Brahim Asloum

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Medal record
Brahim Asloum
Men's Boxing
Competitor for France
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	Light flyweight

Statistics
Brahim Asloum
Real name	Brahim Asloum
Rated at	Light flyweight
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality	France
Birth date	31 January 1979 (1979-01-31) (age 29)
Birth place	Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Stance	orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	23
Wins by KO	9
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0

Brahim Asloum (Arabic: إبراهيم اسلوم) born January 31, 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu) is a French boxer of Algerian descent, who won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is the current WBA light flyweight world champion.

1 Olympic Results
2 Pro career
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Pro 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 December 8, 2007 he defeated Juan Carlos Reveco to become the WBA Light Flyweight Champion.

[edit] Trivia

Asloum's Olympic win was France's first Olympic Gold Medal in boxing in 64 years. The last Gold Medal was won at Berlin in 1936, when middleweight Jean Despeaux and light-heavyweight Roger Michelot won their divisions.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Professional boxing record for Brahim Asloum from Boxrec

v • d • e Olympic Boxing Champions (Light Flyweight)

1968: Francisco Rodríguez (VEN) • 1972: György Gedó (HUN) • 1976: Jorge Hernández (CUB) • 1980: Shamil Sabyrov (URS) • 1984: Paul Gonzales (USA) • 1988: Ivailo Marinov (BUL) • 1992: Rogelio Marcelo (CUB) • 1996: Daniel Petrov (BUL) • 2000: Brahim Asloum (FRA) • 2004: Yan Bartelemí (CUB)