Bruno Girard (born November 25, 1970) was a French professional boxer who competed in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, he held the WBA title in both divisions.
Professional boxing career The light-hitting Girard turned pro in 1991 and challenged Byron Mitchell for WBA and Lineal Super Middleweight Titles in 1999, in his first US fight. The fight was a draw, and in the rematch in 2000 Girard won a unanimous decision to win the titles. Girard defended the belt once against Manny Siaca and then was stripped of the title for declining a rematch.
In late 2001 he moved up to light heavyweight and took on southpaw Lou Del Valle for the Vacant WBA Light Heavyweight Title and drew with him. Later that year, he took on Robert Koon for the Vacant belt, and won via TKO. He defended the belt twice including a rematch with Del Valle, before losing to Mehdi Sahnoune via 7th-round TKO in 2003. Girard retired after the bout.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes48Loss42–4–2Mehdi SahnouneTKO7 (12)Mar 8, 200347Win42–3–2Lou Del ValleSD12 (12)Jul 13, 200246Win41–3–2Thomas HansvollUD12 (12)May 23, 200245Win40–3–2Robert KoonTKO11 (12)Dec 22, 200144Draw39–3–2Lou Del ValleSD12 (12)Aug 4, 200143Win39–3–1Marco Antonio DuarteKO4 (8)May 14, 2001 42Win38–3–1Manny SiacaSD12 (12)Sep 16, 200041Win37–3–1Byron MitchellUD12 (12)Apr 8, 200040Draw36–3–1Byron MitchellSD12 (12)Dec 11, 199939Win36–3Juergen HartensteinTKO8 (12)Jun 7, 199937Win35–3Andrey ShkalikovSD12 (12)Apr 10, 199937Win34–3Rob BleakleyTKO6 (8)Feb 26, 1999 36Win33–3Michel SimeonPTS6 (6)Dec 3, 1998 35Win32–3Hassan MokhtarPTS8 (8)Nov 6, 1998 34Win31–3Patrice Cord'HommePTS10 (10)May 16, 199833Win30–3Darren DorringtonPTS8 (8)Mar 30, 1998 32Win29–3Allaoua AnkiUD10 (10)Feb 3, 199831Win28–3Orlando WietPTS8 (8)Dec 6, 199730Win27–3Darren SweeneyTKO6 (10)Nov 5, 1997 29Win26–3Vitaliy KopytkoKO6 (?)Oct 10, 199728Win25–3Jean-Roger TsidjoPTS10 (10)Apr 4, 199727Win24–3Mathieu RaybierPTS10 (10)Feb 14, 1997 26Win23–3Jean-Roger TsidjoUD10 (10)Apr 13, 199625Win22–3Abderhaman TaouriPTS8 (8)Feb 24, 1996 24Win21–3Janos Ferenc DobaiPTS8 (8)Oct 27, 199523Win20–3Gaston CoolPTS8 (8)May 6, 1995 22Loss19–3Tshimanga M'BiyePTS10 (10)Mar 11, 199521Loss19–2Mohamed SiluvangiPTS8 (8)Jun 24, 1994 20Win19–1Hamid HadiPTS8 (8)May 20, 199419Win18–1Gaston CoolPTS6 (6)Apr 8, 1994 18Win17–1Rund KanikaPTS6 (6)Feb 1, 199417Win16–1Blagoy SokolovPTS8 (8)Dec 3, 199316Win15–1Marvin O'BrienPTS8 (8)Oct 15, 1993 15Win14–1Christophe YounsiPTS6 (6)May 19, 1993 14Win13–1Kristo SlavchevKO4 (?)Apr 9, 199313Loss12–1Konstantin SemerdjievPTS6 (6)Feb 11, 1993 12Win12–0Tzvetan TodorovPTS6 (6)Nov 29, 1992 11Win11–0Jean-Paul Roux PTS6 (6)Nov 13, 199210Win10–0Nebojsa MilosevicPTS6 (6)Oct 16, 1992 9Win9–0Abdelakim ZirekPTS6 (6)Sep 7, 1992 8Win8–0Patrice Cord'HommePTS6 (6)Jun 19, 1992 7Win7–0Camilo AlarconPTS6 (6)May 22, 1992 6Win6–0Abdelakim ZirekPTS6 (6)Apr 17, 1992 5Win5–0Mohammed HamilaPTS6 (6)Mar 27, 1992 4Win4–0Louis BenoitPTS6 (6)Feb 14, 1992 3Win3–0Arnaud BrillantPTS6 (6)Dec 14, 1991 2Win2–0Alain LeboucherPTS6 (6)Nov 29, 1991 1Win1–0Milko StoikovPTS6 (6)Oct 18, 1991
See also Lineal championship List of world super-middleweight boxing champions List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
References
External links
Bruno Girard - CBZ Profile