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Fabrice Benichou

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Fabrice Benichou
Born5 April 1965 (1965-04-05) (age 59)
Madrid, Spain
NationalityFrench
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Super Bantamweight
Featherweight
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights66
Wins46
Wins by KO24
Losses18
Draws2

Fabrice Benichou (born 5 April 1965) is a French former professional boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world.[1] He become World Champion of boxing in 1989. He is three times super bantamweight World Champion, and two times European bantamweight and featherweight champion.

Biography

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Benichou was born on 5 April 1965 in Madrid, Spain. He is French of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.[2][1]

Amateur career

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He reached the finals of the French National Bantamweight championship in 1984.[1] He flew all over the world to train boxing in different countries, until take a long time training in Cuba.

Pro boxing career

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On 30 January 1988 he won the vacant European Bantamweight title against Thierry Jacob in a ninth-round knockout in Calais, France.[3]

Benichou won the IBF Super Bantamweight championship on 10 March 1989 against Jose Sanabria in a twelve-round split decision.[2] He lost his title a year later to Welcome Ncita in a bout that took place in Tel Aviv.

He contended unsuccessfully for the IBF Featherweight title on 12 September 1992 in a close 12-round split decision against Manuel Medina in France.[2]

He resumed his boxing career in late 2005.

Acting career

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A versatile actor, he is best known for the 1996 film Mo, the 2007's TV mini-series Lance of Longinus, the 2008 TV series Doom Doom, the 2009 film Mensch and the 2012 film, The World Belongs to Us.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Fabrice Benichou Bio". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Fabrice Benichou". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ^ "BoxRec: Fabrice Benichou".
  4. ^ "Fabrice Benichou Filmography". IMDB. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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Achievements
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Louis Gomis
European Bantamweight Champion
30 January – 13 April 1988
Succeeded by
Vincenzo Belcastro
World boxing titles
Preceded by IBF Super Bantamweight Champion
10 March 1989 – 10 March 1990
Succeeded by