Fabrice Benichou (born 5 April 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.
Biography
Benichou was born on 5 April 1965 in Madrid, Spain. He is French of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.[2][1]
Amateur career
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 career
On 30 January 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 10 March 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 12 September 1992 in a close 12-round split decision against Manuel Medina in France.[2]
He resumed his boxing career in late 2005.
Acting career
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]
