Fabrice Benichou
| Fabrice Benichou | |
|---|---|
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| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight Super Bantamweight Featherweight |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Nationality |  French |
| Born | April 5, 1965 Madrid, Spain |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 66 |
| Wins | 46 |
| Wins by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 18 |
| Draws | 2 |
Fabrice Benichou (born April 5, 1965 in Madrid, Spain) is a French boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world.[1] He become World Champion of boxing in 1989.
Biography[]
Benichou was born on April 5, 1965 in Madrid, Spain. He is french of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.[2][1] He is three times super bantamweight World Champion, and two times European bantamweight and featherweight champion.
Amateur career[]
He reached the finals of the French National Bantamweight championship in 1984.[1]
Pro boxing career[]
On January 30, 1988, he won the vacant EBU European Bantamweight title against Thierry Jacob in a ninth-round knockout in Calais, France.[3]
Benichou won the IBF World Super Bantamweight championship on March 10, 1989 against Jose Sanabria in a twelve-round split decision.[2]
He contended unsuccessfully for the IBF World Featherweight title on September 12, 1992 in a close twelve round split decision against Manuel Medina in France.[2]
He resumed his boxing career in late 2005.
Acting career[]
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[]
- List of select Jewish boxers
References[]
- ^ a b c "Fabrice Benichou Bio". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Fabrice Benichou". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "BoxRec: Fabrice Benichou".
- ^ "Fabrice Benichou Filmography". IMDB. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
External links[]
- 1965 births
- Sportspeople from Madrid
- Living people
- Featherweight boxers
- Bantamweight boxers
- Jewish boxers
- French people of Spanish-Jewish descent
- Spanish emigrants to France
- Jewish French sportspeople
- World super-bantamweight boxing champions
- International Boxing Federation champions
- French people of Algerian descent
- Super-bantamweight boxers
- French male boxers