Souleymane M'baye (born March 21, 1975) is a French
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 fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
and is the former
WBA super-lightweight champion.
Professional career
He won the vacated title by a fourth technical knockout on September 2, 2006 against
Raul Horacio Balbi. He lost the title to British contender
Gavin Rees
Gavin Rees (born 10 May 1980) is a boxing trainer and retired Welsh former professional boxing world champion who competed from 1998 to 2014. He held the WBA (Regular) super lightweight title from 2007 to 2008. At regional level, he held the ...
. On May 28, M'baye defeated
Antonin Décarie
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Amateur career
Décarie started boxing at age 14, follow ...
by unanimous decision to capture the
WBA Interim welterweight title.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-welterweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the Nati ...
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1975 births
Living people
French male boxers
Sportspeople from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine
European Boxing Union champions
World light-welterweight boxing champions
Welterweight boxers
World Boxing Association champions