• Twitter: @MikaelZewski
• 2009 Canadian Final Team Selection (amateur), 151 pounds - Gold Medalist…
• 2006 Canadian Junior National Championships (amateur), 132 Pounds - Gold Medalist…

At the age of 24, Mikaël is a two-year pro. A prospect at 147 pounds, he is a former amateur standout.

He is coming off a third-round knockout win against John Grimaldo in his last fight on June 9 – the bout was on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. main event.

ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reported from ringside [excerpts]: Welterweight prospect Mikael Zewski of Canada easily disposed of Ryan Grimaldo via third-round knockout. After dominating the first two rounds and cutting Grimaldo over his left eye, Zewski did damage in the third round. He hurt Grimaldo with a left hand to the head and then again with a left to the body. Moments later, Zewski dropped him with another clean left hand. Grimaldo went down to a knee and took the full count…. [End Rafael item]

Mikaël said, “My father, who also trains me, taught me to believe in `old school,’ whether it’s training or fighting or life style. You have to earn it with your work and your sweat. You run, work in the gym, you focus your mind on it and then on fight night, you fight. I’m young, I’m healthy and I’m ready.”

Manager Cameron Dunkin said, “I have a lot of confidence in the abilities of Mikaël and his father and trainer Jean. I’ve had the good fortune of managing a good many world champions, and I think Mikaël has all the important ingredients to become one in the future.”

Fight by Fight - 2012 - in his last fight on 6-9-12 in Las Vegas, NV, he knocked out John Grimaldo (8-1): the bout was on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. main event, and Mikaël quickly overpowered him; Grimaldo was cut over his left eye in the 2^nd round; Mikaël scored a knockdown with a left hook that dropped Grimaldo to one knee in the 3^rd, and he was counted out at 0:59…

On 4-14-12 in Las Vegas he TKOd Brandon Baue (12-5): at 2:46 of the 6^th round…

On 3-17-12 in Atlantic City, NJ, he TKOd Joel Vargas (3-5-1): at 1:32 of the 1^st round…

2011 – on 11-11-11 in Las Vegas he TKOd Gundrick King (16-6): at 2:43 of the 5^th round…

On 10-22-11 in New York, NY, he knocked out Keuntray Henson (4-3): Mikael scored a knockdown in the 1^st round, and the referee stopped the fight at 1:27…

On 5-21-11 in Montréal, QUE, he knocked out Ruben Galvan (27-16-4): at 1:44 of the 3^rd round…

On 4-9-11 in Las Vegas he won a 4 round split decision against Clint Coronel (4-1-2): scored 60-54, 59-55 Zewski, 60-54 Coronel…

On 3-4-11 in Indio, CA, he TKOd Gerardo Prieto (6-10-1): in the 3^rd round…

On 2-4-11 in Lares, PR, he won a 6 round unanimous decision against Joseph de los Santos (4-7-3): scored 59-55, 59-55, 60-54…

2010 – on 12-18-10 in Québec City, QUE, he TKOd Leonardo Rojas (8-11-3): at 2:59 of the 2^nd round…

On 11-6-10 in Newark, NJ, he won a 4 round unanimous decision against Ardrick Butler (5-2): scored 40-36 on all three scorecards…

5-28-10 in Québec City he TKOd John Hoffman (11-24): at 1:45 of the 1^st round…

On 5-1-10 in Iowa City, IA, he won a 4 round unanimous decision against Alexander de León (2-1-1): scored 40-36, 40-36, 39-37…

On 3-25-10 in Commerce, CA, he knocked out Moses Alvizo (debut): Alvizo did not continue after the 2^nd round…

He debuted at the age of 21 on 2-27-10 in Augusta, GA, and TKOd Kelvin Kibler (0-0-1): at 1:39 of the 3^rd round…

AMATEUR, PERSONAL BACKGROUND: Mikaël started boxing at the age of nine, trained by his father, a former boxer…he reportedly had 167 amateur fights, with a record of 138-29…

He told Anson Wainwright of 15rounds.com [excerpts]: “My father is my coach and we have a one of a kind relationship, boxing is his passion and he is the best to me.

“When I was young I used to do all the sports, before boxing I played Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Snowboard, skateboard…. My dad was a boxer when he was younger and once I was in a Basketball tournament and he told me – if you score a couple times I will bring you to the boxing gym. I was amazed, I scored he brought me to the gym and my great career began.

