Eugène Criqui | |
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Born | Eugène Criqui 15 August 1893 Paris, France |
Died | 7 July 1977(1977-07-07) (aged 83) Noisy-le-Grand, France |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Featherweight |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 135 |
Wins | 104 |
Wins by, KO | 58 |
Losses | 16 |
Draws | 15 |
EugΓ¨ne Criqui (15 August 1893 – 7 July 1977) was a French boxer who held the: World Featherweight title in 1923. After his death, he was addedββto theββInternational Boxing Hall of Fame.
Eugène was the 2015 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame International category.
Boxing careerβ»
Early career and military serviceβ»
Criqui was born in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris. He was a professional pipe-fitter before he turned professional in 1910. He won the French flyweight title in 1912. His boxing career was interrupted when he served in the French military in World War I. While doing guard duty at Verdun, his jaw was shattered by a sniper's bullet. A surgeon reconstructed the "jaw using wire," silver, "and a goat leg."
World featherweight championβ»
After the war he resumed boxing. He won the French featherweight title in 1921. And the next year won the European Boxing Union featherweight championship. On 2 June 1923 he beat Johnny Kilbane by a sixth-round knockout in New York Cityββto win the world featherweight title. Part of the contract for this fight required that he give Johnny Dundee a shot at the title within sixty days. When he fought Dundee fifty-four days later (on 26 July 1923) Dundee knocked him down four times and "beat him by a fifteen-round decision." In his next fight, "Criqui injured his hand and did not fight many more fights before he retired in 1928."
Deathβ»
He died blind in a nursing home in 1977. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005, making him the second inductee from France after Marcel Cerdan.
Professional boxing recordβ»
135 fights | 104 wins | 16 losses |
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By knockout | 58 | 5 |
By decision | 44 | 10 |
By disqualification | 2 | 1 |
Draws | 15 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
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135 | Win | 104β16β15 | Benny Carter | PTS | 10 | Mar 19, 1928 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | |
134 | Loss | 103β16β15 | Gustave Humery | TKO | 6 (12) | Dec 20, 1927 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | For France featherweight title |
133 | Loss | 103β15β15 | Panama Al Brown | UD | 10 | Apr 2, 1927 | Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France | |
132 | Loss | 103β14β15 | Carlos Uzabeaga | PTS | 10 | Oct 6, 1926 | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina | |
131 | Loss | 103β13β15 | Danny Frush | KO | 8 (15) | Jun 1, 1924 | Stade Buffalo, Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France | |
130 | Win | 103β12β15 | Henri HΓ©brant | PTS | 15 | Oct 6, 1923 | Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France | |
129 | Loss | 102β12β15 | Johnny Dundee | PTS | 15 | Jul 26, 1923 | Polo Grounds, New York City, New York, U.S. | Lost NYSAC featherweight title |
128 | Win | 102β11β15 | Johnny Kilbane | TKO | 6 (15) | Jun 2, 1923 | Polo Grounds, New York City, New York, U.S. | Won NYSAC featherweight title |
127 | Win | 101β11β15 | Billy Matthews | RTD | 17 (20) | Dec 2, 1922 | Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France | |
126 | Win | 100β11β15 | Ben Callicott | KO | 2 (15) | Nov 18, 1922 | Liege, Belgium | |
