Ht: 6-4 Wt: 238
Born On: January 5, 1968 In: Warsaw, Poland
Childhood Hero: “Muhammad Ali. I saw him on TV – his fight with Foreman. Amazing knockout. Both fighters looked like gigantic creatures fighting each other. From that moment boxing was amazing for me. ”
Inspiration: “George Foreman. He came back at 45 and won the championship.”
Childhood Dream: “Be somebody, you know? Be noticed. Champion of the world. Be great at something.”
Hobbies/Interests: “I like to travel. Discover things, land, vacations, nice places. Try new sports like kite surfing, have you ever tried that? (No). Oh my god, it’s something else. I play tennis – tennis is good. Very similar movements to boxing, good for footwork. I play basketball once or twice a week. Skiing. After the fight we’re going skiing in Austria.”
Favorite Movies: “Heat. Forrest Gump. Godfather. Scarface. Rocky.”
Musical Tastes: “Any kind of music, except jazz. Alicia Keys, 50 Cent, Kanye West.”
Favorite TV Shows: “I don’t watch much TV.”
Last Book Read: “By George, the autobiography of George Foreman.”
Early Boxing Memory: “When I came to box at the gym when I was 13. I sparred with a guy who was 20. Big difference, he was a man, bigger, taller, stronger. I beat him up. I trained a few months before he did, so I knew some technique, some punches, how to throw them. That day gave me some great feelings, made me feel like a hero, like I did something.”
Favorite Meal: “Steak.”
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: “Eggs – I believe that without the eggs, breakfast has no meaning. Gotta have eggs.”
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Vanilla.”
Current Car: “Lexus 460 (silver).”
Pre-Fight Feeling: “Scared [laughs]. No, think what I need to do to win. Do everything in my power to win the fight. (Look at opponent upon entering ring?) You have to break him – not by visual – you have to break him by your hands. Think about breaking him psychologically.”
Pre-Fight Superstition: “I won’t tell you.”
Greatest Sports Moment: “Well, not yet. It hasn’t happened yet.”
Most Painful Moment: “Oh, the loss. Every loss. When you lose in boxing it’s the most painful. You lose mentally, physically, you are sore. All losses are the most painful thing.”
When Were You At Best?: “I think the best fight I had was with (Samson) Pou’ha. It was supposed to be easy fight for me. Turned into a nightmare. I was taking a beating. Then I won, pretty amazing.”
Hardest Punchers: “They’re all heavyweights you have to remember.”
Toughest Opponent: “It may be ironically, but toughest opponent was Riddick Bowe. He took so much beating and he still want to fight. Didn’t give up. It was amazing. It amazed me, boxing, you know? (How good was Bowe?) Well, in the first fight he wasn’t ready. In the second one, he understood he wish he was never ready.”
Toughest Part Of Boxing: “Pressure from you guys (media). You’re watching every step.”
Favorite Boxers To Watch: “Especially impress me was Bernard Hopkins. Really slick fighter, very smart fighter. Fun to watch him. Hopkins surprised me against De La Hoya. He didn’t rush, he stayed in his gameplan. He was unbelievable, like a professor. He boxes like a professor. I like his way he fought. He stuck with his gameplan. It was easy, step by step. He threw his punches one at a time. He didn’t try to take big steps, just little steps. One step at a time.”
Funny Boxing Memory: “The ring is not a place to laugh, to make fun of [smiles]. Maybe with the fight with Pou’ha, was in Atlantic City in ‘95 I believe. He claimed to the referee that I bit him. The ref said, What are you saying? Fight again! And after the fight, one of the reporters came to my locker room and said to one of my cornermen, He bit him, he really bit him! (My cornerman was like) What are you talking about [smiles]? Later, on Tuesday Night Fights – they record this fight and they showed bite on TV again. They showed it on the TV all over again, all night long. All week long on shows. So that’s pretty much a funny one I can recall. Nobody believed it in the first place, but it happened. Nobody saw it in the first place.”
Favorite Vacation Spot: “Well, for example, I love where it’s nice.”
People Qualities Most Admired: “Just to be fair, be fair – one to the other. And people that never give up…people that try to do something in life.”
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Very cool information. I liked the interview.
Andrew is a humble guy and I always admired him. Had an anger problem in the ring but dont we all LOL!
thx to andrew for alot of training motivation