Stéphane Haccoun
Stephane Haccoun | |
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Real name | Stephane Haccoun |
Weight(s) | Featherweight Super Featherweight Junior Lightweight |
Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) |
Nationality | French |
Born | Paris, France | August 31, 1967
Stance | Southpaw;left-handed |
Boxing record | |
Wins | 35[1] |
Wins by KO | 22 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
Stéphane Haccoun (born August 31, 1967, in Paris, France) is a former southpaw French boxer.
He fought as a featherweight, a super featherweight, and a junior lightweight.
In preparation to compete for the European Featherweight title, he defeated Fabrice Benichou on 3 June 1993, at the Palais de Sport in Marseille, winning in a ten round points decision.[1]
Taking the EBU Featherweight title[]
On 24 September 1993, he defeated Mauricio Stecca for the EBU European Feather Title at the Marseille's Palais de Sports in a ninth round technical knockout.[1]
He competed unsuccessfully for the IBF World Featherweight title against Tom "Boom Boom" Johnson, losing in a ninth round knockout, on 30 November 1993 at the Palais de Sports in Marseille. Johnson easily won every round, using his superior speed, reach and ability, to dominate the bout with direct rights and hard left jabs. He scored the knockdown 1 minute and 15 seconds into the ninth.[2]
He relinquished the EBU Featherweight title on 22 March 1994, losing to Stephano Zoff in Charleroi, Belgium in a ninth round technical knockout.[1]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish boxers
References[]
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Featherweight boxers
- Jewish boxers
- Jewish French sportspeople
- Boxers from Paris
- French male boxers
- French boxing biography stubs