Albert "The Dragon" Sosnowski takes on the limited but vastly more experienced Ignacio Orsola. More info below...
Albert Sosnowski had been boxing professionally for just over 1 year. He had racked up a 9-0 record with 5 wins by way of KO however his wins had so far failed to impress the boxing public.
Iganacio Orsola began his boxing career back in 1992 at 19 years old. Between 1992 and 1994 Iganacio fought all over Europe but never won a fight. Following his 10th consecutive loss in 1994 Iganacio took a 3 year hiatus from the ring before returning in 1997. In 1998 he picked up his first ever win, followed by a second win just over a month later. In November 1998 Ignacio was knocked out by future World Cruiser-weight Title contender, Alexander Petkovic. Ignacio started off 1999 with 2 wins in a row however the brief success was cut short when he was knocked out in his next 2 fights. He stepped into the ring against Sosnowski with a 4-18 record.
Ignacio was clearly out-matched once the fight got underway. The very first punch Sosnowski landed caused Ignacio to double over and take a knee. Although Ignacio would surprisingly get back to his feet, and credit to him for that, he was quickly put down again from more accurate body shots. The end finally came when the ref stopped the fight as Ignacio was walking away after taking another big body shot and not wanting anymore to do with Sosnowski.
Orsola would have 6 more fights following this loss to Sosnowski before retiring in 2004. He never won another fight, the closest he came was in 2000 when he earned a draw against an undefeated 1-0 fighter. His final record was 4-24-1. Orsola was never going to be anything more than boxing fodder for up and coming competitors however all the best boxers in the world started out by learning their craft against guys like Orsola and for that, he is owed a certain level of respect.
Albert Sosnowski would go on to have a successful career winning both the European Heavyweight and WBF World Heavyweight Titles. In 2010 Sosnowski got to challenge the much larger Vitali Klitschko for the WBC World Heavyweight title. Although Sosnowski was KO'd in 10 he was gracious in defeated and conceded Klitschko was the better, stronger fighter. In 2014 at 35 years of age Sosnowski took on Marcin Rekowski for the vacant Republic of Poland Heavyweight title but was TKO'd in 7 rounds. He has seemingly retired following this loss with a 48-7-2 record in a career that spanned 16 years.
