Hasan Al (born 18 June 1972 in

Sivas Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is ...

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) is a Turkish-born boxer from

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, best known for winning the European welterweight title in 1996 as an amateur.

Career

In his adopted country he became European champion in 1996 against Romania's

Marian Simion Marian Simion (born 14 September 1975 in București) is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He repeated that feat one year later, at the 2001 World Amateur ...

. At the Olympics 1996, he defeated Ukraine's

Sergiy Dzindziruk Sergiy Dzinziruk ( Ukrainian: Сергій Дзиндзирук; born 1 March 1976) is a Ukrainian professional boxer and a former WBO super welterweight champion. Amateur As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Ch ...

then lost to Simion. Al turned professional at middleweight in 1996 but was not successful. He beat

Meldrick Taylor Meldrick Taylor (born October 19, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF junior welterweight title from 1988 to 1990, and the WBA welterweight title ...

on points in 1998. In 2001, he first drew then was outpointed in a rematch by

Carlos Baldomir Carlos Manuel Baldomir (born April 30, 1971) is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2014. He held the WBC, The ''Ring'', and lineal welterweight titles in 2006, and challenged once for the WBC super welterweight t ...

in his only loss. He retired in 2004.

References

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Euro 1996
* 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Sivas Danish male boxers Welterweight boxers Turkish emigrants to Denmark Olympic boxers for Denmark Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-boxing-bio-stub