Jimmi Bredahl
Jimmi Bredahl | |
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Born | Jimmy Bredahl Johansen 26 August 1967 Copenhagen, Denmark |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Super featherweight |
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Reach | 171 cm (67 in) |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 29 |
Wins | 26 |
Wins by KO | 7 |
Losses | 3 |
Jimmi Bredahl Johansen (born 26 August 1967), known professionally as Jimmi Bredahl or Jimmy Bredahl, is a Danish former professional boxer. He is the former WBO world super featherweight champion. He is the older brother of former two-division world champion of boxing, Johnny Bredahl.
Professional career
In March 1989, Bredahl turned professional winning his first fight in Brædstrup, when Bredahl beat England's Des Gargano with a points decision over six rounds.
Title fights
Bredahl won his first title belt, the vacant EBU (European) super featherweight title, in March 1992 with an eleventh-round knockout win over France's Pierre Lorcy. The following weekend his brother Johnny won the bantamweight version of the European title.
In his next fight, later that year Bredahl won the
De La Hoya fight
Bredahl's highest profile fight in March 1994 at the
Bredahl then lost a European super featherweight title fight later that year to Jacobin Yoma.
Later career
After suffering these two straight defeats Bredahl then returned to the ring five months later and went on a string of ten straight victories including winning the IBO super featherweight title in 1996.
In his last fight of his career, Bredahl faced little fancied American Troy Dorsey. Bredahl retired from the fight between the 7th and 8th rounds and would never fight again.
See also
- List of super-featherweight boxing champions
References
- Boxrec. "Jimmi Bredahl". Boxrec Fighter Page.
External links
- Boxing record for Jimmi Bredahl from BoxRec (registration required)