“The great thing about amateur boxing is that it made me travel a lot. In 2004 I won a Silver Medal at the Youth Pan Am Games in Colorado Springs. In 2005 I went in Liverpool, England for the Youth World Championship and I got ranked 5^th. In 2007 I went to the Junior World Championship in Morocco, and in 2009 In Italy for the Senior World Championship. In Italy I fought the Moroccan guy and I won 10-2. Then I fought the Cuban Carlos Banteuax Suarez and I won 5-2, and finally I lost to the guy from Uzbekistan. I got ranked 5^th in that tournament. Early in 2009 we had a dual match in Canada against Germany, I won against Jack Culcay and he is the one who won the 2009 World Championship in Italy.” [End Wainwright item]

AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS:

2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -  Milan, Italy, 151 pounds: in his first fight on 9-6-09 he wo a 10-2 decision against Medhi Khalsi of Morocco; in his second fight on 9-7-09 he won a 5-2 decision against Carlos Banteur of Cuba; in the quarterfinals on 9-9-09 he lost a 5-2 decision against Boturjon  Mahmudov of Uzbekistan…

2009 BATALLA DE CARABOBO - Valencia, Venezuela, 151 pounds – SILVER MEDALIST: in his first fight on 6-21-09 he stopped Yorman Amundaray of Venezuela in the 3^rd round; in the quarterfinals on 6-22-09 he won a 4-1 decision against Carlos Sanchez of Ecuador; in the semifinals on 6-23-09 he won a 5-0 decision against Pedro Lima of Brazil; in the finals on 6-24-09 he lost a 5-0 decision against Carlos Banteur of Cuba…

2009 DUALS CANADA-GERMANY - Regina, Alberta, 151 pounds: on 5-1-09 he won a 21-18 decision against Jack Culcay of Germany…

2009 CANADIAN FINAL TEAM SELECTION - Edmonton, Alberta, 151 pounds - GOLD MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) on 2-24-09 he won a 29-19 decision against Josh Cameron; in the semifinals on 2-26-09 he won a 19-2 decision against Adam Trupish; in the finals on 2-27-09 he won a 15-1 decision against Nathan Kulczycki…

2009 CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Trois-Rivières, Quebec, 151 pounds: in his first fight on 1-21-09 he won a 21-19 decision against Nathan Kulczycki; in the quarterfinals on 1-22-09 he lost a 7-4 decision against Custio Clayton…

2008 CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Richmond, British Columbia, 141 pounds: in his first fight on 11-29-07 he lost a 23-16 decision against Jonathan Bochner…

2008 CANADIAN FINAL TEAM SELECTION - Windsor, Ontario, 141 pounds - SILVER MEDALIST: in the semifinals (his first fight) on 1-25-08 he won a 20-14 decision against Karim Ebead; in the finals on 1-26-08 he lost a 22-16 decision against Jonathan Bochner…

2006 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Agadir, Morocco, 132 pounds: in his first fight on 9-10-06 he lost a 14-13 decision against Hu Richabilige of China…

2006 BRANDENBURG JUNIOR CUP – Frankfurt and Oder, Germany, 132 pounds:in his first fight on 7-20-06 he lost a 35-21 decision against Gabor Gorbics of Hungary…

2005 WORLD CADET CHAMPIONSHIPS - Liverpool, England, 119 pounds: in his first fight on 10-12-05 he won a 19-8 decision against Ervin Szabo of Hungary; in the quarterfinals on 10-14-05 he lost a 40-28 decision against Viktor Maiseuev of Bulgaria…

2006 CANADIAN JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - St.Hyacinthe, Quebec, 132 pounds - GOLD MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) on 1-16-06 he stopped Corey Chase in the 2^nd round; in the semifinals on 1-28-06 he stopped Jason Williams in the 2^nd round; in the finals on 1-29-06 he won a 27-22 decision against Showcat Ali…

2004 PAN AMERICAN CADET CHAMPIONSHIPS - Colorado Springs & Pueblo Colorado, 110 pounds - SILVER MEDALIST [incomplete results]: in the finals he lost a 14-8 decision against Jacinto Zambrano of Ecuador…

STRENGTHS: Has good skills and movement…has good punching power…had a strong amateur background…

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 15 fights…48 total rounds…

AVERAGE LENGTH OF BOUTS: 3.2 rounds…

KNOCKOUT PERCENTAGE: 73 %...

DISTANCE FIGHTS: 6 rounds – 2 (2-0)…5 rounds – 1 (1-0)…4 rounds – 3 (3-0)…