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n professional boxer who has held the

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title since 2018. As an amateur he represented his country at the 2012 Olympics at junior welterweight. He placed second at the

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falling to

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. A second place at the

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was enough to qualify. At the

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he beat H.Hajialiyev (AZE).

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Living people 1987 births Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Tunisia Tunisian male boxers African Boxing Union champions African Games silver medalists for Tunisia African Games silver medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2011 All-Africa Games 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen Arab Games bronze medalists {{Tunisia-boxing-bio-stub