Josué Blocus

Josué Blocus
Personal information
Full nameJosué Edmond Blocus
Nationality France/ United States
Born (1969-11-20) 20 November 1969 (age 54)
Saint-Claude, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Heavyweight
ClubAS Fresnes 94

Josué Edmond Blocus (born 20 November 1969) is a French heavyweight boxer who competed in the 1996 Olympics. Blocus is a black Frenchman whose family is from Guadeloupe.

Amateur career

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At the 1996 European Championships in Vejle, Denmark, he beat Zoran Manojlovic (Yugoslavia) but lost to Serguei Lyakhovich (Belarus) on points.

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta he fought as a superheavyweight and beat Jesús Guevara, Venezuela, RSC-2 (02:13) but was stopped in the second round by big-punching Adalat Mamedov, Azerbaijan by RSC-1 (02:11).

Professional career

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He turned pro in 1997, showing big power in six early wins, including one over Sedreck Fields. He then fought only five times over the next five years before getting outpointed in 2002 by Friday Ahunanya and knocked out by club fighter Guerrero (record 15-6). In 2007, at age 37, he rebounded and scored the biggest win of his pro career, beating Canadian champion David Cadieux on the road.

Professional boxing record

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16 Wins (14 knockouts, 2 decisions), 2 Losses (1 knockout, 1 decision) [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 16-2 Darryl Holley TKO 1 09/10/2010 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the first round.
Win 15-2 David Cadieux SD 12 12/05/2007 Montreal, Quebec, Canada WBO NABO Heavyweight Title.
Win 14-2 Nicolai Firtha TKO 7 16/06/2006 Duluth, Georgia, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the seventh round.
Win 13-2 Eric Starr TKO 4 16/12/2005 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Loss 12-2 Ron Guerrero RTD 5 15/02/2003 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Blocus did not come out for the sixth round.
Loss 12-1 Friday Ahunanya SD 10 01/06/2002 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win 12-0 Albert Stewart TKO 3 30/03/2002 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 2:52 of the third round.
Win 11-0 Kevin Rosier TKO 1 09/12/2000 Villeurbanne, France
Win 10-0 Mario Cawley UD 6 28/11/2000 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win 9-0 Clarence Goins TKO 1 13/11/1999 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the first round.
Win 8-0 Lou Turichiarelli TKO 1 12/06/1999 Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Win 7-0 Juan Pablo Rodriguez TKO 1 09/05/1998 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Win 6-0 Gene Jones KO 2 18/10/1997 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Jones knocked out at 1:09 of the second round.
Win 5-0 Ronnie Smith TKO 3 17/06/1997 Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 2:55 of the third round.
Win 4-0 James Lester TKO 1 07/06/1997 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Win 3-0 Alonzo Hollis TKO 3 14/05/1997 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Referee stopped the bout at 2:27 of the third round.
Win 2-0 Sedreck Fields KO 1 05/05/1997 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win 1-0 Russell Pugh KO 1 26/04/1997 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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