Karim Bennoui

Karim Bennoui
Born	26 January 1988 Bourgoin-Jallieu
Nationality	French Algerian
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61.0 kg (134.5 lb; 9.61 st)
Division	Super Lightweight
Style	Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Lyon - Saint-Fons, France
Team	Gym boxing St Fons - Team Nasser K.
Trainer	Nasser Kacem
Years active	13 (1997–present)
Kickboxing record
Total	51
Wins	37
By knockout	13
Losses	11
By knockout	2
Draws	3
Other information
Notable relatives	Houcine Bennoui, brother Abdallah Mabel, Yohan Lidon, Fabio Pinca, Team Nasser K. partners
last updated on: 13 March 2013

Karim Bennoui (born 26 January 1988), also known as "Le Chirurgien", is a French-Algerian Muay Thai kickboxer, famous for his technical and precise fighting style. He is a former It's Showtime World Champion -61 kg.^[1]

Biography and career

Biography

Karim Bennoui was born on 26 January 1988. Bennoui resides in Lyon, France and trains at Gym boxing St Fons in Lyon, Saint-Fons. His trainer is Nasser Kacem.He is of Algerian descent.

He begins Muaythai at the age of 10, with Nasser Kacem who was educator in the suburbs of Lyon. His younger brother, Houcine Bennoui, also practices in professional muaythai.

Early career

It counts 38 fights for 30 wins (including 13 by knockout), 6 defeats and 2 draws. Karim Bennoui fought in Muaythai and Kickboxing.

In 2009 he became French Muay Thai Champion FMDA Class A and in 2011 at only 23 years he won the It's Showtime 61MAX world title -61 kg.

He was scheduled to face Plynoi Por Paoin at Thai Fight: Lyon on 19 September 2012 in Lyon, France. The fight was cancelled, however, when Plynoi suffered a knockout loss against Hiroki Ishii in Japan four days before.^[2]

He rematched Thomas Adamandopoulos at Nuit des Champions in Marseilles on 24 November 2012 in a fight for the WKN World Oriental Rules title (-62.100 kg) and won by decision.^[3][4][5]

Bennoui was then expected to fight Koya Urabe at Krush.25 in Tokyo, Japan on 14 December 2012.^[6] However, he was forced to pull out of the bout due to an injury to his right hand sustained in the Adamandopoulos fight and was replaced by Mickael Peynaud.^[7]

He lost to Masahiro Yamamoto via an extension round unanimous decision at RISE 92 on 17 March 2013 in Tokyo.^[8][9][10]

He was set to fight Aranchai Kiatpatarapan at the WBC World Muay Thai Millennium Championship in Saint-Pierre, Réunion on 7 September 2013 but the event fell through.^[11]

He won La 20ème Nuit des Champions -62 kg/136 lb tournament in Marseille, France on 23 November 2013, beating both Raz Sarkisjan and Yetkin Özkul on points.^[12][13]

Titles and achievements

• • 2013 NDC K-1 Rules -62 kg Tournament Champion
  • 2012 WKN World Oriental Rules title (-62.100 kg)
  • 2011 I.S.K.A. World Kickboxing Champion (-62.300 kg)
  • 2011 It's Showtime World Champion -61 kg (0 title defences)
  • 2009 French Muaythai Champion FMDA Class A Champion -60 kg

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

37 Wins (13 (T)KO's), 11 Losses, 3 Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2016-09-19 Loss Koya Urabe K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2016-03-05 Win Daniel Puertas Gallardo MFC 4 France Decision 5 3:00 2015-11-14 Win Javier Hernández La 22ème Nuit Des Champions Francia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2015-01-18 Loss Hirotaka Urabe K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan TKO (Cut) 1 2:03 2014-11-22 Win Koya Urabe La 21ème Nuit des Champions [14][15] Marseille, France Decision (Split) 5 3:00 2014-05-30 Loss Antonio Campagna Final Fight Le Havre, France Decision 3 3:00 2013-11-23 Win Yetkin Özkul La 20ème Nuit des Champions, Final Marseilles, France Decision 3 3:00 Wins NDC K-1 Rules -62 kg/136 lb Tournament Championship. 2013-11-23 Win Raz Sarkisjan La 20ème Nuit des Champions, Semi finals Marseilles, France Decision 3 3:00 2013-09-21 Loss Kwankhao Chor. Ratjapasadu-Esan La Nuit des Challenges 12 Saint-Fons, France Decision 5 3:00 2013-03-17 Loss Masahiro Yamamoto RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan Extension round decision (unanimous) 4 3:00 2012-11-24 Win Thomas Adamandopoulos Nuit des Champions Marseille, France Decision 5 3:00 Wins WKN World Oriental Rules title (-62.100 kg). 2012-01-21 Draw Pajonsuk Por. Pramuk Yokkao Extreme 2012 Milan, Italy Decision draw 5 3:00 2011-11-12 Win Thomas Adamandopoulos La 18ème Nuit des Champions Marseille, France Decision (2-1) 5 3:00 Wins I.S.K.A. World Kickboxing title (-62.300 kg). 2011-06-18 Loss Javier Hernandez Fix Events & Fightclub Group presents: It's Showtime 2011 Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Loses his It's Showtime 61MAX world title -61 kg. 2011-03-26 Win Sergio Wielzen BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Brussels Brussels, Belgium Decision (Split) 5 3:00 Wins It's Showtime 61MAX world title -61 kg. 2010-10-09 Win Antonio Campagna K-1 Shardana Sardinia, Italy Decision 3 3:00 2010-06-19 Loss Mickael Peynaud Explosion Fight Night Volume 01 Brest, France Decision 5 3:00 Fight was for French Championship K1 Pro FFSCDA 5x3 -61.5 kg. 2010-06-05 Win Xavier Bastard La Nuit des Challenges 8 Saint-Fons, France TKO (Referee Stoppage/Cut) 3 2010-04-03 Win Vatsana Sedone Muaythai Gala in Divonne Divonne-les-Bains, France Decision 5 3:00 2009-11-28 Loss Laimangkorn Chuwattana A-1 World Cup Combat Lyon Lyon, France Decision 5 3:00 2009-06-20 Win Néhémie Félicité La Nuit de la Boxe 2009 Martinique TKO (Throw in the towel) 5 Wins French Championship FMDA 2009 Class A -60 kg. 2009-05-16 Loss Albert Veera Chey Légendes et Guerriers Toulouse, France TKO (Referee Stoppage) 5 2009-04-11 Loss Mickael Peynaud Carcharias Team Boxing Gala Perpignan, France Decision 3 3:00 2008-10-25 Loss Vatsana Sedone Le Choc des Best Fighters 1 Asnières-sur-Seine, France Decision 5 3:00 2008-06-07 Win Patrick Carta La Nuit des Challenges 5 Saint-Fons, France Decision 5 3:00 2008-03-02 Draw Matteo Luppi Fighting Day 8 Imola, Italy Decision draw 3 3:00 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers

External links

• Karim Bennoui Interview

References

1. "Karim Bennoui informations". siamfightmag.com/. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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7. Mickael Peynaud Replaces Karim Bennoui At Krush.25
8. Genji Umeno vs Chang Hyun Lee Rematch Added to RISE 92
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