Koléa
Koléa ( ar, القليعة) is a city in Tipaza Province, northern Algeria, located approximately southwest of Algiers. Its population in 2010 was 46,685.
History
Kolea was founded in 1550 by Hayreddin Barbarossa. In 1838, Christophe Léon Loui ...
) is an Algerian professional
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Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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Sebihi was born on February 27, 1979, in the town of
Koléa
Koléa ( ar, القليعة) is a city in Tipaza Province, northern Algeria, located approximately southwest of Algiers. Its population in 2010 was 46,685.
History
Kolea was founded in 1550 by Hayreddin Barbarossa. In 1838, Christophe Léon Loui ...
Sebihi began boxing at the age of 7. He fought over 200 amateur fights in Algeria, including the Algerian championships, African civil and military championships and the World Military Championships in Ireland in 2002 (he lost by points against Russian champion Matvey Korobov, world military champion 2002 + 2003).
September 2003, Sebihi travelled to
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
for his professional fight against Sébastien Kialanda, October 1. Sebihi won the fight by
knockout
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in the 5th round. Then he stayed in the country and started his European professional career from Geneva.
October 18, 2005, Sebihi surprised by winning the undefeated French light-heavyweight champion Jean-Louis Mandengue live on Eurosport. He shocked his opponent by a first violent knock out from the first round. During the second, Mandengue was sent spectacularly outside the ring. The fight went on until the 9th round when the French corner abandoned after two new k.o.'s
February 25, 2011, Sebihi beats Vigan Mustafa by
knockout
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light heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title. Once again the terrific final knock out was seen live on TV (RaiSport 1): the Italian referee did not interrupt the action while Mustafa, still standing, was already groggy: Sebihi hit him three more times and Mustafa went on the ground, inanimate during some eternal minutes. The referee had to leave the hall of Florence under escort of 8 policemen...
October 13, 2012, Sebihi went to Poland to fight for a WBC Silver Baltic title against Pawel Glazewski in the salt mine of Wieliczka (125 meters underground). The day before the fight, without a single explanation, the title WBC was cancelled. The fight would be maintained but judged only by polish judges. Sebihi decided to fight, hoping he would win by knock out. The evening came, Sebihi was clearly winning since the beginning while Glazewski was impeding the match by hanging on all the time (the referee never sanctioned him). The k.o. did not come and Sebihi absurdly and largely lost on the judges’ scorecards (Wlodzimierz Gulc 92-99, Piotr Kozlowski 94-98, juge: Eugeniusz Tuszynski 91-100). It was live on the polish Canal+ Sport TV.Sofiane Sebihi pris dans un Traquenard en Pologne /ref>