Alphonse Halimi Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

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Alphonse Halimi (la Petite Terreur) was born on 18 February, 1932 in Constantine, Algeria, is a boxer. Discover Alphonse Halimi’s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As la Petite Terreur
Occupation N/A
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 18 February 1932
Birthday 18 February
Birthplace Constantine, Algeria
Date of death (2006-11-12)
Died Place N/A
Nationality Algeria

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He is a member of famous boxer with the age 74 years old group.

Alphonse Halimi Height, Weight & Measurements

At 74 years old, Alphonse Halimi height
is 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) and Weight Bantamweight.

Physical Status
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight Bantamweight
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don’t have much information about He’s past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Alphonse Halimi Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Alphonse Halimi worth at the age of 74 years old? Alphonse Halimi’s income source is mostly from being a successful boxer. He is from Algeria. We have estimated
Alphonse Halimi’s net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million – $5 Million
Salary in 2023 Under Review
Net Worth in 2022 Pending
Salary in 2022 Under Review
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Source of Income boxer

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Suffering from Alzheimer’s disease near the end of his life, he resided at a retirement home in Saint-Ouen. He died on November 12, 2006, from pneumonia, and was interred at the Parisian cemetery of Pantin on November 14.

He regained the European Bantamweight Title on June 26, 1962, defeating Piero Rollo in Tel Aviv. It was the first professional boxing match organized in Israel. Halimi, who wore the Star of David on his trunks, was cheered by the Israeli crowd of 15,000 through all fifteen rounds. After a cut in the first, Rollo had trouble getting inside, taking a defensive posture, except for the last two rounds when he made a desperate, but futile attempt at the decision. In a rematch for the title four months later, Halimi lost in a fifteen-round decision.

On March 5, 1961, he knocked out Belgian Jean Renard in the fourth round in a stunning win in Tunesia. Halimi sent Renard to the canvas five times before he was finally counted out.

Louis Poncy fell to Halimi in an easy ten round points decision in Paris on April 11, 1960. Poncy, who held a five-pound weight advantage, was the former French Flyweight title holder.

He knocked out Spanish Bantamweight Champion Juan Cardenas, bringing victory in the third round in Algiers on July 2, 1960.

On October 25, 1960, Halimi defeated Irishman Freddie Gilroy, taking the European Bantamweight Championship in a controversial fifteen round points decision. Gilroy, the reigning European and British bantamweight champion, was the favorite of the partisan British crowd. Halimi scored the bout’s only real knockdown with a short right hook in the thirteenth round for a count of four. Halimi slipped once to the mat in the seventh without taking a count. He later noted it was one of his best fights. He lost the title one year later on May 30, 1961, to Johnny Caldwell. Caldwell capped his twenty-second straight win with the victory. Early in the eighth, the crowd of 15,000 watched Caldwell take the lead after leaving a nagging cut over Halimi’s eye. In the only knockdown, Caldwell floored Halimi for an eight count in the fifteenth.

In the 1960s, he settled at Vincennes and owned a café on the Avenue du Château. He later worked as a trainer for the l’Institut National des Sports, and became a swimming teacher in Vichy and Meudon.

He defended his title against José Becerra on July 8, 1959, before a screaming crowd of 15,000 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Midway through the eighth, Becerra trapped Halimi on the ropes and dropped him with a devastating left hook to the jaw. When he arose, he was met with a flurry of punches that dropped him for the full count and took his crown.

Halimi defeated Peter Keenan in a ten-round points decision in Paris on November 17, 1958. In the only knockdown, Halimi floored Keenan with a right to the jaw in the seventh. Halimi took a comfortable lead after the second round. Keenan was booed by the crowd of 10,000 for frequently backing away from his opponent.

On April 1, 1957, at the Vélodrome d’hiver in Paris, Halimi became world bantamweight champion by defeating the Italian deaf-mute boxer Mario d’Agata in a fifteen-round decision. The partisan Parisian crowd of 17,000 watched Halimi take eleven of the fifteen rounds, while D’Agata managed to win only two. It was D’Agata’s first title defense. The bout had no knockdowns, but clinches were common, and the referee frequently had to pull the contestants apart. Special lights had been set for the fight, to allow d’Agata, who could not hear the bell, to know when each round ended or began. When the bell rang, the lights flashed. There was a storm on the day of the fight, and lightning struck one of the signal lights in round three. d’Agata was struck by sparks, suffering a burned neck and back, but the bout continued.

On November 6, 1957, Halimi faced Raul Macias in his second title bout at Los Angeles’ Wrigley Field. Halimi shook Macias with a hook to the jaw in the furious fourth round, though the bout featured no knockdowns. Macias lost his NBA World Bantamweight title by a close and controversial 15-round split decision. Macias tried to close stronger in the final round, but was stopped by Halimi’s offense.

In his next bout on December 8, 1957, he defeated Tanny Campo in a non-title match before 5,000 jeering fans in Marseille, France. The pace of the bout was slow, until the sixth when Halimi landed two hard left hooks to the body of Campo. The pace of the ten round bout displeased the French crowd, but Halimi won the close decision.

American Billy Peacock fell to Halimi in Paris on March 16, 1956, in a close, strategically fought, ten round points decision. In an important win, Halimi showed dominance in the first and ninth rounds, though the rest appeared even. The Parisian crowd were not pleased with the pace of the bout, as both boxers cautiously circled, jabbed, and repeatedly clinched.

He won more than 100 matches before being noticed by a trainer and being asked to come to France. Halimi began to box as an amateur at age sixteen, and knew that he could expand on his amateur credentials while in the military. At the age of 21, he won the first recognition for his abilities, capturing the French bantamweight amateur title in 1953 and 1954, and won the all-Mediterranean title in 1955.

Alphonse Halimi (February 18, 1932 – November 12, 2006) was a French boxer. He took the World Bantamweight Championship on April 1, 1957, in Paris, and the European Bantamweight Championship three years later.

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