Benoit Gaudet
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Quebec Punch |
| Born | Benoit Gaudet December 18, 1979 Drummondville, Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | Lightweight Super Featherweight Featherweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Reach | 71 in (182 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 23 |
| Win by KO | 10 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Benoit Gaudet (born December 18, 1979, in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada) is a professional Canadian boxer in the Lightweight division. He's the former Canadian National Lightweight and North American Boxing Association Super Featherweight champion.[1]
Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Gaudet won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas. He also won a bronze medal in the featherweight category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. In the featherweight category at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he defeated Somluck Kamsing of Thailand before being eliminated by Jo Seok-hwan of South Korea.
Pro career
[edit | edit source]In November 2007, Gaudet beat the veteran Alberto Garza to win the North American Boxing Association Super Featherweight championship.[2]
WBC Super Featherweight Championship
[edit | edit source]On May 2, 2009, Gaudet was knocked out by WBC Super Featherweight champion Humberto Soto in the ninth rounds.[3]
References
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External links
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- Lightweight boxers
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Drummondville
- Boxing people from Quebec
- Olympic boxers for Canada
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canadian male boxers
- Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games boxers for Canada
- IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing