Nordine Oubaali was born on 4 August 1986 and is a Moroccan-French former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2021.
17 Facts About Nordine Oubaali
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Nordine Oubaali held the WBC bantamweight title from 2019 to 2021.
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Nordine Oubaali beat Ajmal Faisal in the first round, Rau'Shee Warren in the second but then lost to Ireland's Michael Conlan in the quarterfinal.
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Nordine Oubaali faced Alejandro Hernandez on June 2,2017, for the vacant WBC Silver bantamweight title.
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Nordine Oubaali won the fight by a tenth-round technical knockout.
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Nordine Oubaali made his first and only title defense against Mark Anthony Geraldo on December 16,2017, whom he beat by a seventh-round knockout.
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Nordine Oubaali was a -379 betting favorite, while Warren entered the fight as a +319 underdog.
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Nordine Oubaali spent the majority of the fight pressuring and controlling the pace, while Warren found most success in the fifth, seventh and eleventh rounds.
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Nordine Oubaali was scheduled to make the first defense of his WBC bantamweight title against the one-time IBF and WBO title challenger Arthur Villanueva.
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Nordine Oubaali was a significant -3500 favorite heading into the bout, while Villanueva came in as a +1200 underdog.
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Nordine Oubaali dominated from the start, causing a swelling to appear above Villanueva's left eye and knocking the Philippine fighter with an uppercut-right hook combination in the sixth round.
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Nordine Oubaali was scheduled to make his second WBC bantamweight title defense against the interim bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue.
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Nordine Oubaali scored the sole knockdown of the fight in the third round, when he dropped Inoue with a left hook.
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Nordine Oubaali was scheduled to make his third WBC title defense against the former four-weight world champion Nonito Donaire.
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Nordine Oubaali withdrew from the fight on November 13,2020, following a positive COVID-19 test.
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Nordine Oubaali was replaced by Emmanuel Rodriguez, who was to face Donaire on December 19,2020.
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Nordine Oubaali was knocked down twice in the third round, before getting finished with a hook-straight-uppercut combination in the fourth round.