Hippolyte Annex

Annex, Hippolyte
Data
Birth Name	Annex, Hippolyte
Weight class	medium weight
nationality	French
birthday	February 14, 1933
place of birth	Pézenas, Hérault
Combat Statistics
Struggles	37
Victories	28
Knockout victories	19th
Defeats	3
draw	6th

Hippolyte Annex (born February 14, 1933 in Pézenas , Hérault ) is a former French boxer . In 1955 he was vice European champion of amateurs in welterweight and was a professional boxer of French middleweight champion .

Career

Amateur career

Hippolyte Annex only started boxing at the age of 18 at the Piscenois Pezenas athletic club . As a teenager he had already tried various other sports and therefore had good physical prerequisites. So it is not surprising that in 1953 he was one of the best French amateur boxers. In 1954 he was appointed to the French national team of amateur boxers for the first time and competed in Paris in an international match against Poland in the light middleweight division against Zbigniew Pietrzykowski , who was then one of the best amateur boxers in the world. He lost this fight by knockout in the 2nd round.

In March 1955 he fought in St. Nazaire in an international match against the Federal Republic of Germany in the welterweight division against Günther Heidemann from Berlin and won this fight on points. In May 1955, Hippolyte Annex represented France at the European Amateur Championships in Berlin. In the welterweight division he defeated Frantisek Vitovec, CSSR, Stanislaw Isajew, Soviet Union and Nicolae Linca , Romania. So he was in the final against the British Nicholas Gargano and lost against this just on points. He became vice European champion. In July 1955 he won the Mediterranean Games in Barcelona. He beat Teodoro Chiriaco from Italy and Carlos Lopez Carloy from Spain in the light middleweight division.

1956 was subject to Hippolyte Annex at the French championship in the final of the welterweight against Jaques Candeau just on points. In an international match in Paris against the Soviet Union, he lost in the welterweight division against Eduard Borisow on points.

Despite this defeat, Hippolyte Annex had legitimate hopes of qualifying for the boxing tournament at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. However, in the same year he was involved in a car accident in which one of his friends was killed and he was seriously injured himself. After his recovery, however, he got serious psychological problems that made competitive sport impossible for a long time. After his final recovery, he decided to switch to the professional boxer camp.

Profile career

Hippolyte Annex contested his first fight as a professional boxer on April 12, 1959 in Paris and defeated his compatriot Ceslaw Dudek by knockout in the 3rd round. After a series of build-up fights, all of which he won, he defeated Michel Lombardet on June 11, 1960 in Marseille in the fight for the French welterweight championship title. He successfully defended this title on December 5, 1960 in Paris against Sauveur Chiocca , whom he beat on points over 15 rounds.

On February 6, 1961, he fought in a draw against Isaac Logart in Paris. This was the first fight after 21 victorious fights that he did not win as a professional. On March 6, 1961, he defended the French welterweight championship in Paris by a tech. KO victory in the 12th round over Maurice Auzel and on April 30, 1961 he achieved the same in Bourges by winning points over Ahmed Sebane. He then switched to the middleweight division and played his first title fight for the French championship against Jean Ruellet on August 12, 1961 in Evian in this weight class . The fight ended in a draw after 15 rounds, so Jean Ruellet retained his title. On July 7, 1962, Hippolyte Annex was then French middleweight champion. In Paris he defeated Marius Dori through tech. KO in the 7th round. He successfully defended this title on October 1, 1962 in Paris against Armand Vanucci, whom he defeated over 15 rounds on points.

He then challenged László Papp from Hungary, the reigning European middleweight champion. This fight took place on November 19, 1962 in the Palais des Sports in Paris and ended with a knockout victory in the 7th round of the then unbeatable Laszlo Papp.

To get back into business, Hippolyte Annex fought on January 28, 1963 in Paris against the strong Italian Sandro Mazzinghi and lost this fight by breaking off in the 9th round. On June 16, 1963 he defended his French middleweight title in St. Nazaire against Souleymane Diallo and lost this fight by knockout in the 4th round.

After this defeat, Hippolyte Annex resigned.

literature

Box Sport magazine

Web links

• amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
• Hippolyte Annex record