Christophe Tiozzo (born June 1, 1963 in St. Denis, France) is a French former

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 Lineal and WBA super middleweight championship. In amateur boxing, Tiozzo won the bronze medal at light middleweight in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

. He is the older brother of former two-division world champion of boxing, Fabrice Tiozzo.

Amateur boxing career

Record:85–6–2 (24)
1982 French National Championship Light Middleweights: Gold Medalist *Defeated Alain Cuvillier *Defeated Fabien Khodri *Defeated Did-Ali Lokchiri *Defeated Patrick Magnetto 1982 European Junior Championship at Schwerin, Germany as a Light Middleweight *Defeated

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(Federal Republic of Germany) *Lost to Shararov (USSR) 1983 French National Championship as a Light Middleweight: Gold Medalist *Defeated Bernard Razzano TKO 3 *Defeated Jean-Luc Charme TKO 2 *Defeated Gilbert Dele TKO 3 *Defeated Michel Moukory kot 3 1983: European Championship at Varna as a Light Middleweight *Lost to Ralf Hunger (Democratic Republic of Germany) 1984 French National Championship as a Middleweight: Bronze Medalist *Defeated Jean-Max Delnard *Lost to François Berardino by forfeit 1984 Olympic Games at Los Angeles, California, USA as a Light Middleweight: Bronze Medalist *Defeated Suleymana Sadik (Ghana) points *Defeated Vicky Byarubaga (Uganda) points *Defeated Israel Cole (Sierra Leone) points *Lost to

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(Canada) points 1985: French National Championship as a Middleweight: Gold Medalist *Defeated Pascal Stroh AB 2 *Defeated Christophe Girard TKO 2 *Defeated Moktar Bekheira *Defeated Hamedidi Maimoun 1985: European Championship at Budapest, Hungary as a Middleweight *Defeated Boliguzov (USSR) *Defeated Maricescu (Romania) (Eliminated for failing drug test)

Professional boxing career

Tiozzo began his professional boxing career in 1985 and won his first 28 bouts, winning the WBA and Lineal Super Middleweight Titles by beating

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in 1990 by TKO. Tiozzo successfully defended the belt twice, losing it in 1991 to Víctor Córdoba by 9th-round TKO. In 1992 he challenged WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Jeff Harding, but lost by TKO. He retired in 1996 with a record of 33-2-0.

Professional boxing record

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Christophe Tiozzo
CBZ profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiozzo, Christophe 1963 births Living people French people of Italian descent Light-middleweight boxers Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in boxing French male boxers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis

Amateur boxing career

Professional boxing career

Professional boxing record

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