Morrade Hakkar is a French

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 middleweight boxer

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  of Algeria

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n descent who has held a number of regional championship belts during his 11-year professional career. He held the French national middleweight title twice (March 1997 to January 1998 and again from March 1999 to October 2000), the WBC

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 International middleweight title (1997) and the Europe

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an middleweight title 2002.

After knocking out previously undefeated Cristian Sanavia

Cristian Sanavia

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 of Italy

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 to capture the European middleweight belt on May 11, 2002, he became the mandatory challenger for undisputed world champion Bernard Hopkins

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. On March 29, 2003, the two men faced one another in Philadelphia, United States

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, with Hopkins winning by technical knockout

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in the eighth round. , Hakkar's career record is 36 wins and six losses, with 22 knockouts.

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