John Mickael M'Bumba (born April 29, 1983) is a French amateur boxer, born in Anderlecht,

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, best known for winning a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships as a heavyweight (up to 91 kg). He also fought in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

The 192 cm Frenchman from

Aubervilliers Aubervilliers () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Albertivillariens'' or ''Albertivillariennes''. Geography Localisati ...

lost 2005 in the semifinal of the French Championships to Newfel Ouatah, at the Francophone Games December 2005 in Niamey he beat an inexperienced

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46:28. In 2006 he made it to the final of the French Championships but was KOd in the first round by Ouatah. The same year, at the

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in Plovdiv he defeated Memnun Hadžić from Bosnia and Herzegovina 23:12 but lost his next bout against Viktar Zuyev from Belarus 37:26. He had his breakthrough year in 2007 when he became French champion finally beating Ouatah 33:7 and won a tournament in Spain where he beat world class Alexander Povernov. As of 2007 he was listed as 42 wins-13losses-1 draw. At the world championships 2007 he defeated touted Puerto Rican teenager

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28:13, surprisingly beat (21-14) the respected Greek

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and Moldavian Mihail Muntean (22-13) and reached the semifinals where he lost to Russian southpaw

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(21-9). He qualified for the Olympics. In Beijing he beat Colombian

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but lost again to Chakhkiev. At the world championships 2009 he again won bronze.

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Amateur results
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