Christophe Tiozzo

Christophe Tiozzo (born June 1, 1963) is a French former professional boxer who held the lineal and WBA super middleweight championship. In amateur boxing, Tiozzo won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of former two-division world champion of boxing, Fabrice Tiozzo.

Amateur boxing career

Record:85–6–2 (24) 1982 French National Championship Light Middleweights: Gold Medalist Defeated Alain Cuvillier Defeated Fabien Khodri Defeated Did-Ali Lokchiri Defeated Patrick Magnetto 1982 European Junior Championship at Schwerin, Germany as a Light Middleweight Defeated Graciano Rocchigiani (Federal Republic of Germany) Lost to Shararov (USSR) 1983 French National Championship as a Light Middleweight: Gold Medalist Defeated Bernard Razzano TKO 3 Defeated Jean-Luc Charme TKO 2 Defeated Gilbert Dele TKO 3 Defeated Michel Moukory kot 3 1983: European Championship at Varna as a Light Middleweight Lost to Ralf Hunger (Democratic Republic of Germany) 1984 French National Championship as a Middleweight: Bronze Medalist Defeated Jean-Max Delnard Lost to François Berardino by forfeit 1984 Olympic Games at Los Angeles, California, USA as a Light Middleweight: Bronze Medalist Defeated Suleymana Sadik (Ghana) points Defeated Vicky Byarubaga (Uganda) points Defeated Israel Cole (Sierra Leone) points Lost to Shawn O'Sullivan (Canada) points 1985: French National Championship as a Middleweight: Gold Medalist Defeated Pascal Stroh AB 2 Defeated Christophe Girard TKO 2 Defeated Moktar Bekheira Defeated Hamedidi Maimoun 1985: European Championship at Budapest, Hungary as a Middleweight Defeated Boliguzov (USSR) Defeated Maricescu (Romania) (Eliminated for failing drug test)

Professional boxing career Tiozzo began his professional boxing career in 1985 and won his first 28 bouts, winning the WBA and Lineal Super Middleweight Titles by beating In-Chul Baek in 1990 by TKO. Tiozzo successfully defended the belt twice, losing it in 1991 to Víctor Córdoba by 9th-round TKO. In 1992 he challenged WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Jeff Harding, but lost by TKO. He retired in 1996 with a record of 33-2-0.

Professional boxing record