Joseph Kennedy St-Pierre (born 23 October 1992) is a Mauritian boxer who represented Mauritius at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he competed in the men's heavyweight competition. He is a two time African Games gold medalist (one in the middleweight division and one in the heavyweight division) and a one time Commonwealth Games silver medalist (in the light heavyweight division). St-Pierre has also competed in another Commonwealth Games and an African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.
St-Pierre qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by reaching the final of his event the 2016 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.[5] He beat Algerian Chouaib Bouloudinat 2–1 in the final of the men's −91 kg competition.[5] He said after qualifying that "I wasn’t feeling so fresh after my quarter-final and didn’t box my best today, but I am happy that I won the bout and achieved an Olympic quota place. I could not fight in London 2012 but I will be there in Rio de Janeiro, and that has been my sole target over the last four years."[6] At the Rio games, St-Pierre competed in the men's heavyweight competition.[5] After receiving a bye in the round of 32, St-Pierre drew Bouloudinat for the round of 16.[7] St-Pierre won the fight 2–1 to progress to the quarterfinals.[7] In the quarterfinals, St-Pierre lost 3–0 to Vasily Levit of Kazakhstan and was therefore eliminated from the competition.[7] The event was won by Russian Evgeny Tishchenko, who beat Levit 3–0 in the final.[7]
