Raymond "Hallelujah" Joval (born 15 September 1968) is a Dutch
professional boxer who held the
International Boxing Organization
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middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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title from 2000 to 2004 and again from 2005 to 2006.
Joval represented the Netherlands at the
1992 Olympics 1992 Olympics may refer to:
*1992 Summer Olympics, which were held in Barcelona, Spain
*1992 Winter Olympics
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, athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women)
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, defeating
Likou Aliu
Likou Aliu (born 20 May 1962) is a Samoan boxer. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially know ...
of
Western Samoa before being eliminated by
Ahmed Dine of
Algeria.
He has a career professional record of 37 wins and 5 defeats. His first professional fight was on 8 January 1994. Joval became the IBO Middleweight Champion after he defeated
Mpush Makambi on 30 September 2000. He relinquished the title in 2004. He became IBO Middleweight champion once more, from 2005 until relinquishing it again in 2006.
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World 1993
1968 births
Living people
Middleweight boxers
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of the Netherlands
Boxers from Amsterdam
International Boxing Organization champions
Dutch male boxers
Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
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