Laurent Boudouani (born 29 December 1966) is French former
professional boxer
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who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the
WBA light middleweight title from 1996 to 1999 and the
European
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light middleweight title from 1992 to 1993. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the
welterweight event at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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.
Olympic results
* 1st round bye
* Defeated
Imre Bacskai (Hungary) 4-1
* Defeated
Darren Obah
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(Australia) 5-0
* Defeated
Song Kyung-Sup (South Korea) 3-2
* Defeated
Kenneth Gould
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(United States) 4-1
* Lost to
Robert Wangila (Kenya) KO by 2
Professional career
Boudouani turned professional in 1989 and had two early victories over future titlist
Javier Castillejo
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prior to capturing the WBA Light Middleweight Title by defeating
Julio César Vásquez
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Amateur record
Vasquez had an amateur record of 33-2.
Professional career
Vasquez, known as "El Zu ...
by fifth-round KO. Boudouani successfully defended his title four times, including victories over
Carl Daniels
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,
Guillermo Jones
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Jones made his professi ...
, and boxing great
Terry Norris
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. Boudouani lost his title to Olympian
David Reid in 1999 by unanimous decision and retired after the bout.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-middleweight boxing champions
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1966 births
Living people
French male boxers
Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie
French sportspeople of Algerian descent
Olympic boxers of France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Welterweight boxers
World light-middleweight boxing champions
European Boxing Union champions
World Boxing Association champions