Fabrice Benichou


Fabrice Benichou is a French boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world.

Biography

Benichou was born on April 5, 1966 in Madrid, Spain. He is of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.

Amateur career

He reached the finals of the French National Bantamweight championship in 1984.

Pro boxing career

On January 30, 1988, he won the vacant EBU European Bantamweight title against Thierry Jacob in a ninth-round knockout in Calais, France.
Benichou won the IBF World Super Bantamweight championship on March 10, 1989 against Jose Sanabria in a twelve-round split decision.
He contended unsuccessfully for the IBF World Featherweight title on September 12, 1992 in a close twelve round split decision against Manuel Medina in France.
He resumed his boxing career in late 2005.

Acting career

A versatile actor, he is best known for the 1966 film Mo, the 2007's TV mini-series Lance of Longinus, the 2008 TV series Doom Doom, the 2009 film Mensch and the 2012 film, The World Belongs to Us.