Mamadou Thiam (boxer)

Mamadou Thiam
Data
Birth Name	Mamadou Thiam
Weight class	Light middleweight
nationality	French
birthday	January 25, 1972
place of birth	Diofor
style	Left delivery
size	1.75 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	60
Victories	49
Knockout victories	46
Defeats	11
Profile in the BoxRec database

Mamadou Thiam (born January 25, 1972 in Diofor , Senegal ) is a former French professional boxer of Senegalese origin. He was French champion, two-time European champion ( EBU ) and world championship challenger ( WBA ) in the light middleweight division .

Career

The tall normal boom was one of the most powerful boxers in the history of the light middleweight division; 46 of his 49 wins were knocked out, 17 of them in the first round. One of his coaches was former European boxing champion Louis Acariès .

In November 1993 he played his first professional fight and won the French championship in April 1997. In November 1998 he won the European Championship against Saïd Bennajem and defended the title against Lorant Szabó, Orhan Delibaş and Valentino Manca.

On July 22, 2000, he boxed in Miami for the WBA world title against Félix Trinidad . By then, Thiam had won 33 of 34 fights and was first in the association's ranking. He suffered his only defeat in 1994 against Morrade Hakkar. In the fight against Trinidad, Thiam had to give up in the third round after his right eye had swollen shut from the impact in the first round.

In his next fight in January 2001 he was again European champion against Paolo Pizzamiglio and defeated Michael Rask in a title defense. He also won the WBA intercontinental championship, which he defended twice.

On August 10, 2002 he was able to box in Marseille for the interime WBA World Championship, where he was defeated by TKo in the twelfth round against Santiago Samaniego . In a new European championship fight in July 2004 he lost to Serhiy Dsindsiruk .

Until the end of his career in September 2012, Thiam boxed in several countries and worked out a mixed match record. His most important opponent until his retirement was the Irishman Andy Lee , against whom he had to retire after the second round due to a back injury.

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