Fabrice Benichou (born 5 April 1965) is a French former professional boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world. He become World Champion of boxing in 1989. He is three times super bantamweight World Champion, and two times European bantamweight and featherweight champion.

Biography Benichou was born on 5 April 1965 in Madrid, Spain. He is French of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.

Amateur career He reached the finals of the French National Bantamweight championship in 1984. He flew all over the world to train boxing in different countries, until take a long time training in Cuba.

Pro boxing career On 30 January 1988 he won the vacant European Bantamweight title against Thierry Jacob in a ninth-round knockout in Calais, France.

Benichou won the IBF Super Bantamweight championship on 10 March 1989 against Jose Sanabria in a twelve-round split decision. He lost his title a year later to Welcome Ncita in a bout that took place in Tel Aviv.

He contended unsuccessfully for the IBF Featherweight title on 12 September 1992 in a close 12-round split decision against Manuel Medina in France.

He resumed his boxing career briefly in late 2005.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes66LossJorge SamudioTKO4 (10), 30 Sep 200665Win46–17–2Eduardo JulioTKO4 (6), 3 Dec 200564Loss45–17–2Spencer OliverTKO4 (12), 31 Jan 199863Win45–16–2Martin KrastevTKO829 Nov 199762Win44–16–2Valentin DumitruTKO7 (8)11 Oct 199761Win43–16–2Demir NanevTKO6 (8)19 Apr 199760Win42–16–2Luis MorenoPTS829 Mar 199759Win41–16–2Esteban Pérez QuiñonesPTS815 Mar 199758Win40–16–2Juan EstupiñánPTS830 Nov 199657Win39–16–2Peter BuckleyPTS828 Sep 199656Win38–16–2Antoine GarciaTKO523 Mar 199655Draw37–16–2Mehdi LabdouniPTS1017 Feb 199654Loss37–16–1Arlindo de AbreuSD1029 Apr 199553Draw37–15–1Billy HardyMD104 Mar 199552Win37–15Arlindo de AbreuMD1028 Jan 199551Loss36–15Wayne McCulloughPTS1012 Nov 199450Win36–14Lee CarglePTS830 Sep 199449Win35–14Esteban Pérez QuiñonesUD818 Mar 199448Loss34–14Stéphane HaccounPTS103 Jun 199347Win34–13Roy MunizKO215 Apr 199346Loss33–13Maurizio SteccaSD1218 Dec 199245Loss33–12Paul HodkinsonTKO10 (12), 12 Sep 199244Win33–11John DavidsonMD1229 May 199243Loss32–11Manuel MedinaSD1214 Mar 199442Win32–10Vincenzo LimatolaTKO10 (12)15 Nov 199141Win31–10Salvatore BottiglieriTKO8 (12)9 Aug 199140Win30–10John DavidsonUD1225 May 199139Win29–10Jorge Alberto PompePTS81 Apr 199138Win28–10Darryl JonesKO1 (8), 16 Feb 199137Win27–10Ben BaezTKO72 Feb 199136Loss26–10Luis MendozaUD1218 Oct 199035Win26–9Amos CowartKO227 Aug 199034Loss25–9Welcome NcitaUD1210 Mar 199033Win25–8Ramón CruzUD127 Oct 198932Win24–8Fransie BadenhorstTKO5 (12), 10 Jun 198931Win23–8José SanabriaSD1210 Mar 198930Win22–8José GallegosPTS820 Jan 198929Win21–8Isidoro MedinaKO2 (8)9 Dec 198828Win20–8Miguel PequeñoPTS821 Nov 198827Loss19–8Raymond ArmandPTS87 Nov 198826Loss19–7José SanabriaTKO10 (12), 26 Jun 198825Win19–6Alberto ContrerasTKO324 Jun 198824Win18–6Efren ChavezUD86 Jun 198823Loss17–6Vincenzo BelcastroKO3 (12)13 Apr 198822Win17–5Thierry JacobKO9 (12)30 Jan 198821Win16–5Sonny LongPTS821 Nov 198720Win15–5Vicente FernándezRTD15 Oct 198719Loss14–5Haidar NourredineTKO36 Jul 198718Win14–4Shane SilvesterTKO3 (8)23 Jun 198717Win13–4James TolliverKO127 Apr 198716Win12–4Jean-Paul GuillardTKO314 Mar 198715Loss11–4Moussa SangareTKO613 Feb 198714Win11–3Rocky LawlorTKO1 (8)6 Feb 198713Win10–3Kelvin SmartTKO1 (8)31 Jan 198712Win9–3Jose OteroPTS828 Nov 198611Win8–3Juan Ramon MurielPTS83 Nov 198610Loss7–3Fernando BeltránPTS815 Sep 19869Win7–2Jalleleine MastouriPTS64 Jul 19868Win6–2Abdoulac DianeTKO49 May 19867Win5–2Jesse WilliamsTKO7 (8), 8 Feb 19866Win4–2Humberto MorenoTKO3 (4), 16 Nov 19855Win3–2Gerardo RodríguezSD419 Jul 19854Loss2–2Ernesto FordUD615 Jun 19853Loss2–1José ChacónPTS65 Oct 19842Win2–0Corrado InfantiPTS67 Aug 19841Win1–0Claudio TandaPTS619 Jul 1984

Acting career A versatile actor, he is best known for the 1996 film Mo, the 2007's TV mini-series Lance of Longinus, the 2008 TV series Doom Doom, the 2009 film Mensch and the 2012 film, The World Belongs to Us.

See also List of select Jewish boxers

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