Christophe Tiozzo (born June 1, 1963 in
St. Denis, France) is a French former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
who held the
Lineal and
WBA super middleweight championship. In amateur boxing, Tiozzo won the
bronze medal at light middleweight in the
1984 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of former two-division world champion of boxing,
Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo (born May 8, 1969) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1995 to 1997, the WBA cruiserweight title f ...
.
Amateur boxing career
Record:85–6–2 (24)
1982 French National Championship Light Middleweights: Gold Medalist
*Defeated Alain Cuvillier
*Defeated Fabien Khodri
*Defeated Did-Ali Lokchiri
*Defeated Patrick Magnetto
1982 European Junior Championship at Schwerin, Germany as a Light Middleweight
*Defeated
Graciano Rocchigiani (Federal Republic of Germany)
*Lost to Shararov (USSR)
1983 French National Championship as a Light Middleweight: Gold Medalist
*Defeated Bernard Razzano TKO 3
*Defeated Jean-Luc Charme TKO 2
*Defeated Gilbert Dele TKO 3
*Defeated Michel Moukory kot 3
1983:
European Championship at Varna as a Light Middleweight
*Lost to Ralf Hunger (Democratic Republic of Germany)
1984 French National Championship as a Middleweight: Bronze Medalist
*Defeated Jean-Max Delnard
*Lost to François Berardino by forfeit
1984 Olympic Games at Los Angeles, California, USA as a Light Middleweight: Bronze Medalist
*Defeated
Suleymana Sadik (Ghana) points
*Defeated
Vicky Byarubaga
Vicky, Vicko,
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Women
* Family nickname of Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), wife of German ...
(Uganda) points
*Defeated
Israel Cole (Sierra Leone) points
*Lost to
Shawn O'Sullivan
Shawn O'Sullivan (born May 9, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian boxer who won gold at the World Amateur Championships in 1981 and the light middleweight silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into Bo ...
(Canada) points
1985: French National Championship as a Middleweight: Gold Medalist
*Defeated Pascal Stroh AB 2
*Defeated
Christophe Girard TKO 2
*Defeated Moktar Bekheira
*Defeated Hamedidi Maimoun
1985:
European Championship at Budapest, Hungary as a Middleweight
*Defeated Boliguzov (USSR)
*Defeated Maricescu (Romania) (Eliminated for failing drug test)
Professional boxing career
Tiozzo began his professional boxing career in 1985 and won his first 28 bouts, winning the WBA and Lineal Super Middleweight Titles by beating
In-Chul Baek in 1990 by TKO.
Tiozzo successfully defended the belt twice, losing it in 1991 to
Víctor Córdoba by 9th-round TKO. In 1992 he challenged WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder
Jeff Harding, but lost by TKO. He retired in 1996 with a record of 33-2-0.
Professional boxing record
See also
*
List of super middleweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The ...
*
List of WBA world champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.
Boxers who won t ...
References
External links
*
Christophe TiozzoCBZ profile
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1963 births
Living people
French people of Italian descent
Light-middleweight boxers
Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of France
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in boxing
French male boxers
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
Sportspeople from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis