Alphonse Halimi
Alphonse Halimi · Sports
Boxing; bantamweight world champion 1957; Algerian-born Sephardic Jew
1932, Constantine, Algeria — 2006, Paris, France
Algeria · France
Alphonse Halimi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Boxing; bantamweight world champion 1957; Algerian-born Sephardic Jew
Alphonse Halimi was a French boxer, born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria, who became undisputed world bantamweight champion in 1957 by defeating Mario D'Agata in Paris, and later held the European bantamweight title. He proudly wore a Star of David on his shorts and was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Boxing; bantamweight world champion 1957; Algerian-born Sephardic Jew
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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