Ahmad Kaddour has moved back and forth between Europe and the United States since 2003.
13 Facts About Ahmad Kaddour
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Ahmad Kaddour started his career in Europe, fighting in Denmark, Wales, Hungary, Finland, Italy and Germany including a fight against Alessio Furlan at Braunschweig, Germany.
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Ahmad Kaddour gunned for an early KO but Smith weathered the storm and won by unanimous decision, calling it a "tough fight" afterwards.
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The week after Smith lost a split decision to eventual Contender and WBC champion Sergio Mora, Ahmad was matched with Alfonso Gomez by the same boxers who brought Kaddour back, with the hope that the two tough fighters would battle hard and the winner would be less ready for the semi-finals.
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Ahmad Kaddour lost by 1 round on 1 card and 3 rounds on the other 2 cards.
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The first of the Contender contestants to fight again after the show's finale, Ahmad Kaddour dominated through an 8-round unanimous decision against Maxell Taylor on July 22,2005, on Showtime's Shobox.
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Two of the judges scored the fight even and the third had Ahmad Kaddour winning by two rounds.
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Two months after this, in November 2006, Ahmad Kaddour had a rematch against Valverde, which he won by split decision on Versus.
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Valverde, who had gone the distance with future world titlists Carlos Quintana, Kermit Cintron, and Yuri Foreman, as well as other top competition, was the busier fighter, but Ahmad Kaddour was the more effective puncher.
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Ahmad Kaddour pleaded guilty to Class A Misdemeanor trespassing and was sentenced to 180 days in Harris County Jail in downtown Houston and Brandy withdrew her sponsorship of him with the INS, causing Kaddour to be transferred to immigration agents and deported to Denmark upon his release from federal custody in December 2007, and Collins obtained a divorce.
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Ahmad Kaddour reportedly had problems breathing through his nose and had surgery.
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Ahmad Kaddour returned to the United States and beat Jerome Ellis by unanimous decision on March 26,2010, then back to Denmark, where on February 11,2011, he beat Lee Noble on Denmark's TV2 "Fight Night".
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February 2013, Ahmad Kaddour stated he holds no ill will toward Smith from their Contender days despite the taunting that led to their old rivalry, but he still very much wants a rematch with Smith.