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Paolo Vidoz vs Sinan Şamil Sam

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Paolo Vidoz and Sinan Şamil Sam met once (2008). Sinan Şamil Sam won in 2008.

SOURCE·Paolo Vidoz and Sinan Şamil Sam — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Paolo VidozSinan Şamil Sam
—Reach76″ (193 cm)
—Height75.2″ (191 cm)
—Reach advantage+1.05%
28–11Record31–4
54%Finish rate52%
7Longest unbeaten run—
39Recorded bouts—
OrthodoxStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Paolo Vidoz

20002010win v Nicholus Nurse, 2001, decisionwin v Ronnie Copeland, 2001, kowin v Chris Hairston, 2001, kowin v Eduardo Antonio Carranza, 2001, decisionwin v Bobby McGraw, 2001win v Marcus Johnson, 2001win v Chris Morris, 2001loss v Zuri Lawrence, 2002, decisionwin v Joe Lenhart, 2002, decisionwin v Alessandro Guni, 2002, kowin v Craig Tomlinson, 2002, kowin v Marco Heinichen, 2002, kowin v Ralf Packheiser, 2003, kowin v Antoine Palatis, 2003win v Eduardo Andres Sandivares, 2003, koloss v Nikolai Valuev, 2004, kowin v Tamer Mourad, 2004, kowin v Thierry Guezouli, 2004, kowin v Siarhei Dychkou, 2004, decisionwin v Michael Sprott, 2005, decisionwin v Timo Hoffmann, 2005win v Mindaugas Kulikauskas, 2005, kowin v Alexey Osokin, 2006, decisionloss v Volodymyr Virchis, 2006, kowin v Cengiz Koç, 2006, decisionwin v Zoltan Peto, 2007, koloss v Volodymyr Virchis, 2007, decisionwin v Antoine Palatis, 2007, decisionloss v Matt Skelton, 2008loss v Sinan Şamil Sam, 2008win v Paul Butlin, 2008, koloss v Albert Sosnowski, 2009, decisionwin v Tomasz Zeprzalka, 2009, koloss v Kubrat Pulev, 2010, decisionloss v Alexander Ustinov, 2010, decisionloss v Claus Bertino, 2010, decisionloss v Matteo Modugno, 2011, decisionwin v Sandor Balogh, 2011, decisionwin v Gabor Farkas, 2011, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2001–2011
2010 win vs Nicholus Nurse (2001)win vs Ronnie Copeland (2001)win vs Chris Hairston (2001)win vs Eduardo Antonio Carranza (2001)win vs Bobby McGraw (2001)win vs Marcus Johnson (2001)win vs Chris Morris (2001)loss vs Zuri Lawrence (2002)win vs Joe Lenhart (2002)win vs Alessandro Guni (2002)win vs Craig Tomlinson (2002)win vs Marco Heinichen (2002)win vs Ralf Packheiser (2003)win vs Antoine Palatis (2003)win vs Eduardo Andres Sandivares (2003)loss vs Nikolai Valuev (2004)win vs Tamer Mourad (2004)win vs Thierry Guezouli (2004)win vs Siarhei Dychkou (2004)win vs Michael Sprott (2005)win vs Timo Hoffmann (2005)win vs Mindaugas Kulikauskas (2005)win vs Alexey Osokin (2006)loss vs Volodymyr Virchis (2006)win vs Cengiz Koç (2006)win vs Zoltan Peto (2007)loss vs Volodymyr Virchis (2007)win vs Antoine Palatis (2007)loss vs Matt Skelton (2008)loss vs Sinan Şamil Sam (2008)win vs Paul Butlin (2008)loss vs Albert Sosnowski (2009)win vs Tomasz Zeprzalka (2009)loss vs Kubrat Pulev (2010)loss vs Alexander Ustinov (2010)loss vs Claus Bertino (2010)loss vs Matteo Modugno (2011)win vs Sandor Balogh (2011)win vs Gabor Farkas (2011)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2011

Sinan Şamil Sam

UNFILEDwin v align=left|Paolo Vidoz, no date on recordwin v align=left|Ratko Draskovic, no date on recordwin v align=left|Mazur Ali, no date on recordwin v align=left|Ivica Perkovic, no date on recordloss v align=left|Oliver McCall, no date on recordwin v align=left|Bob Mirovic, no date on recordwin v align=left|Saul Montana, no date on recordwin v align=left|George Arias, no date on recordloss v align=left|Oleg Maskaev, no date on recordwin v align=left|Okello Peter, no date on recordwin v align=left|Lawrence Clay Bey, no date on recordwin v align=left|Denis Bakhtov, no date on recordwin v align=left| Siarhei Dychkou, no date on recordwin v align=left|Doug Liggion, no date on recordwin v align=left|Edgars Kalnars, no date on recordloss v align=left|Luan Krasniqi, no date on recordloss v align=left|Juan Carlos Gómez, no date on recordwin v align=left|Julius Francis, no date on recordwin v align=left|Danny Williams, no date on recordwin v align=left|Przemysław Saleta, no date on recordwin v align=left|Roman Bugaj, no date on recordwin v align=left|Thomas Williams, no date on recordwin v align=left|Chris Isaac, no date on recordwin v align=left|Henry Kolle Njume, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION no dated bouts · 34 UNDATED
Cross-references
Paolo Vidoz

The full ledger: 39 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

28–11 Sinan Şamil Sam

The same, from the other corner — 0 bouts and the cohort Sam is ranked inside.

31–4 Every confirmed matchup

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