Hasan Al (born 18 June 1972 in
Sivas
Sivas is a city in central Turkey. It is the seat of Sivas Province and Sivas District.[İl Beledi ...]
,
Sivas Province
Sivas Province () is a province of Turkey. It is located in the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Its area is 28,164 km2 (the second largest province after Konya), and its population is 634,924 (2022). Its adjacent prov ...
) is a Turkish-born boxer from
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
, best known for winning the European welterweight title in 1996 as an amateur.
Career
In his adopted country he became European champion in 1996 against Romania's
Marian Simion
Marian Simion (born 14 September 1975 in București) is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He repeated that feat one year later, at the 2001 World Amateur Bo ...
. At the Olympics 1996, he defeated Ukraine's
Sergiy Dzindziruk
Serhiy Oleksandrovych Dzinziruk ( Ukrainian: Сергій Дзиндзирук; born 1 March 1976) is a Ukrainian professional boxer and a former WBO super welterweight champion.
Amateur
As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Am ...
then lost to Simion.
Al turned professional at middleweight in 1996 but was not successful. He beat
Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor (born October 19, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He held world championships in two weight class (boxing), weight classes, including the International Boxing Federation, IBF junior ...
on points in 1998. In 2001, he first drew then was outpointed in a rematch by
Carlos Baldomir in his only loss. He retired in 2004.
References
External links
Euro 1996
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1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sivas
Danish male boxers
Welterweight boxers
Turkish emigrants to Denmark
Olympic boxers for Denmark
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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