ABOUT SINAN SAMIL SAM
EBU, World Boxing Council, and WBC Mediterranean Heavyweight Champion, known as the "Bull of the Bosphorus".
He was a dominant amateur who won the Turkish Championship 9 times.
He won his first 18 fights as a professional.
His parents are of Turkish ancestry.
He lost to Yugoslavia's Luan Krasniqi on Valentine's Day of 2004, forcing him to relinquish his EBU Heavyweight title.
