomeni is a Cruiserweight boxer from Italy and former WBC champion of the world. As an amateur he won the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk at heavyweight 201 lbs/91 kg limit....

 for the WBC Cruiserweight title on October 24, 2008 and lost the fight by technical decision after eight rounds after and accidental headbutt earlier in the fight. His record is 14-1 with 10 knockouts.

Professional boxing record

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Giacobbe Fragomeni

Giacobbe Fragomeni is a Cruiserweight boxer from Italy and former WBC champion of the world. As an amateur he won the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk at heavyweight 201 lbs/91 kg limit....

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Matt Godfrey

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|12–0
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|11–0
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|10–0
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|9–0
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|8–0
|align=left|  Rachid El Hadak
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|7–0
|align=left|  Jindrich Velecky
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|6–0
|align=left|  Mircea Telecan
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|5–0
|align=left|  Vage Kocharyan
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|4–0
|align=left|  Robert Borok
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|3–0
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|2–0
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|1–0
|align=left|  Tomáš Mrázek
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External links

• News and Pictures of Rudolf Kraj