Cyril Benzaquen
Cyril Benzaquen (born 2 October 1989) is a French Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. He is the current ISKA World Light Heavyweight Oriental Rules champion.[3]
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Born | Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France | 2 October 1989
Nationality | French |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb; 12 st 11 lb) |
Division | Light Heavyweight |
Style | Kickboxing |
Fighting out of | Paris, France |
Team | Team Zeitoun[2] |
Trainer | André Zeitoun |
Years active | 2010 - present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 67 |
Wins | 53 |
Losses | 11 |
Draws | 3 |
Other information | |
University | Paris Dauphine University |
Website | http://www.cyrilbenzaquen.com/ |
Boxing record from BoxRec |
He is the former WMF World champion, FFSCDA Muay Thai champion and the 2013 IFMA World Championship bronze medalist.[4]
Personal life
Cyril works as a model, and has achieved a BAC + 5 at the University of Paris Dauphine.[5] He is of Morrocan origin [6] and of "traditionalist" Jewish faith[7].
After obtaining a scientific baccalauréat, he continued his studies at the IUT of Sceaux where he obtained a DUT in marketing. He then joined Paris-Dauphine University in a management license adapted to high-level athletes, then in a traditional management license, from which he graduated respectively in 2011 and 2013. He obtained a master's degree in marketing in 2014 and a master's degree in entrepreneurship in 2015. For his end-of-studies project, supported by the It Agency, he organized the Dauphine Boxing Tour.
Martial arts career
Amateur sports debut
Cyril Benzaquen started boxing at the age of 14 in the Châtillon club alongside Aurélien Duarte. He specializes in Thai boxing. Although he started boxing at 14, he will not be able to fight until he is 18, with his parents and his club opposed. Finally, at the age of 18, alongside Aurélien Duarte and Pascal Ducros, he began his career with the Junior championships which he won, thus becoming successively Regional Champion and then Junior French Champion. The same year, in 2009, he met Alexandre N'Gom Priso, who would become his trainer. After winning the French Amateur Thai Boxing Championships, Cyril participates in the WMF Amateur World Championships in Bangkok. He finished in second place in the Championship by winning the silver medal.
Professional sports career
In 2012, he made his first professional debut. He became French Champion in Kickboxing in 2012 and Thai Boxing in 2013. He participated in several international competitions and became European Champion in 2013 then WMF World Champion in Thai Boxing in 2014 in Pattaya [8]. On November 27, 2015, he became World Champion ISKA in Kickboxing (K-1).[9][10]. On March 12 he will box for the first time at the Glory World Series at the AccorHotels Arena.
On May 28, 2016, Cyril successfully defended his title of ISKA World Champion [11] He made three additional title defenses against Mbamba Cauwenbergh,[12] Daniel Frigola,[13] and Sofokleous Ioannis.[14]
Championships and accomplishments
- World Muaythai Federation
- 2014 WMF Thai Boxing World Champion
- International Sport Karate Association
- 2015 ISKA Oriental Rules World Champion (One time, current)
- Four successful title defenses
- 2015 ISKA Oriental Rules World Champion (One time, current)
- World Kickboxing Federation
- 2013: European Kickboxing Champion WKF
- Fédération Française de Kick Boxing, Muaythaï et Disciplines Associées
- 2012 French Kickboxing Champion
- 2013 French Thai Boxing Champion
- 2014 French Thai Boxing Champion
- 2014 French Kickboxing Champion
Fight record
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53 Wins, 11 Losses, 3 Draw, 0 No Contest
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
See also
References
- "Cyril Benzaquen". boxrec.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "Cyril BENZAQUEN". muaythaitv.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "Kickboxing Champions". iskaworldhq.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "Cyril Benzaquen". globalfightcenter.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "Cyril Benzaquen, boxeur bac + 5". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- https://www.ishanews.fr/interview-cyril-benzaken/
- http://www.actuj.com/ 2015-12 / sport / 2685-cyril-benzaquen-often-before-entering-the-ring-I-ask-the-almighty-to-give-me-strength
- [ http://fr.muaythaitv.com/news/cyril-benzaquen-interview-n4078.html]
- "Cyril Benzaquen, student at Dauphine, champion of world of Kick Boxing". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- "Cyril Benzaquen, world champion in K1 in an amphitheater?". L'Equipe (in French). 25 November 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- "CAVALAIRE - KICKBOXING SHOW: Cyril BENZAQUEN retains his world belt against the British Kev WARD". Press Agence Sport. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- "Kick boxing : Cyril Benzaquen conserve son titre mondial à Paris". vl-media.fr. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "Multidiplômé, mannequin, producteur… Ce champion de kick-boxing frappe les esprits". leparisien.fr. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "Défenses de titres réussies pour BENZAQUEN et GHAJJI". muaythaitv.fr. Retrieved 27 July 2020.