Fabrice Benichou

Fabrice Benichou (born April 5, 1965 in Madrid, Spain) is a French boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world. He become World Champion of boxing in 1989.
Biography.
Benichou was born on April 5, 1965 in Madrid, Spain. He is french of Spanish-Algerian Jewish heritage.
He is three times super bantamweight World Champion, and two times European bantamweight and featherweight champion.
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".