125 | Win | 99β11β15 | Walter Rossi | KO | 1 (20) | Nov 4, 1922 | Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France | Retained IBU featherweight title |
124 | Win | 98β11β15 | Arthur Wyns | RTD | 6 (20) | Sep 9, 1922 | Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France | Retained IBU featherweight title |
123 | Win | 97β11β15 | Arthur Wyns | KO | 12 (20) | Jul 7, 1922 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | Won IBU featherweight title |
122 | Win | 96β11β15 | Tom Anderson | KO | 1 (?) | Jun 25, 1922 | Casino de la Plage, Marseille, Bouches-du-RhΓ΄ne, France | |
121 | Win | 95β11β15 | Joseph Youyou | KO | 3 (10) | Jun 16, 1922 | FrontΓ³n Condal, Barcelona, CataluΓ±a, Spain | |
120 | Win | 94β11β15 | Joe Fox | TKO | 12 (20) | May 29, 1922 | Holland Park Rink, Kensington, London, England | |
119 | Win | 93β11β15 | Ben Callicott | KO | 3 (15) | Apr 11, 1922 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | |
118 | Win | 92β11β15 | Charles Ledoux | KO | 1 (15) | Feb 5, 1922 | Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France | |
117 | Win | 91β11β15 | Georges Gaillard | TKO | 5 (20) | Dec 6, 1921 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | Retained France featherweight title |
116 | Win | 90β11β15 | Alfons Spaniers | KO | 2 (15) | Oct 25, 1921 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | |
115 | Win | 89β11β15 | Auguste Grassi | KO | 1 (15) | Sep 27, 1921 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | Won vacant France featherweight title |
114 | Win | 88β11β15 | Dencio Cabanela | KO | 14 (20) | Mar 19, 1921 | Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
113 | Win | 87β11β15 | Silvino Jamito | PTS | 20 | Feb 19, 1921 | Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
112 | Win | 86β11β15 | Sid Godfrey | KO | 10 (20) | Feb 5, 1921 | Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
111 | Win | 85β11β15 | Jerry Sullivan | RTD | 13 (20) | Jan 8, 1921 | Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
110 | Win | 84β11β15 | Bert Spargo | KO | 16 (20) | Dec 18, 1920 | Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
109 | Win | 83β11β15 | Jackie Green | KO | 4 (20) | Nov 20, 1920 | Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
108 | Win | 82β11β15 | Vince Blackburn | RTD | 10 (20) | Oct 23, 1920 | Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
107 | Win | 81β11β15 | Young Baker | KO | 1 (15) | Jun 26, 1920 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | |
106 | Win | 80β11β15 | Joe Mendell | KO | 12 (12) | Apr 17, 1920 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | |
105 | Loss | 79β11β15 | Memphis Pal Moore | TKO | 14 (20) | Dec 26, 1919 | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England | |
104 | Win | 79β10β15 | Sam Kellar | TKO | 5 (20) | Oct 29, 1919 | Salle Wagram, Paris, France | |
103 | Win | 78β10β15 | Walter Young Ross | KO | 15 (20) | Sep 18, 1919 | Holborn Stadium, Holborn, London, England | |
102 | Win | 77β10β15 | Digger Evans | KO | 7 (20) | Jul 18, 1919 | Nouveau Cirque, Paris, France | |
101 | Draw | 76β10β15 | Tommy Noble | PTS | 20 | Jun 27, 1919 | Nouveau Cirque, Paris, France | |
100 | Win | 76β10β14 | Auguste Grassi | TKO | 8 (?) | Jun 3, 1919 | Casablanca, Morocco | |
99 | Win | 75β10β14 | Leon Poutet | TKO | 6 (?) | May 25, 1919 | Casino de la Plage, Marseille, Bouches-du-RhΓ΄ne, France | |
98 | Loss | 74β10β14 | Tommy Noble | KO | 19 (20) | Apr 10, 1919 | Holborn Stadium, Holborn, London, England | For IBU bantamweight title |
97 | Win | 74β9β14 | Steve Sullivan | KO | 1 (10) | Feb 6, 1919 | Salle Wagram, Paris, France | |
96 | Win | 73β9β14 | Jimmy Doyle | KO | 6 (?) | Jan 3, 1919 | Trompeloup, Gironde, France | |
