Fabrice Benichou (born April 5, 1965) is a French former professional boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world.[1] He become World Champion of boxing in 1989. He is three times super bantamweight World Champion, and two times European bantamweight and featherweight champion.
Benichou was born on April 5, 1965, in Madrid, Spain. He is French of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.[2][1]
Amateur careerEdit
He reached the finals of the French National Bantamweight championship in 1984.[1] He flew all over the world to train boxing in different countries, until take a long time training in Cuba.
Pro boxing careerEdit
On January 30, 1988, he won the vacant European Bantamweight title against Thierry Jacob in a ninth-round knockout in Calais, France.[3]
Benichou won the IBF Super Bantamweight championship on March 10, 1989, against Jose Sanabria in a twelve-round split decision.[2] He lost his title a year later to Welcome Ncita in a bout that took place in Tel Aviv.
He contended unsuccessfully for the IBF Featherweight title on September 12, 1992, in a close twelve round split decision against Manuel Medina in France.[2]
He resumed his boxing career in late 2005.
Acting careerEdit
A versatile actor, he is best known for the 1996 film Mo, the 2007's TV mini-series Lance of Longinus, the 2008 TV series Doom Doom, the 2009 film Mensch and the 2012 film, The World Belongs to Us.[4]
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