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Canadian boxer
Jean-François Bergeron
Full name Jean-François Bergeron Nationality Super Heavyweight
Club Club de Boxe St. Jérôme
Jean-François Bergeron (born July 26, 1973) is a Canadian former
.
Amateur career He won the Canadian championship five time and won gold in 4 international championships, beating the likes of Paolo Vidoz and Michael Sprott.
Southpaw Bergeron won the silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games . He competed in Atlanta at the Olympics but was knocked out by Attila Levin .
Bergeron wrapped up his amateur career with a record of 70 wins, 15 defeats.
Professional career Bergeron fought his first pro bout on April 3, 1998, at age 24. In 2001 he beat undefeated American amateur champ Willie Palms. In 2003 he beat Darroll Wilson (who holds a knockout win over Shannon Briggs ). Bergeron was injured at the time and fought only with his right arm from the second round, but still managed to win the fight by a unanimous decision. In 2006 he bested Steve Panell (who had knocked down Wladimir Klitschko when they fought).
Fight against Valuev Bergeron faced former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev on Sept 29th 2007 in Germany.[1] He lost by unanimous decision.
After his fight with Valuev he fought Dominick Guinn losing by second-round knockout on October 24, 2008.
Professional boxing record
27 Wins (19 knockouts, 8 decisions), 2 Losses (1 knockout, 1 decision) [2]
Result
Record
Opponent
Type
Round
Date
Location
Notes
Loss
28-6-1
Dominick Guinn
KO
2
24/10/2008
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Bergeron knocked out at 2:40 of the second round.
Loss
46-1
Nikolay Valuev
UD
12
29/09/2007
Oldenburg , Germany
NABA Heavyweight Title .
Win
21-8
UD
10
15/06/2007
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
NABA Heavyweight Title .
Win
21-4-3
Chad Van Sickle
TKO
4
26/01/2007
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the fourth round.
Win
25-8
Edegar Da Silva
KO
5
15/09/2006
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
interim NABA Heavyweight Title . Silva knocked out at 2:28 of the fifth round.
Win
34-12-2
TKO
1
02/06/2006
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
, Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 2:21 of the first round.
Win
34-9
KO
3
24/03/2006
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Pannell knocked out at 2:30 of the third round.
Win
14-7
UD
8
16/09/2005
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Win
15-2-1
TKO
4
18/03/2005
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 2:36 of the fourth round.
Win
18-12
UD
6
03/12/2004
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Win
31-9
Rogerio Lobo
KO
2
20/03/2004
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Lobo knocked out at 2:20 of the second round.
Win
27-6-2
Darroll Wilson
UD
10
07/03/2003
Niagara Falls, Ontario , Canada
Win
17-9
TKO
5
17/11/2002
Grand Forks, North Dakota , U.S.
Win
22-8
KO
4
06/09/2002
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Cawley knocked out at 0:36 of the fourth round.
Win
11-1-1
RTD
7
31/05/2002
Bucharest , Romania
Win
24-12-1
TKO
3
21/04/2002
Laughlin, Nevada , U.S.
Referee stopped the bout at 0:28 of the third round.
Win
16-16
UD
6
18/01/2002
Las Vegas, Nevada
, U.S.
Win
10-5
TKO
2
30/11/2001
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 0:50 of the second round.
Win
9-0
Willie Palms
UD
6
28/09/2001
Las Vegas, Nevada
, U.S.
Win
10-10
TKO
2
10/07/2001
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 0:37 of the second round.
Win
8-8-1
TKO
3
02/03/2001
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 2:32 of the third round.
Win
3-6
KO
2
15/12/2000
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Perlini knocked out at 1:43 of the second round.
Win
5-7-1
UD
4
16/06/2000
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Win
2-7
UD
6
06/05/2000
Maniwaki, Quebec
, Canada
Win
4-11
TKO
4
29/06/1999
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 1:23 of the fourth round.
Win
3-2
KO
2
06/11/1998
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Wilson knocked out at 0:48 of the second round.
Win
1-4
TKO
3
05/05/1998
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 2:05 of the third round.
Win
4-8
KO
2
24/04/1998
Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
Johnson knocked out at 1:10 of the second round.
Win
1-3
TKO
2
03/04/1998
Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Referee stopped the bout at 0:20 of the second round.
Outside the ring Bergeron is often asked to take on the analyst role in boxing matches, appearing on local Québec channel
for the WBC world heavyweight championship in April 2004.
He has also successfully completed his firefighter training and is currently working as a firefighter at the St-Jérôme fire station.
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