Morrade Hakkar

Morrade Hakkar (born January 19, 1972 in Besançon, France^[1]) is a French middleweight boxer^[2] of Algerian descent^{[citation needed]} who has held a number of regional championship belts during his 11-year professional career. He held the French national middleweight title twice (March 1997 to January 1998 and again from March 1999 to October 2000), the WBC International middleweight title (1997) and the European middleweight title 2002.

After knocking out previously undefeated Cristian Sanavia of Italy to capture the European middleweight belt on May 11, 2002, he became the mandatory challenger for undisputed world champion Bernard Hopkins. On March 29, 2003, the two men faced one another in Philadelphia, United States, with Hopkins winning by technical knockout in the eighth round. As of October 2008^[update], Hakkar's career record is 36 wins and six losses, with 22 knockouts.

References

1. ^ Professional boxing record for Morrade Hakkar from BoxRec
2. ^ Dicker, Ron (29 March 2003). "PLUS: BOXING; Tua to Face Rahman For Shot at Title". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/29/sports/plus-boxing-tua-to-face-rahman-for-shot-at-title.html. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 

External Links

• Professional boxing record for Morrade Hakkar from BoxRec

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