Laurent Boudouani (born 29 December 1966 in Sallanches) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the WBA light middleweight title from 1996 to 1999 and the European light middleweight title from 1992 to 1993. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He holds wins over five world champions such as Terry Norris, Carl Daniels, Julio Cesar Vasquez, Javier Castillejo and Guillermo Jones.
Olympic results 1st round bye Defeated Imre Bacskai (Hungary) 4-1 Defeated Darren Obah (Australia) 5-0 Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (South Korea) 3-2 Defeated Kenneth Gould (United States) 4-1 Lost to Robert Wangila (Kenya) KO by 2
Professional career Boudouani turned professional in 1989 and had two early victories over future titlist Javier Castillejo prior to capturing the WBA Light Middleweight Title by defeating Julio César Vásquez by fifth-round KO. Boudouani successfully defended his title four times, including victories over Carl Daniels, Guillermo Jones, and boxing great Terry Norris. Boudouani lost his title to Olympian David Reid in 1999 by unanimous decision and retired after the bout.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes42Loss David ReidUD121999-03-06 41Win38–2–1 Terry NorrisTKO91998-11-30 40Win37–2–1 Guillermo JonesSD121998-05-30 39Draw36–2–1 Guillermo JonesPTS121998-02-13 38Win36–2 Kevin PompeyPTS81997-12-17 37Win35–2 Carl DanielsUD1229 Mar 1997 36Win34–2 Benji SingletonTKO41996-12-14 35Win33–2 Julio César VásquezKO51996-08-21 34Win32–2 Viktor FesechkoKO31996-07-05 33Win31–2 Jorge RamírezKO51996-05-18 32Win30–2 Javier CastillejoUD121996-01-06 31Win29–2 Patrick VungboTKO61995-06-27 30Win28–2 Javier CastillejoTKO91995-01-03 29Win27–2 Guy VasteTKO31994-11-25 28Win26–2 Antonio CampbellKO31994-06-24 27Win25–2 Marino MonteyneTKO51994-04-22 26Loss24–2 Bernard RazzanoTKO81993-10-05 25Win24–1 Andy TillKO41993-06-23 24Win23–1 Romolo CasamonicaKO91993-04-03 23Win22–1 Jean-Claude FontanaKO31992-11-29 22Win21–1 Cruz RamosTKO21992-09-07 21Win20–1 Rick HaynesKO31992-04-17 20Win19–1 Anthony IvoryPTS81992-01-24 19Win18–1 Clarence WhiteKO31991-12-20 18Win17–1 Willie PerryKO41991-11-22 17Win16–1 Mack BrownKO31991-09-27 16Loss15–1 Gilbert BaptistTKO81991-07-05 15Win15–0 James SudberryKO11991-06-14 14Win14–0 Horacio PérezKO41990-12-15 13Win13–0 Jake TorranceKO31990-10-20 12Win12–0 Jean-Pierre IniamaKO51990-08-11 11Win11–0 Freddy DemeulenaereTKO21990-07-13 10Win10–0 Karim OuattaraKO11990-05-19 9Win9–0 Jean Louis MarcopenaKO41990-04-06 8Win8–0 Marcel TurcasKO21990-03-09 7Win7–0 Joel BrivalKO11990-02-23 6Win6–0 Rafael FuentesKO21990-01-26 5Win5–0 Bechir ChaaraneDQ51989-12-16 4Win4–0 Jimmy GouradKO41989-12-02 3Win3–0 Kid TaylorKO51989-10-13 2Win2–0 Eric DindaineTKO11989-06-02 1Win1–0 Djamel ZeghadiKO11989-04-17
See also List of world light-middleweight boxing champions
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