Morrade Hakkar (born 19 January 1972 in Besançon, France) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2012.[1] 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.[2]
After knocking out previously undefeated Cristian Sanavia to capture the European middleweight belt on 11 May 2002, he became the mandatory challenger for undisputed world champion Bernard Hopkins. On 29 March 2003 they faced one another in Philadelphia, with Hopkins winning by technical knockout in the eighth round.[3]
^Dicker, Ron (29 March 2003). "PLUS: BOXING; Tua to Face Rahman For Shot at Title". New York Times. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^"Bernard Hopkins to defend against Morrade Hakkar". www.boxing247.com. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
^Bruton, Mike (March 30, 2003). "Hopkins retains title with TKO". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
MorradeHakkar (born 19 January 1972 in Besançon, France) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2012. He held the French national...
exchange with Hall of Fame boxer Bernard Hopkins after his win over MorradeHakkar on HBO, declaring that Hopkins was paid for doing little to no work...
Dominick Guinn Yoko Gushiken Joan Guzmán Juan Guzman Marvin Hagler MorradeHakkar Jim Hall Matthew Hall Tsuyoshi Hamada Naseem Hamed Mustafa Hamsho Devin...
division record of 14 defenses, 2002, by tenth-round technical knockout; MorradeHakkar on March 29, 2003, by eighth-round TKO; William Joppy on December 13...
Sanavia 1 December 2001 0 Italian MorradeHakkar 11 May 1995 0 French Howard Eastman 28 January 2003 3 British MorradeHakkar 26 March 2005 0 French Sebastian...
Preceded by vs. MorradeHakkar Bernard Hopkins's bouts 13 December 2003 Succeeded by vs. Robert Allen III Preceded by vs. Naotaka Hozumi William Joppy's...
France Won vacant IBF International super-middleweight title 21 Win 18–3 MorradeHakkar RTD 6 (10) 31 Oct 2009 Salle Pierre Scohy, Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France...
1998-03-29 Morula Sun, Mabopane, North-West, South Africa Loss 21-10-1 MorradeHakkar PTS 8 (8) 1997-08-16 La Palestre, Le Cannet, France Win 21-9-1 Dario...
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