Laurent Boudouani (born 29 December 1966 in

Sallanches Sallanches (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Located close to the Mont Blanc massif, many visitors pass through the town en route to well-known alpine resorts such as Chamonix, M ...

) is a French former

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who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the WBA

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title from 1996 to 1999 and the

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light middleweight title from 1992 to 1993. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the welterweight event at the

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. He holds wins over five world champions such as

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, Julio Cesar Vasquez,

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and

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Olympic results

* 1st round bye * Defeated Imre Bacskai (Hungary) 4-1 * Defeated Darren Obah (Australia) 5-0 * Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (South Korea) 3-2 * Defeated Kenneth Gould (United States) 4-1 * Lost to Robert Wangila (Kenya) KO by 2

Professional career

Boudouani turned professional in 1989 and had two early victories over future titlist

prior to capturing the WBA Light Middleweight Title by defeating

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by fifth-round KO. Boudouani successfully defended his title four times, including victories over

, and boxing great

. Boudouani lost his title to Olympian David Reid in 1999 by unanimous decision and retired after the bout.

Professional boxing record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudouani, Laurent 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Sallanches French male boxers French sportspeople of Algerian descent Olympic boxers for France Olympic silver medalists for France Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Welterweight boxers World light-middleweight boxing champions European Boxing Union champions World Boxing Association champions 20th-century French sportsmen

Olympic results

Professional career

Professional boxing record

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