Fabrice Benichou
Fabrice Benichou | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 5, 1966 |
| Nationality |  French |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight Super Bantamweight Featherweight |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 66 |
| Wins | 46 |
| Wins by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 18 |
| Draws | 2 |
Fabrice Benichou (born April 5, 1966 in Madrid, Spain) is a French boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world.[1]
Biography
Benichou was born on April 5, 1966 in Madrid, Spain. He is of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.[2][1]
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.[2]
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 1966 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.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Fabrice Benichou Bio". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Fabrice Benichou". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Fabrice Benichou Filmography". IMDB. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
External links
- BoxRec bio
- Boxing record for Fabrice Benichou from BoxRec (registration required)
- 1966 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