95 | Win | 72β9β14 | Osmin Lurie | TKO | 4 (?) | Jan 1, 1919 | Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
94 | Win | 71β9β14 | Marcel Lepreux | PTS | 6 | Nov 7, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
93 | Win | 70β9β14 | Auguste Grassi | KO | 2 (6) | Sep 26, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
92 | Win | 69β9β14 | Paul Bertal | PTS | 10 | Aug 4, 1918 | Marseille, Bouches-du-RhΓ΄ne, France | |
91 | Win | 68β9β14 | Jimmy O'Day | KO | 2 (10) | Jul 28, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
90 | Win | 67β9β14 | Arthur Wyns | PTS | 10 | Jul 12, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
89 | Win | 66β9β14 | Eugene Clifford | KO | 2 (?) | Jul 10, 1918 | Paris, France | |
88 | Win | 65β9β14 | Andre Maestrini | PTS | 12 | Jul 4, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
87 | Win | 64β9β14 | Joseph Marty | TKO | 9 (10) | May 30, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
86 | Win | 63β9β14 | Arthur Pain | KO | 3 (6) | May 23, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | Date approximated |
85 | Win | 62β9β14 | Cherubin Durocher | TKO | 6 (?) | Apr 29, 1918 | Perpignan, PyrΓ©nΓ©es-Orientales, France | |
84 | Win | 61β9β14 | Auguste Grassi | TKO | 8 (12) | Apr 21, 1918 | ArΓ¨nes des Amidonniers, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France | |
83 | Win | 60β9β14 | Cherubin Durocher | KO | 3 (?) | Apr 18, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
82 | Win | 59β9β14 | Auguste Grassi | KO | 3 (?) | Mar 28, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
81 | Win | 58β9β14 | Bombardier Rousseau | KO | 7 (15) | Mar 11, 1918 | ThéÒtre des NouveautΓ©s, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France | |
80 | Win | 57β9β14 | Max Henry | PTS | ? | Mar 1, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
79 | Win | 56β9β14 | Jules Husson | TKO | ? (?) | Feb 9, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
78 | Win | 55β9β14 | Marcel Lepreux | PTS | 6 | Jan 25, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
77 | Win | 54β9β14 | Bombardier Rousseau | PTS | 12 | Jan 18, 1918 | Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
76 | Win | 53β9β14 | Messens | KO | 2 (?) | Jan 13, 1918 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
75 | Win | 52β9β14 | Edouard Prie | PTS | 6 | Dec 20, 1917 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
74 | Win | 51β9β14 | Alfred Francis | PTS | 6 | Dec 6, 1917 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
73 | Win | 50β9β14 | Marcel Lepreux | PTS | 12 | Nov 4, 1917 | France | Unknown location, at a Military Camp in France |
72 | Win | 49β9β14 | Mareix | KO | 9 (?) | Oct 20, 1917 | Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
71 | Win | 48β9β14 | Edouard Prie | PTS | 6 | Oct 11, 1917 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
70 | Win | 47β9β14 | Cherubin Durocher | PTS | 6 | Oct 3, 1917 | Paris, France | |
69 | Win | 46β9β14 | Georges Dravin | TKO | 5 (?) | Sep 26, 1917 | Paris, France | |
68 | Win | 45β9β14 | Georges Gravat | PTS | 4 | Feb 26, 1917 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
67 | Loss | 44β9β14 | Charles Ledoux | TKO | 12 (20) | Jul 10, 1914 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
66 | Win | 44β8β14 | Jack Bertin | PTS | 10 | Jun 28, 1914 | Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
65 | Win | 43β8β14 | Cherubin Durocher | PTS | 15 | Jun 19, 1914 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
64 | Win | 42β8β14 | Georges Lefebvre | TKO | 7 (?) | Jun 4, 1914 | Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France | |
