Josué Edmond Blocus (born 20 November 1969) is a French heavyweight boxer who competed in the

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. Blocus is a black Frenchman whose family is from Guadeloupe.

Amateur career

At the 1996 European Championships in

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, he beat

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) but lost to

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) on points. At the

in Atlanta he fought as a superheavyweight and beat Jesús Guevara, Venezuela, RSC-2 (02:13) but was stopped in the second round by big-punching Adalat Mamedov,

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by RSC-1 (02:11).

Professional career

He turned pro in 1997, showing big power in six early wins, including one over Sedreck Fields. He then fought only five times over the next five years before getting outpointed in 2002 by Friday Ahunanya and

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(record 15-6). In 2007, at age 37, he rebounded and scored the biggest win of his pro career, beating

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Professional boxing record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blocus, Josue 1969 births Living people French people of Guadeloupean descent Heavyweight boxers Super-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of France French male boxers