Hippolyte Annex

Hippolyte Annex (14 February 1933 - 21 February 2021) was a French former professional boxer. He was four times French champion,[1] holding the French welterweight title from 1960 when he beat Michel Lombardet[2] to 1961 and the middleweight title from 1961 to 1963.[3] In 1962, he unsuccessfully fought Laszlo Papp for the EBU European middleweight title.[4]

Hippolyte Annex
Statistics
Weight(s)Welterweight
Middleweight
NationalityFrench
Born(1933-02-14)14 February 1933
Pézenas, France
Died21 February 2021(2021-02-21) (aged 88)
Montpellier
Boxing record
Total fights37
Wins28
Wins by KO19
Losses3
Draws6

Professional career

Annex's first professional fight was against Ceslaw Dudek on 12 April 1959 in Paris, winning by a knock out. In 37 professional bouts, Annex won 28 (19 by knock outs), drew 6 and lost 3 (all KOs).[3]

A proposed bout in Paris with Sugar Ray Robinson was announced in 1962 but did not happen.[5]

Annex's last fight was on 16 June 1963 at the St. Nazaire Stadium, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France, when he was knocked out by the Senegalese boxer Souleymane Diallo.[3]

In 2007, his home town of Pézenas honoured Annex by naming a street after him.[1] A gymnasium in the town's sports park has been named after him since 2016.[6]

Annex died on 21 February 2021 in Montpellier.[7]

References
  1. "Inauguration de rues à Plaisance" [Inauguration of streets in Plaisance] (PDF). Télégramme (in French). September 2007. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
  2. "HIPPOLYTE ANNEX CHAMPION DE FRANCE "MI-MOYEN"" [Hippolyte Annex Middleweight Champion of France]. Le Monde' (in French). 14 June 1960. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. Hippolyte Annex at BoxRec
  4. J.M., "NOUVELLE ET SÉVÈRE DÉFAITE D'HIPPOLYTE ANNEX", Le Monde, 30 January 1963 (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. "Says Sugar Ray Signs for Bout", The Pantagraph, 6 April 1962, page 18. Retrieved 1 November 2019 via newspapers.com
  6. "Nouvelle Salle Hippolyte Annex, au cœur du Parc des Sports !" [New Hippolyte Annex hall, at the heart of the Parc des Sports!]. Herault-Tribune (in French). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
    - Michelle Rivière (20 April 2016). "Pézenas : La salle des Duels réjouit les associations locales" [Pézenas : The Duels room delights local associations]. Midi Libre (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. "Hippolyte Annex a définitivement rangé les gants" [Hippolyte Annex has definitely put away the gloves]. Midi Libre (in French). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
    - "Le dernier round d'Hippolyte Annex, "le bombardier gitan"" [Last round of Hippolyte Annex, "the gypsy bomber"]. Midi Libre (in French). 24 February 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.


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