Laurent Boudouani (born 29 December 1966) is French former

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who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the WBA light middleweight title from 1996 to 1999 and the

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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

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Olympic results

* 1st round bye * Defeated Imre Bacskai (Hungary) 4-1 * Defeated

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(Australia) 5-0 * Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (South Korea) 3-2 * Defeated

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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

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prior to capturing the WBA Light Middleweight Title by defeating

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by fifth-round KO. Boudouani successfully defended his title four times, including victories over

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, and boxing great

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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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudouani, Laurent 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

Olympic results

Professional career

Professional boxing record

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