Laurent Boudouani
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| Born | Laurent Boudouani 29 December 1966 Sallanches, France | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Light middleweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 74 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 42 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Laurent Boudouani (born 29 December 1966 in Sallanches)[1] is French former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the WBA light middleweight title from 1996 to 1999 and the European light middleweight title from 1992 to 1993. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He holds wins over five world champions such as Terry Norris, Carl Daniels, Julio Cesar Vasquez, Javier Castillejo and Guillermo Jones.
Olympic results
[edit]- 1st round bye
- Defeated Imre Bacskai (Hungary) 4-1
- Defeated Darren Obah (Australia) 5-0
- Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (South Korea) 3-2
- Defeated Kenneth Gould (United States) 4-1
- Lost to Robert Wangila (Kenya) KO by 2
Professional career
[edit]Boudouani turned professional in 1989 and had two early victories over future titlist Javier Castillejo prior to capturing the WBA Light Middleweight Title by defeating Julio César Vásquez by fifth-round KO. Boudouani successfully defended his title four times, including victories over Carl Daniels,[2] Guillermo Jones, and boxing great Terry Norris. Boudouani lost his title to Olympian David Reid[3] in 1999 by unanimous decision and retired after the bout.
Professional boxing record
[edit]| 42 fights | 38 wins | 3 losses |
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| By knockout | 32 | 2 |
| By decision | 5 | 1 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 42 | Loss | 38–3–1 |  David Reid | UD | 12 | 1999-03-06 | Convention Center, Atlantic City | Lost WBA light-middleweight title |
| 41 | Win | 38–2–1 | Terry Norris | TKO | 9 | 1998-11-30 |  Palais des Sports, Paris | Retained WBA light-middleweight title |
| 40 | Win | 37–2–1 |  Guillermo Jones | SD | 12 | 1998-05-30 | Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas | Retained WBA light-middleweight title |
| 39 | Draw | 36–2–1 | Guillermo Jones | PTS | 12 | 1998-02-13 | University Arena, Albuquerque | Retained WBA light-middleweight title |
| 38 | Win | 36–2 | Kevin Pompey | PTS | 8 | 1997-12-17 | Thiais | |
| 37 | Win | 35–2 | Carl Daniels | UD | 12 | 29 Mar 1997 | Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas | Retained WBA light-middleweight title |
| 36 | Win | 34–2 | Benji Singleton | TKO | 4 | 1996-12-14 | Convention Center, Atlantic City | |
| 35 | Win | 33–2 |  Julio César Vásquez | KO | 5 | 1996-08-21 | La Palestre, Le Cannet | Won WBA light-middleweight title |
| 34 | Win | 32–2 |  Viktor Fesechko | KO | 3 | 1996-07-05 | Espace 3000, Hyeres | |
| 33 | Win | 31–2 |  Jorge Ramírez | KO | 5 | 1996-05-18 | Saint-Nazaire | |
| 32 | Win | 30–2 |  Javier Castillejo | UD | 12 | 1996-01-06 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret | Retained European light middleweight title |
| 31 | Win | 29–2 |  Patrick Vungbo | TKO | 6 | 1995-06-27 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret | Retained European light middleweight title |
| 30 | Win | 28–2 | Javier Castillejo | TKO | 9 | 1995-01-03 | Epernay | Won European light middleweight title |
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | Guy Vaste | TKO | 3 | 1994-11-25 | Hayange | |
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Antonio Campbell | KO | 3 | 1994-06-24 | Orléans | |
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Marino Monteyne | TKO | 5 | 1994-04-22 | Voiron | |
| 26 | Loss | 24–2 | Bernard Razzano | TKO | 8 | 1993-10-05 | Dijon | Lost European light middleweight title |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 |  Andy Till | KO | 4 | 1993-06-23 | Picketts Lock Stadium, Edmonton | Retained European light middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 |  Romolo Casamonica | KO | 9 | 1993-04-03 | Soissons | Retained European light middleweight title |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Jean-Claude Fontana | KO | 3 | 1992-11-29 | Dijon | Won European light middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Cruz Ramos | TKO | 2 | 1992-09-07 | Laval | |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Rick Haynes | KO | 3 | 1992-04-17 | Gap | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Anthony Ivory | PTS | 8 | 1992-01-24 | Gennevilliers | |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Clarence White | KO | 3 | 1991-12-20 |  Palau de Gel d'Andorra, Canillo | |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Willie Perry | KO | 4 | 1991-11-22 | Complex Sport le COMEP, Epernay | |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Mack Brown | KO | 3 | 1991-09-27 | Chenove | |
| 16 | Loss | 15–1 | Gilbert Baptist | TKO | 8 | 1991-07-05 | Autun | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | James Sudberry | KO | 1 | 1991-06-14 | Reims | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 |  Horacio Pérez | KO | 4 | 1990-12-15 | Vichy | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Jake Torrance | KO | 3 | 1990-10-20 | Laon | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 |  Jean-Pierre Iniama | KO | 5 | 1990-08-11 | Le Cap d'Agde | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Freddy Demeulenaere | TKO | 2 | 1990-07-13 | Patinoire d'Annecy, Annecy | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 |  Karim Ouattara | KO | 1 | 1990-05-19 | Montpellier | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Jean Louis Marcopena | KO | 4 | 1990-04-06 | Port Marchand, Toulon | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 |  Marcel Turcas | KO | 2 | 1990-03-09 | Annecy | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Joel Brival | KO | 1 | 1990-02-23 | Nancy | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Rafael Fuentes | KO | 2 | 1990-01-26 | Nogent-sur-Marne | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Bechir Chaarane | DQ | 5 | 1989-12-16 | Salle Louis Simon, Gaillard | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jimmy Gourad | KO | 4 | 1989-12-02 | Nantes | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Kid Taylor | KO | 5 | 1989-10-13 | Sète | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Eric Dindaine | TKO | 1 | 1989-06-02 | Marsac | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Djamel Zeghadi | KO | 1 | 1989-04-17 | Saint-Quentin |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BEST I FACED: LAURENT BOUDOUANI". The Ring. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "MOORER RETAINS IBF HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "False Starts Plague Greene in 60-Meter Race". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Laurent Boudouani from BoxRec (registration required)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laurent Boudouani". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.