Education
Warsaw School of Economics.
Warsaw School of Economics.
Kickboxing: After a successful kickboxing career, Saleta became a professional boxer in 1991, fighting at cruiserweight. After a one-point victory over an aging Dennis Andries in 1994, he was named as part of Ring Magazine"s Top 10. He fell out of that list later that year, however, when he was knocked out by John McClain in the first round.
In 1995, he moved up to the heavyweight division and on December 9, 1995, he fought Croatian Željko Mavrović for the EBU Heavyweight title, but lost by KO in the first round.
He then remained inactive for almost two years. Krasniqi dominated the start of the fight and was clearly well ahead on points.
In the second half of the fight, he suffered stamina problems that led him to give up after the eighth round. In his first defense of the European Championship title three months later, he met Sinan Samil Sam and was knocked out in the seventh round.
Also, in the subsequent rematch against Krasniqi, he lost by TKO in the first.
After a further two-year break, he returned in 2005 to beat Raman Sukhaterin and then again in a loss to Oliver McCall. In his last bout before retirement from the sport, he defeated American Editor Perry by unanimous decision in February 2006 to bring his record to 43 wins and 7 losses. He lost the fight by a rear-naked choke in the first round.
Despite his retirement from professional sport, he then returned to action after calling out fellow ex-boxer Marcin Najman at KSW XIV in September 2010.
Both used to be friends and are known to have an ongoing feud which goes back a number of years. From January 2007 to November 2007, Saleta was part of the Polish edition of Gentleman"s Magazine, and from September 28 to November 16, 2007, he was a contestant on the Polish version of Dancing on Ice.
However, they resigned after the 8th round of the program He also took part in the Polish version of Fort Boyard.
Since October 6, 2008, he has been running his program Gadżety Salety on Polsat Play Channel.
Private life They have a daughter named Nicola, born in 1994. They have a daughter named Nadia, born in 2002.