Paea Wolfgramm (born December 1, 1969) is a Tongan retired boxer. Nicknamed "The Tongan Warrior", Wolfgramm earned the Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making him the first and only athlete from Tonga to win an Olympic medal.
Personal Wolfgramm has 7 children - 5 boys and 2 girls, as well as 4 brothers and 2 sisters. He resides in South Auckland New Zealand and now works as an architect.
Amateur highlights 1994 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Defeated Joseph Saimei (Solomon Islands) RSC 2 Lost to David Anyim (Kenya) PTS (5–9) 1995 won the Oceanian Championships in Nuku'alofa, Tonga. 1996 Representing Tonga, Wolfgramm won the Super Heavyweight Silver Medal at the Atlanta Olympics. Results were: Defeated Serguei Lyakhovich (Belarus) PTS (10–9) Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) PTS (17–12) Defeated Duncan Dokiwari (Nigeria) PTS (7–6) Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) PTS (3–7)
Professional career At 6'4" and 325 pounds, the huge Wolfgramm turned pro after the Olympics, but had limited success. He lost a decision to journeyman Marion Wilson in 1998. Although he was able to beat former Cuban Olympian Jorge Luis Gonzalez by decision to set up a fight with Wladimir Klitschko for the vacant WBC International Heavyweight Title, he was beaten in the first round in a rematch of their 1996 Super Heavyweight Olympic finals bout. He later lost a decision to Eliecer Castillo, but beat Jimmy Thunder to set up a fight with Corey Sanders in late 2001. Sanders won via 9th-round TKO, and Wolfgramm announced his retirement shortly after this fight.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes24Loss20–4 Corey SandersTKO9 (10), 8 Aug 2001 23Win20–3 Jimmy Thunder7 (10), 1 Apr 2001 22Loss19–3 Eliecer Castillo1221 Oct 2000 21Win19–2 Rocky Gannon3 (8), 21 Jul 2000 20Loss18–2 Wladimir KlitschkoTKO1 (12), 18 Mar 2000 19Win18–1 Calvin LampkinUD105 Dec 1999 18Win17–1 Gerard JonesUD107 Mar 1999 17Win16–1 Jorge Luis GonzálezMD815 Aug 1998 16Win15–1 Guy SonnenbergTKO1 (8), 12 Jun 1998 15Loss14–1 Marion Wilson69 May 1998 14Win14–0 Rick SullivanTKO1 (6)21 Mar 1998 13Win13–0 Kevin RosierTKO1 (6), 16 Jan 1998 12Win12–0 Billy EatonKO1 (6), 20 Dec 1997 11Win11–0 Ed WhiteKO1 (4), 23 Sep 1997 10Win10–0 Gerald BrownTKO1 (4)23 August 1997 9Win9–0 Jessie HenryTKO3 (4), 9 August 1997 8Win8–0 Robert MitchellTKO1 (4)24 May 1997 7Win7–0 Khoren IndjianTKO2 (4), 10 May 1997 6Win6–0 Ronnie Smith43 Mar 1997 5Win5–0 Stan JonesKO2 (6)14 Feb 1997 4Win4–0 Momtchil GovedarovTKO1 (4), 28 Jan 1997 3Win3–0 Orlando Leavall417 Jan 1997 2Win2–0 John Foster1 (4)11 Jan 1997 1Win1–0 Jeff Kirk1 (4), 3 Dec 1996
Honours National honours Order of Queen Sālote Tupou III, Member (31 July 2008).
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