63 | Win | 41β8β14 | Abe Mantell | PTS | 20 | May 16, 1914 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
62 | Win | 40β8β14 | Jim Harry | KO | 6 (?) | May 10, 1914 | ArΓ¨nes de la Benatte, Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
61 | Win | 39β8β14 | Marcel Lepreux | PTS | 20 | May 1, 1914 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
60 | Win | 38β8β14 | Jack Bertin | PTS | 10 | Apr 10, 1914 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
59 | Loss | 37β8β14 | Percy Jones | PTS | 20 | Mar 26, 1914 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, France | For IBU flyweight title |
58 | Win | 37β7β14 | Pat McAllister | KO | 10 (15) | Mar 13, 1914 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
57 | Win | 36β7β14 | Jack Bertin | PTS | 10 | Mar 7, 1914 | Boxing-Buttes, Paris, France | |
56 | Win | 35β7β14 | Cherubin Durocher | TKO | 7 (10) | Mar 1, 1914 | Troyes, Aube, France | |
55 | Win | 34β7β14 | Gaston Simon | KO | 5 (10) | Feb 16, 1914 | Salle de l'Alhambra, OrlΓ©ans, Loiret, France | |
54 | Win | 33β7β14 | Percy Jones | PTS | 15 | Feb 12, 1914 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, France | |
53 | Draw | 32β7β14 | Robert Dastillon | PTS | 12 | Dec 31, 1914 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
52 | Loss | 32β7β13 | Marcel Lepreux | PTS | 10 | Nov 29, 1913 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
51 | Draw | 32β6β13 | Robert Dastillon | PTS | 20 | Oct 31, 1913 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
50 | Win | 32β6β12 | Johnny Daly | PTS | 10 | Oct 4, 1913 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
49 | Win | 31β6β12 | Edouard Prie | DQ | 5 (?) | Aug 24, 1913 | Enghien, Val-d'Oise, France | |
48 | Win | 30β6β12 | Fred Anderson | PTS | 10 | Aug 1, 1913 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
47 | Win | 29β6β12 | Paul Manceau | PTS | 10 | Jun 12, 1913 | Chantilly, Oise, France | |
46 | Draw | 28β6β12 | Auguste Grassi | PTS | 12 | Jun 6, 1913 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
45 | Win | 28β6β11 | Sebastien Demey | KO | 6 (10) | May 23, 1913 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
44 | Loss | 27β6β11 | Sid Smith | UD | 20 | Apr 11, 1913 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | For IBU flyweight title |
43 | Win | 27β5β11 | Edouard Prie | PTS | 10 | Mar 17, 1913 | Paris, France | |
42 | Win | 26β5β11 | Albert Bouzonnie | PTS | 10 | Feb 21, 1913 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
41 | Win | 25β5β11 | Bombardier Rousseau | PTS | 10 | Feb 15, 1913 | Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
40 | Draw | 24β5β11 | Alf Mansfield | PTS | 10 | Jan 10, 1913 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
39 | Draw | 24β5β10 | Marcel Lepreux | PTS | 10 | Dec 10, 1912 | Palais de la Boxe, Paris, France | |
38 | Draw | 24β5β9 | Alf Mansfield | PTS | 10 | Nov 15, 1912 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
37 | Win | 24β5β8 | Cherubin Durocher | KO | 5 (?) | Nov 9, 1912 | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France | |
36 | Win | 23β5β8 | Francis Charles | TKO | 17 (20) | Oct 30, 1912 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | Retained France flyweight title |
35 | Win | 22β5β8 | Tom Smith | PTS | 15 | Oct 10, 1912 | Birmingham, West Midlands, England | |
34 | Loss | 21β5β8 | Pierre Gambetta | DQ | 9 (10) | Oct 8, 1912 | Alcazar d'ΓtΓ©, Avignon, Vaucluse, France | |
33 | Win | 21β4β8 | Sebastien Demey | PTS | 10 | Sep 27, 1912 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
32 | Win | 20β4β8 | Jack Gatehouse | PTS | 10 | Aug 11, 1912 | Sporting-Palace, Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine, France | |
