Nordine Oubaali
Nordine Oubaali is a French professional boxer of Moroccan descent who has held the WBC bantamweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the light-flyweight division at the 2007 World Championships.
Amateur career
Oubaali is the 13th child of 18 siblings in total. In 2006 he became French champion.At the 2007 World Championships the southpaw bested Arginian Junior Zarate, Spaniard José Kelvin de la Nieve 33:12, and Georgiy Chygayev 25-9. In the semis he was overwhelmed by Chinese top favorite Zou Shiming.
At the 2008 Olympics he beat Rafikjon Sultonov 8:7 and almost shocked local superstar Zou Shiming but lost 3-3+.
For the 2012 Summer Olympics, he moved up to flyweight. He beat Ajmal Faisal in the first round, Rau'Shee Warren in the second but then lost to Ireland's Michael Conlan in the quarterfinal.
Professional career
Oubaali turned pro in 2014. In January 2019, he won his first world title by defeating former amateur rival Rau'shee Warren via unanimous decision for the WBC bantamweight title.Professional boxing record
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
18 | Nonito Donaire | – | 12 Dec 2020 | Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, US | Defending WBC bantamweight title | |||
17 | Win | 17–0 | Takuma Inoue | UD | 12 | 7 Nov 2019 | Super Arena, Saitama, Japan | Retained WBC bantamweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Arthur Villanueva | RTD | 6, 3:00 | 6 Jul 2019 | Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Retained WBC bantamweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Rau'shee Warren | UD | 12 | 19 Jan 2019 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Won vacant WBC bantamweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Luis Melendez | KO | 2, 1:43 | 7 Apr 2018 | Dome de Paris-Palais des Sports, Paris, France | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Mark Anthony Geraldo | KO | 7, 1:25 | 16 Dec 2017 | La Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt, France | Retained WBC Silver bantamweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Alejandro Hernandez | TKO | 10, 0:33 | 2 Jun 2017 | Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles, Paris, France | Won vacant WBC Silver bantamweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Julio César Miranda | TKO | 12, 2:46 | 17 Dec 2016 | Gymnase du Clos de l'Arche, Noisy-le-Grand, France | Won WBA Inter-Continental bantamweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Iran Diaz | KO | 7, 2:38 | 27 May 2016 | Cirque d'hiver, Paris, France | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Reynaldo Cajina | UD | 6 | 19 Feb 2016 | Cirque d'hiver, Paris, France | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Gagi Edisherashvili | TKO | 1 | 5 Dec 2015 | Salle Joliot Curie, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Mihaly Telekfi | KO | 1 | 30 Oct 2015 | Salle la Soucoupe, Saint-Nazaire, France | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Artur Movsesian | TKO | 1 | 13 Jun 2015 | Cirque d'hiver, Paris, France | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Hassan Azaouagh | KO | 1 | 2 May 2015 | Espace Francois Mitterrand, Hénin-Beaumont, France | Won vacant French bantamweight title |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Nugzar Chavchavadze | TKO | 5 | 23 Jan 2015 | Salle la Soucoupe, Saint-Nazaire, France | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Faycal Messaoudene | UD | 6 | 15 Nov 2014 | Gymnase Michel Ricard, Rueil-Malmaison, France | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Norredine Dahou | TKO | 1 | 24 Oct 2014 | Salle la Soucoupe, Saint-Nazaire, France | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Sergey Tasimov | UD | 4 | 20 Mar 2014 | 555 Famous Club, Marrakech, Morocco |