Hippolyte Annex Explained
Hippolyte Annex (14 February 1933 - 21 February 2021) was a French former professional boxer. He was four times French champion,[1] holding the French welterweight title from 1960 when he beat Michel Lombardet[2] to 1961 and the middleweight title from 1961 to 1963.[3] In 1962, he unsuccessfully fought Laszlo Papp for the EBU European middleweight title.[4]
Professional career
Annex's first professional fight was against Ceslaw Dudek on 12 April 1959 in Paris, winning by a knock out. In 37 professional bouts, Annex won 28 (19 by knock outs), drew 6 and lost 3 (all KOs).[3]
A proposed bout in Paris with Sugar Ray Robinson was announced in 1962 but did not happen.[5]
Annex's last fight was on 16 June 1963 at the St. Nazaire Stadium, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France, when he was knocked out by the Senegalese boxer Souleymane Diallo.[3]
In 2007, his home town of Pézenas honoured Annex by naming a street after him.[1] A gymnasium in the town's sports park has been named after him since 2016.[6]
Annex died on 21 February 2021 in Montpellier.[7]
Notes and References
- News: https://web.archive.org/web/20071015171707/http://www.ville-pezenas.fr/TELEGRAMME_09_2007.pdf . Inauguration de rues à Plaisance . Inauguration of streets in Plaisance . Télégramme . September 2007 . 6 . fr . 15 October 2007.
- News: HIPPOLYTE ANNEX CHAMPION DE FRANCE "MI-MOYEN" . Hippolyte Annex Middleweight Champion of France . Le Monde . 14 June 1960 . fr. 1 November 2019.
- Web site: Hippolyte Annex . BoxRec.
- News: J.M. . NOUVELLE ET SÉVÈRE DÉFAITE D'HIPPOLYTE ANNEX . Le Monde . 30 January 1963 . fr . NEW AND SEVERE DEFEAT OF HIPPOLYTE ANNEX . 1 November 2019.
- News: Says Sugar Ray Signs for Bout . The Pantagraph . 6 April 1962 . AP . 18 . 1 November 2019 . newspapers.com.
- Web site: Nouvelle Salle Hippolyte Annex, au cœur du Parc des Sports ! . New Hippolyte Annex hall, at the heart of the Parc des Sports! . Herault-Tribune . 20 April 2016 . fr . 1 November 2019.
- News: Pézenas : La salle des Duels réjouit les associations locales . Pézenas : The Duels room delights local associations . Michelle Rivière . Midi Libre . 20 April 2016 . fr . 1 November 2019.
- News: Hippolyte Annex a définitivement rangé les gants . Hippolyte Annex has definitely put away the gloves . Midi Libre . 23 February 2021 . 15 November 2022 . fr.
- News: Le dernier round d'Hippolyte Annex, "le bombardier gitan" . Last round of Hippolyte Annex, "the gypsy bomber" . Midi Libre . 24 February 2021 . 15 November 2022. fr.