31 | Win | 19β4β8 | Marcel Lepreux | TKO | 13 (15) | Aug 2, 1912 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | Retained France flyweight title |
30 | Win | 18β4β8 | Jack Gatehouse | PTS | 12 | Jun 28, 1912 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
29 | Win | 17β4β8 | Kid Chicken | KO | 9 (10) | Jun 11, 1912 | Boxing Hall, Chantilly, Oise, France | |
28 | Loss | 16β4β8 | Robert Dastillon | PTS | 15 | May 11, 1912 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
27 | Draw | 16β3β8 | Jack Gatehouse | PTS | 10 | Apr 16, 1912 | Maisons-Lafitte, Val-de-Marne, France | |
26 | Win | 16β3β7 | Edouard Prie | PTS | 10 | Apr 12, 1912 | ΓlysΓ©e Montmartre, Paris, France | |
25 | Draw | 15β3β7 | Jack Gatehouse | PTS | 10 | Mar 29, 1912 | Premierland Francaise, Paris, France | |
24 | Win | 15β3β6 | Jack Gatehouse | PTS | 8 | Feb 24, 1912 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
23 | Win | 14β3β6 | Rene Voirin | KO | 10 (?) | Feb 14, 1912 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | Won vacant France flyweight title |
22 | Win | 13β3β6 | Buster Brown | RTD | 1 (8) | Dec 30, 1911 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
21 | Win | 12β3β6 | Cherubin Durocher | PTS | 4 | Dec 30, 1911 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
20 | Win | 11β3β6 | Rene Voirin | PTS | 8 | Dec 16, 1911 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
19 | Win | 10β3β6 | Rene Voirin | PTS | 4 | Nov 22, 1911 | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | |
18 | Win | 9β3β6 | Cherubin Durocher | PTS | 6 | Nov 16, 1911 | National Sporting Club, Paris, France | |
17 | Win | 8β3β6 | Jim Barrey | KO | 2 (6) | Oct 28, 1911 | Boxing Hall, Paris, France | |
16 | Win | 7β3β6 | Auguste Relinger | TKO | 2 (?) | Oct 21, 1911 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
15 | Win | 6β3β6 | Robert Dastillon | DQ | 4 (?) | Jul 30, 1911 | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France | |
14 | Win | 5β3β6 | Andre Teyssedre | PTS | 6 | Jul 29, 1911 | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France | |
13 | Draw | 4β3β6 | Alfred Francis | PTS | 8 | May 6, 1911 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
12 | Draw | 4β3β5 | Montors | PTS | 4 | May 2, 1911 | Paris, France | |
11 | Loss | 4β3β4 | Lucien Vinez | PTS | 8 | Apr 22, 1911 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
10 | Loss | 4β2β4 | Marcel Mouginot | PTS | 4 | Apr 4, 1911 | Arenes de boxe, Paris, France | |
9 | Win | 4β1β4 | Andre Teyssedre | PTS | 4 | Mar 21, 1911 | Arenes de boxe, Paris, France | |
8 | Loss | 3β1β4 | Paul Manceau | PTS | 6 | Mar 6, 1911 | Paris, France | |
7 | Draw | 3β0β4 | Edouard Prie | PTS | 8 | Feb 16, 1911 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
6 | Draw | 3β0β3 | Alfred Francis | PTS | 8 | Jan 19, 1911 | Paris, France | |
5 | Win | 3β0β2 | L Gouzenne | PTS | 4 | Dec 15, 1910 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
4 | Win | 2β0β2 | Boyo Lambert | PTS | 4 | Nov 26, 1910 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
3 | Win | 1β0β2 | Gouguillon | PTS | 4 | Oct 15, 1910 | Wonderland, Paris, France | |
2 | Draw | 0β0β2 | Francisque | PTS | 8 | Aug 8, 1910 | Paris, France | Date unknown |
1 | Draw | 0β0β1 | Edouard Prie | PTS | 8 | Jul 7, 1910 | Paris, France | Date unknown |
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- Boxing record for Eugène Criqui from BoxRec (registration required)
- International Boxing Hall of Fame Biography
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by | World Featherweight Champion 2 June 1923 – 26 July 1923 |
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