Jackson Chanet (born February 7, 1978) is a French boxer best known for winning the
2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 13 to 21. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
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heavyweight title.
Amateur career
Chanet was French heavyweight (201 lb limit) champ from 1998- 2000.
At the
Euros
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he defeated
Sebastian Köber
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(Germany),
Magomed Aripgadjiev (Azerbaijan) and
Emil Garai (Hungary) before earning a DQ victory over Russian southpaw
Sultan Ibragimov
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DSQ-4 to win the European heavyweight crown. At the Olympics he lost the rematch against Ibragimov.
Professional career
At the pros he fought largely at super middleweight (168 lb), 31 lb less than as an amateur.
He also won a European title against
Vitali Tsypko in 2005 but was KOd by Armenian
Mger Mkrtchyan in his first defense.
In 2006 he lost to
David Gogiya.
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1978 births
Living people
People from Saint-Dizier
Heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for France
French male boxers
Sportspeople from Haute-Marne
European Boxing Union champions
20th-century French sportsmen