Benoit Gaudet | |
Realname: | Benoit Gaudet |
Nickname: | Quebec Punch |
Weight: | Lightweight Super Featherweight Featherweight |
Reach: | 71 in (182 cm) |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1979 |
Birth Place: | Drummondville, Quebec, Canada |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 25 |
Wins: | 23 |
Ko: | 10 |
Losses: | 2 |
Draws: | 0 |
No Contests: | 0 |
Benoit Gaudet (born December 18, 1979, in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada) is a professional Canadian boxer in the Lightweight division. He's the former Canadian National Lightweight and North American Boxing Association Super Featherweight champion.[1]
Gaudet won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas. He also won a bronze medal in the featherweight category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. In the featherweight category at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he defeated Somluck Kamsing of Thailand before being eliminated by Jo Seok-hwan of South Korea.
In November 2007, Gaudet beat the veteran Alberto Garza to win the North American Boxing Association Super Featherweight championship.[2]
On May 2, 2009, Gaudet was knocked out by WBC Super Featherweight champion Humberto Soto in the ninth rounds.[3]