Djamel Lifa (born 1 March 1969) is a French former

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who competed from 1992 to 2001, holding the

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title from 1997 to 1998. As an amateur, he represented his country at the

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Amateur career

Lifa claimed a record of 120-16-4 (13 KO) and competed at the

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. In 1991 he won the bronze medal at the

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, held in

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Amateur Highlights

*1989, 1990 French Featherweight Champion *1989 European Championships in Athens as a Featherweight. Lost to

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(Bulgaria) points *1989 World Championships in Moscow as a Featherweight. Results were: **Defeated Saoud Al Mowaizri (Kuwait) points **Defeated Sandro Casamonica (Italy) points **Lost to

Arnaldo Mesa Arnaldo Mesa Bonell (6 December 1967 – 17 December 2012) was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54 kg) d ...

(Cuba) points *1990 French Featherweight Champion *1991 3rd place at French Championships as a Featherweight, losing on points to Eddy Suarez *1991 3rd place at European Championships as a Featherweight at Gothenburg, Sweden. Results were: **Defeated Zoltan Kalocsai (Hungary) points **Defeated

(Bulgaria) points **Lost to Faat Gatin (Soviet Union) points *1991 competed as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were: **Defeated John Wallace (New Zealand) TKO 3 **Lost to

(Bulgaria) points *1992 Represented France as a Featherweight at Barcelona Olympic Games. Results were: **Defeated Charlie Balena (Philippines) points **Lost to

Andreas Tews Andreas Tews (born 11 September 1968) is a German former amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His first international success came with his ...

(Germany) 4-9

Professional career

As a professional Lifa had forty bouts, winning 35 (14 ko's) of them.

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