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Brahim Asloum (Arabic: إبراهيم اسلوم, born 31 January 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French boxer. He held the WBA light flyweight title from 2007 to 2009. As an amateur boxer, Asloum won Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His Olympic win was France's first Olympic gold medal in boxing in 64 years.
Olympic results
Defeated Mohamed Rezkalla (Egypt) 12-3
Defeated Brian Viloria (United States) 6-4
Defeated Kim Ki-Suk (South Korea) 12-8
Defeated Maikro Romero (Cuba) 13-12
Defeated Rafael Lozano (Spain) 23-10
Professional career
Asloum began his professional career in 2001 and went on a streak of 19 consecutive victories to earn a shot at WBA Flyweight Title holder Lorenzo Parra. Parra dominated the fight, dropping Asloum in the 2nd and taking a unanimous decision.
On 10 March 2007 he got another opportunity at a world title when he faced Omar Narváez for the WBO flyweight title, he would also lose again via a unanimous decision.
On 8 December 2007 he defeated Juan Carlos Reveco to become the WBA Light Flyweight Champion.
Asloum was inactive after the Reveco fight until his return to the ring 27 April 2009. In July 2008 the WBA changed his status from "World Champion" to "Champion in Recess." When he did return to the ring, Asloum knocked out Humberto Pool in the third round of a non-title flyweight bout. On 6 September 2009 Asloum announced his retirement from boxing. Asloum cited his dispute with cable channel Canal Plus as the cause for him to stop boxing, Canal Plus was the promoter of Asloum's fights.
Professional boxing record
See also
List of southpaw stance boxers
List of world light-flyweight boxing champions
Notes
References
External links
Boxing record for Brahim Asloum from BoxRec (registration required)
Brahim Asloum at Olympedia (archive)