Jean-Claude Bouttier (13 October 1944 – 3 August 2019) was a
French actor
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and professional boxer. During his boxing career, which spanned from 1965 to 1974, he won 64 out of 72 bouts, 43 of them by knockout. In June 1971 he won the
European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title, and in 1972 and 1973 unsuccessfully contested the
WBC and
WBA titles against
Carlos Monzon
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. He lost the EBU title to
Kevin Finnegan
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in May 1974.
Bouttier started his film career by playing himself in TV series, while still boxing. His later roles involved proper acting, such as Philippe Rouget in ''
Les Uns et les Autres
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''.
Since 1984, he worked as a sports commentator for
Canal+
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References
1944 births
2019 deaths
French male film actors
French male boxers
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