Raymond "Hallelujah" Joval (born 15 September 1968) is a Dutch
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
who held the
International Boxing Organization middleweight title from 2000 to 2004 and again from 2005 to 2006.
Joval represented the Netherlands at the
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, defeating
Likou Aliu of
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before being eliminated by
Ahmed Dine
Ahmed Dine (born 22 January 1965) is an Algerian boxer. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics
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of
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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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