Roger Zami

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Zami, Roger boxer
Data
Birth Name Zami, Roger
Weight class Super lightweight
nationality French
birthday January 1, 1941
place of birth Le Gosier , Guadeloupe
Date of death November 28, 1977
style Left-hand boom
size 1.72 meters
Combat Statistics
Struggles 55
Victories 45
Knockout victories 27
Defeats 8th
draw 2

Roger Zami (born January 1, 1941 in Le Gosier , Guadeloupe , † November 28, 1977 ) was a French boxer . He was European champion of professional boxers in the super lightweight

Career

Roger Zami was born in Le Gosier , in the French overseas province of Guadeloupe . At the age of 20 he came to France as a soldier. At first he lived in Saint-Nazaire . Later he went to Issoudun and came to boxing there through a friend. He became a member of the Isoldunois boxing club and was trained by Michel Thoraud. As an amateur boxer, he achieved some good results and was about to join the French national team. But he made a different decision and switched to professional boxers.

He lived as a professional mainly in Paris and was inducted into the boxing stable of Jean Bretonnel. With one size he weighed about 65 kg and became a very powerful boxer who won more than half of his fights by knockout.

He played his first fight on October 24, 1964 in Saint-Nazaire in the super-lightweight, defeating his compatriot Jean Claude Lepolard on points. He suffered a bitter defeat on December 8, 1965 in Tours , when he had to accept a knockout defeat from his second-rate opponent Michel Bisseur.

Roger Zami overcame this defeat quickly and remained undefeated in the next 15 fights. On March 31, 1969, he played his first title fight in Paris. It was about the French championship in the super lightweight. The fight did not go well for Roger Zami, because he lost to the title holder René Roque by knockout. On January 12, 1970 he was then French champion in the super lightweight in Paris by a technical knockout victory over Baldassare Picone. On November 16, 1970 Roger Zami boxed again against René Roque in Paris. This time it was about the European title in the super lightweight and Roger Zami lost again, but this time only on points.

On April 3, 197 he defended in Fort-de-France by a technical knockout victory over Baldassare Picone and on November 6, 1971 in Lyon by another technical knockout victory over Maurice Tavant, the French championship title in super welterweight twice.

On February 28, 1972 Roger Zami was then in Paris with a points victory over the Italian Sandro Lopopolo European champion in the super lightweight. But he lost this title again on October 1, 1972, because he lost on points in Istanbul against the Turkish Cemal Kamaci boxing with an Austrian license . On April 7, 1973, he defended the French championship title in Dunkirk with a knockout victory over Bernard Creton again.

But he could not take the chance to become European champion in the super-lightweight again on April 20, 1974 in Barcelona in the fight against the Spaniard Antonio Ortiz . He lost this fight by technical knockout

Roger Zami played his last fight on August 17, 1974 in Johannesburg . He lost there against Kokkie Olivier, a South African, on points.

Roger Zami died on November 28, 1977 at the age of 36. In his honor, a football stadium was named after him in Le Gosier.

Title fights from Roger Zami

date place for the title of Weight class Result
March 31, 1969 Paris France Super light Knockout loss to René Roque
January 12, 1970 Paris France Super light Techn. Knockout victory over Baldassare Picone
11/16/1970 Paris Europe (EBU) Super light Point defeat against René Roque
3.4.1971 Fort-de-France France Super light Techn. Knockout victory over Baldassare Picone
11/6/1971 Lyon France Super light Technical knockout victory over Maurice Tavant
February 28, 1972 Paris Europe (EBU) Super light Points victory over Sandro Lopopolo , Italy
October 1, 1972 Istanbul Europe (EBU) Super light Point defeat against Cemal Kamaci
7.4.1973 Dunkirk France Super light KO victory over Bernard Creton
April 30, 1974 Barcelona Europe (EBU) Super light Technical knockout loss to Antonio Ortiz , Spain

literature

Box Sport magazine

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Zami, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French boxer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Le Gosier , Guadeloupe
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1977