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Abdelkader Bouhenia

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Abdelkader Bouhenia
Personal information
Born7 May 1986 (1986-05-07) (age 38)
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  France
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Light Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow Light Heavyweight

Abdelkader Bouhenia (born 7 May 1986) is a boxer from Carcassonne. He is best known for having won the Bronze medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan.

Career

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Bouhenia, who fights from an orthodox stance, beat Daugirdas Semiotas at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then scored a huge upset by defeating Irish southpaw, Kenneth Egan. Bouhenia later lost in the semifinals to another southpaw, Elshod Rasulov (4:8).

At the 2012 European Boxing Olympic he lost his second fight and didn't qualify.

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