Benoit Gaudet (born December 18, 1979 in Drummondville,

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, Canada) is a professional

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boxer in the

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division. He's the former

National

and North American Boxing Association

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champion.

Amateur career

Gaudet won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas. He also won a bronze medal in the featherweight category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in

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. In the featherweight category at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he defeated Somluck Kamsing of

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before being eliminated by Jo Seok-hwan of

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Pro career

In November 2007, Gaudet beat the veteran Alberto Garza to win the North American Boxing Association

championship.

WBC Super Featherweight Championship

On May 2, 2009 Gaudet was knocked out by

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champion Humberto Soto in the ninth rounds.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaudet, Benoit Lightweight boxers 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Drummondville Sportspeople from Quebec Olympic boxers for Canada Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canadian male boxers Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Canada AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games French Quebecers