Experienced journeyman Ismail Abdoul retires next Saturday

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  1. _Scott_

    _Scott_ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    One of the better Belgian boxers in the last decade, Ismail Abdoul, will retire after his 99th bout this Saturday vs Janne Forsman.

    Abdoul, who holds a record of 58 wins (20 KO's), 37 (1 KO), 3 draws has shared the ring with multiple (former) light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight champions and has only been stopped once by Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in 2002 (think the referee stepped in but no knockdowns).

    I wish him all the best after having a good career :good
     
  2. Boxing Prospect

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    ...surely he wanted to go for 100?...
     
  3. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    His resume is pretty insane and the fact he has only been stopped once in 98 fights when you factor in the amount of good fighters and bangers he's been in there against is extremely impressive.

    Marco Huck
    David Haye
    Yoan Pablo Hernandez
    Krzysztof Glowacki x2
    Mike Perez
    Tomasz Adamek
    Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
    Enzo Maccarinelli
    Murat Gassiev
    Iago Kiladze
    Mateusz Masternak
    Giacobbe Fragomeni
    Mairis Briedis
    Dmytro Kucher
    Michal Cieslak
    Micki Nielsen
    Vincenzo Cantatore
    Ruediger May
    Don Diego Poeder x2
    Enad Licina
    Goran Delic
    Alexey Trofimov
    Tomasz Hutkowski
    Rudolf Kraj
    Lukasz Janik
    Dawid Kostecki
    Richard Towers
    Rob Norton

    Lots of those guys can either punch or are legit bangers. And he's fought numerous other up and coming prospects too.

    I heard he was down in the 12th prior to the ref waving it off against Wlodarczyk, but maybe I'm remembering that wrong. The guy obviously has an iron chin and is as tough as old boots though.
     
  4. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Great service to the sport. What a chin and always seemed to come in decent shape.
     
  5. _Scott_

    _Scott_ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Apparently 99 is a symbolic number of the Islam or something, that's why he wanted to retire after 99 bouts.
     
  6. Boxing Prospect

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    :good makes sense