Tom Schwarz (born 29 May 1994) is a German professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the German title in 2018.
Professional career Early career Schwarz' first professional fight was on 29 August 2013 when he won a 20-second KO victory over 34 year old Mario Schmidt. After amassing a record of 12–0 (8 KOs), he accepted the challenge of fellow German contender Konstantin Airich and won via unanimous decision over eight rounds.
In his 15th professional fight on 15 November 2015, Schwarz faced the powerful 20-year-old German Ilja Mezencev for the vacant WBO Youth World Champion title. In the first round, Schwarz went down against Mezencev, but recovered to win by knockout in the seventh round and captured the WBO World Youth Title.
On 4 June 2016, Schwarz fought Dennis Lewandowski for the vacant WBC World Youth Title. This fight also represented his second title defense of the WBO World Youth Title. Schwarz clearly dominated the ten-round fight and won a unanimous decision.
On 22 April 2017, Schwarz beat 40-year-old Bosnian Adnan Redzovic (18–1–0) by knockout in the second round to win the vacant WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title.
Schwarz vs. Gashi On 21 April 2018 Schwarz faced fellow unbeaten German Senad Gashi. In a highly controversial fight, Gashi had several head-butts that resulted in his disqualification in the sixth round of the fight. Up until the time of the stoppage, the fight had been competitive. In the same year, two knockout victories followed against the Mexican Julian Fernandez and fellow German Christian Lewandowski.
In March 2019, he defended his WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title against Kristijan Krstacic of Croatia to record his 24th professional victory.
Schwarz vs. Fury It was announced in March 2019 that Schwarz would take on the lineal and former unified world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in a 12-round bout on 15 June 2019 in Las Vegas. The fight was a one-sided affair, with Schwarz outboxed by Fury, who switched to a southpaw stance after the first round. Shortly after dodging a series of punches from Schwarz, Fury knocked him to the canvas for the first time in his career with a straight right through his guard. Schwarz beat the count, but was stopped by referee Kenny Bayless shortly afterwards, losing his WBO Inter-Continental title.
Career from 2019 In his next fight, Schwarz faced Radel Varak. Schwarz attacked Varak from the start, and managed to drop him midway through the round. Varak would beat the count, but the referee decided he had seen enough and waved the fight off.
On 28 September 2019, Schwarz rematched Ilja Mezencev, winning convincingly via sixth round corner retirement and capturing the vacant International Boxing Federation international title in the process.
Schwarz vs. Gashi II On 3 May 2025, Schwarz competed against Gashi in a rematch, losing by unanimous decision with scores of 95–93, 99–89, and 96–92.
Personal life In April 2021, it emerged that Schwarz was on trial for allegedly punching his former partner Tessa Schimschar in the face in a restaurant car park in Lostau, Germany, in May 2020. It is alleged that Schimschar was reportedly taken to a local hospital after receiving "a massive punch on the chin, which led to multiple fractures of the lower jaw", and that she subsequently filed a charge for grievous bodily harm.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes31Loss29–2Senad GashiUD103 May 202530Win29–1Christian DemajKO3 (10), 25 Nov 202329Win28–1Kostiantyn DovbyshchenkoUD1023 Sep 202328Win27–1Muhammed Ali DurmazKO1 (8), 9 Apr 202227Win26–1Ilja Mezencev RTD6 (12), 28 Sep 201926Win25–1Radek VařákTKO1 (6), 17 Aug 201925Loss24–1Tyson FuryTKO2 (12), 15 Jun 201924Win24–0Kristijan KrstacicKO2 (10), 2 Mar 201923Win23–0Christian LewandowskiTKO6 (10), 17 Nov 201822Win22–0Julian FernandezKO2 (12), 15 Sep 201821Win21–0Senad Gashi 6 (12), 21 Apr 2018 20Win20–0Samir NiboTKO4 (12) 3 Feb 2018 19Win19–0Adnan RedzovicKO2 (10) 22 Apr 201718Win18–0Ivica BacurinUD811 Mar 201717Win17–0Dennis LewandowskiUD104 Jun 2016 16Win16–0Gogita GorgiladzeTKO1 (10), 5 Mar 201615Win15–0Ilja MezencevKO7 (10), 14 Nov 201514Win14–0Gezim Tahiri 3 (6), 19 Sep 201513Win13–0Konstantin AirichUD811 Jul 201512Win12–0Vaclav PejsarUD62 May 201511Win11–0Jakov GospicTKO3 (6), 7 Mar 201510Win10–0Adnan BuharalijaKO1 (6), 20 Dec 20149Win9–0Tomas Mrazek 62 Oct 20148Win8–0Olegs LopajevsTKO1 (6), 26 Jul 20147Win7–0Ante VerunicaTKO1 (3), 30 May 20146Win6–0Lukas FilkaTKO1 (3), 30 May 20145Win5–0Frantisek KynkalKO1 (4), 28 Mar 20144Win4–0Janis GintersUD41 Mar 20143Win3–0Edgars Kalnars 46 Dec 20132Win2–0Pavlo Nechyporenko 1 (4), 19 Oct 20131Win1–0Mario Schmidt 1 (4), 28 Jun 2013
Pay-per-view bouts Date Fight Network Buys Source(s) Tyson Fury vs. Tom Schwarz BT Sport Box Office Unknown
References
External links
Tom Schwarz - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live