Hacine Cherifi (36-12-1, 20) was born in Lyon, France on December 12, 1967. At the age of 22 years on December 16, 1989, he made his professional boxing debut against Zacharie Mulamba, losing the fight via 6-round points decision.
On his 28th career fight at 29 years old, Hacine Cherifi got a shot at the WBC super-middleweight titles against Robin Reid on September 11, 1997 but lost the fight via 12-round split decision.
He became a middleweight world champion (WBC) on May 2, 1998 at the age of 30 years old, on his 29th career fight, after defeating Keith Holmes via 12-round unanimous decision.
Cherifi's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Rudy Markussen at age 37 on June 17, 2005. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Hacine Cherifi's best fights have been against Keith Holmes, Robin Reid, Erland Betare and FĂ©lix Trinidad.
Cherifi has 12 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
49  | Jun 17, 2005 37 years, 6 months 36-12-1 (20) | 27 years, 10 months 29-1 (17) | 1 | TKO | LOSS | |
48 | Mar 25, 2005 37 years, 3 months 36-11-1 (20) | Michel Noto | 8 | PTS | WIN | |
47  | Dec 4, 2004 36 years, 11 months 35-11-1 (20) | 25 years, 10 months 21-1 (9) | 3 | KO | LOSS | |
46 | Nov 19, 2004 36 years, 11 months 35-10-1 (20) | Paul Sextius | 8 | PTS | WIN | |
45 | Feb 24, 2004 36 years, 2 months 34-10-1 (20) | Franck Mezaache | MD | 10 | UD | LOSS |
44  | Nov 22, 2003 35 years, 11 months 34-9-1 (20) | 28 years, 5 months 20-0 (15) | SMD | 8 | TKO | LOSS |
43  | Jul 25, 2003 35 years, 7 months 34-8-1 (20) | 32 years, 7 months 37-1 (34) | MD | 8 | RTD | LOSS |
42 | May 20, 2003 35 years, 5 months 34-7-1 (20) | Didier Nkuku Mupeko | MD | 10 | UD | WIN |
41 | Oct 15, 2002 34 years, 10 months 33-7-1 (20) | Christophe Tendil | MD | 10 | UD | WIN |
40  | May 11, 2002 34 years, 4 months 32-7-1 (20) | 29 years, 4 months 40-1 (33) | 4 | TKO | LOSS | |
39 | Jul 21, 2001 33 years, 7 months 32-6-1 (20) | Harry Simon | MD | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBO Interim |
38 | Jun 8, 2001 33 years, 5 months 32-5-1 (20) | Silvio Walter Rojas | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
37 | Dec 9, 2000 32 years, 11 months 31-5-1 (19) | Lóránt Szabó | 8 | PTS | WIN | |
36  | Sep 16, 2000 32 years, 9 months 30-5-1 (19) | 30 years 30-1-1 (23) | MD | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBA |
35 | Apr 8, 2000 32 years, 3 months 30-4-1 (19) | Alex Lubo | 1 | KO | WIN | |
34 | Feb 15, 2000 32 years, 2 months 29-4-1 (18) | Viktor Fesechko | 8 | UD | WIN | |
33 | Dec 19, 1999 32 years 28-4-1 (18) | Mohamed Boualleg | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
32 | Jun 18, 1999 31 years, 6 months 27-4-1 (17) | Jorge Sclarandi | 7 | DQ | WIN | |
31  | Apr 24, 1999 31 years, 4 months 26-4-1 (17) | 30 years 33-2 (22) | MD | 7 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBC |
30 | Oct 10, 1998 30 years, 9 months 26-3-1 (17) | Anthony Ivory | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
29 | May 2, 1998 30 years, 4 months 25-3-1 (17) | 29 years, 1 months 31-1 (21) | MD | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBC |
28  | Sep 11, 1997 29 years, 8 months 24-3-1 (17) | 26 years, 6 months 24-0-1 (18) | SMD | 12 | SD | LOSS For WBC |
27 | Apr 26, 1997 29 years, 4 months 24-2-1 (17) | Neville Brown | MD | 6 | TKO | WIN |
26 | Jan 25, 1997 29 years, 1 months 23-2-1 (16) | Branko Sobot | MD | 12 | UD | WIN |
25 | Dec 21, 1996 29 years 22-2-1 (16) | Michel Simeon | 5 | KO | WIN | |
24 | Nov 30, 1996 28 years, 11 months 21-2-1 (15) | Heath Todd | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
23 | Oct 19, 1996 28 years, 10 months 20-2-1 (14) | Alexander Zaytsev | MD | 12 | PTS | WIN |
22 | May 4, 1996 28 years, 4 months 19-2-1 (14) | Patrick Vungbo | 8 | PTS | WIN | |
21 | Apr 5, 1996 28 years, 3 months 18-2-1 (14) | Erland Betare | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN |
20 | Mar 8, 1996 28 years, 2 months 17-2-1 (13) | Thierry Trevillot | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
19 | Jan 13, 1996 28 years, 1 months 16-2-1 (13) | Ricky Thomas | 3 | KO | WIN | |
18 | Dec 8, 1995 27 years, 11 months 15-2-1 (12) | Mustapha Dundar | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
17 | Oct 26, 1995 27 years, 10 months 14-2-1 (11) | Stephane Jegou | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
16 | Jun 27, 1995 27 years, 6 months 13-2-1 (10) | Erland Betare | 8 | PTS | DRAW | |
15 | Apr 1, 1995 27 years, 3 months 13-2 (10) | Thierry Trevillot | MD | 6 | TKO | WIN |
14 | Dec 16, 1994 27 years 12-2 (9) | Mustapha Dundar | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
13 | Oct 25, 1994 26 years, 10 months 11-2 (9) | Viktor Plotnikov | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Jun 4, 1994 26 years, 5 months 10-2 (8) | Felix Jose Hernandez | 3 | KO | WIN | |
11 | Apr 17, 1994 26 years, 4 months 9-2 (7) | Jimmy Gourad | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | Jan 20, 1994 26 years, 1 months 8-2 (6) | Gino Lelong | MD | 8 | TKO | LOSS |
9 | Dec 18, 1993 26 years 8-1 (6) | Laurent Kante | 7 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Nov 13, 1993 25 years, 11 months 7-1 (5) | Mario Lavouiray | 3 | KO | WIN | |
7 | Apr 23, 1993 25 years, 4 months 6-1 (4) | Dominique Wadin | 1 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Mar 27, 1993 25 years, 3 months 5-1 (3) | Lansana Diallo | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
5 | Mar 6, 1993 25 years, 2 months 4-1 (3) | Mohammed Hamila | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
4 | Jan 31, 1993 25 years, 1 months 3-1 (3) | Kristo Slavchev | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Nov 13, 1992 24 years, 11 months 2-1 (2) | Milko Stoikov | 1 | KO | WIN | |
2 | Oct 3, 1992 24 years, 9 months 1-1 (1) | Mustapha Hachemi | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Dec 16, 1989 22 years 0-1 (0) | Zacharie Mulamba | 6 | PTS | LOSS |
