Brahim Asloum

Infobox Boxer
name=Brahim Asloum


realname=Brahim Asloum
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weight=Light flyweight
height=height|ft=5|in=5
nationality=FRA
birth_date=birth date and age|1979|1|31|df=yes
birth_place=Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
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style=orthodox
total=25
wins=23
losses=2
draws=0
no contests=0
KO=9|

Brahim Asloum (Arabic: _ar. 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.

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

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.

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.

ee also

* List of current world boxing champions
* Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
* List of Olympic medalists in boxing

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