Brahim Asloum

Brahim Asloum (; , born 31 January 1979) is a French amateur boxer. He held the WBA light flyweight title from 2007 to 2009. Asloum won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His Olympic win was France's first Olympic gold medal in boxing in 64 years.

Olympic results Defeated Mohamed Rezkalla (Egypt) 12-3 Defeated Brian Viloria (United States) 6-4 Defeated Kim Ki-Suk (South Korea) 12-8 Defeated Maikro Romero (Cuba) 13-12 Defeated Rafael Lozano (Spain) 23-10

Professional career Asloum began his professional career in 2001 and went on a streak of 19 consecutive victories to earn a shot at WBA Flyweight Title holder Lorenzo Parra. Parra dominated the fight, dropping Asloum in the 2nd and taking a unanimous decision.

On 10 March 2007 he got another opportunity at a world title when he faced Omar Narváez for the WBO flyweight title, he would also lose again via a unanimous decision.

On 8 December 2007 he defeated Juan Carlos Reveco to become the WBA Light Flyweight Champion.

Asloum was inactive after the Reveco fight until his return to the ring 27 April 2009. In July 2008 the WBA changed his status from "World Champion" to "Champion in Recess." When he did return to the ring, Asloum knocked out Humberto Pool in the third round of a non-title flyweight bout. On 6 September 2009 Asloum announced his retirement from boxing. Asloum cited his dispute with cable channel Canal Plus as the cause for him to stop boxing, Canal Plus was the promoter of Asloum's fights.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes26Win24–2Humberto PoolKO3 (10)2009-04-2725Win23–2Juan Carlos RevecoUD12 (12)2007-12-0824Win22–2Wellington VicenteKO9 (10)2007-09-1523Loss21–2Omar NarváezUD12 (12)2007-03-1022Win21–1Rafael LozanoTKO4 (12)2006-12-0221Win20–1José JiménezUD12 (12)2006-07-1520Loss19–1Lorenzo ParraUD12 (12)2005-12-0519Win19–0Édgar VelásquezTD8 (12)2005-07-0918Win18–0José Antonio López BuenoKO3 (12)2005-03-1417Win17–0Noel ArambuletUD12 (12)2004-11-0816Win16–0Aleksandr MakhmutovUD12 (12)2004-07-1015Win15–0Iván PozoUD12 (12)2004-04-2914Win14–0José Antonio López BuenoMD12 (12)2003-11-1413Win13–0Steffen NorskovUD12 (12)2003-07-0412Win12–0Zolile MbityiUD8 (8)2003-04-0411Win11–0Christophe RodriguesSD10 (10)2002-12-0510Win10–0Pornchai RatsophaTKO4 (8)2002-10-099Win9–0Wele MaqoloKO4 (6)2002-08-108Win8–0Juan HerreraTKO3 (6)2002-05-237Win7–0Marcos Ramon ObregonUD8 (8)2002-02-236Win6–0Rodolfo BlancoPTS6 (6)2001-12-225Win5–0Mercurio CiaramitaroUD6 (6)2001-10-084Win4–0Javier OrtizPTS6 (6)2001-08-043Win3–0Victor MartinezKO3 (6)2001-05-142Win2–0Kenny BerriosTKO6 (6)2001-03-121Win1–0Aneudis Cuevas PenaTKO3 (6)2001-01-29

Brahim Asloum

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