Jimmi Bredahl
Encyclopedia
Jimmi Bredahl aka Jimmy Bredahl, is a professional boxer
in the super featherweight
division. Bredahl is the former WBO
world super featherweight champion and the older brother of fellow boxer Johnny Bredahl
.
's Des Gargano with a points decision over six rounds.
'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 WBO super featherweight
title with a win over Daniel Londas
. On the same bill his brother Johnny won the super flyweight
version of the WBO title.
, Los Angeles
, California
in the United States
when he defended his WBO Super Featherweight belt super featherweight title. against Oscar De La Hoya
. However, Bredahl suffered the first defeat of his career when De La Hoya beat Bredahl. After being on the canvas in the first and second rounds Bredahl lost by knockout in the tenth round to lose his title.
Bredahl then lost a European super featherweight title fight later that year to Jacobin Yoma.
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.
Professional Boxing
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in the super featherweight
Super Featherweight
Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
division. Bredahl is the former WBO
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
world super featherweight champion and the older brother of fellow boxer Johnny Bredahl
Johnny Bredahl
Johnny Bredahl , aka Johny Wahid Johansen, is a retired professional boxer in the bantamweight division. Bredahl is the former WBA world bantamweight champion...
.
Professional career
In March 1989, Bredahl turned professional winning his first fight in Braedstrup, when Bredahl beat EnglandEngland
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'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 FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
's Pierre Lorcy. The following weekend his brother Johnny won the bantamweight
Bantamweight
Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...
version of the European title.
In his next fight, later that year Bredahl won the WBO super featherweight
Super Featherweight
Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
title with a win over Daniel Londas
Daniel Londas
Daniel Londas is a former boxer who competed for France in the men's featherweight competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. After a first-round bye, he was eliminated in the second round by Soviet Viktor Rybakov .Londas then became a professional, recording 58 wins , 9 losses and 1...
. On the same bill his brother Johnny won the super flyweight
Super flyweight
Super flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...
version of the WBO title.
De La Hoya fight
Bredahl's highest profile fight in March 1994 at the Olympic AuditoriumGrand Olympic Auditorium
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, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
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in the United States
United States
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when he defended his WBO Super Featherweight belt super featherweight title. against Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
. However, Bredahl suffered the first defeat of his career when De La Hoya beat Bredahl. After being on the canvas in the first and second rounds Bredahl lost by knockout in the tenth round to lose his title.
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 IBOInternational Boxing Organization
The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...
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.