Hippolyte Annex
Born(1933-02-14)14 February 1933
Pézenas, France
Died21 February 2021(2021-02-21) (aged 88)
Montpellier
NationalityFrench
Statistics
Weight(s)Welterweight
Middleweight
Boxing record
Total fights37
Wins28
Wins by KO19
Losses3
Draws6

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Inauguration de rues à Plaisance" [Inauguration of streets in Plaisance] (PDF). Télégramme (in French). September 2007. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "HIPPOLYTE ANNEX CHAMPION DE FRANCE "MI-MOYEN"" [Hippolyte Annex Middleweight Champion of France]. Le Monde' (in French). 14 June 1960. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Hippolyte Annex at BoxRec
  4. ↑ J.M., "NOUVELLE ET SÉVÈRE DÉFAITE D'HIPPOLYTE ANNEX", Le Monde, 30 January 1963 (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Says Sugar Ray Signs for Bout", The Pantagraph, 6 April 1962, page 18. Retrieved 1 November 2019 via newspapers.com
  6. ↑ "Nouvelle Salle Hippolyte Annex, au cœur du Parc des Sports !" [New Hippolyte Annex hall, at the heart of the Parc des Sports!]. Herault-Tribune (in French). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
    - Michelle Rivière (20 April 2016). "Pézenas : La salle des Duels réjouit les associations locales" [Pézenas : The Duels room delights local associations]. Midi Libre (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Hippolyte Annex a définitivement rangé les gants" [Hippolyte Annex has definitely put away the gloves]. Midi Libre (in French). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
    - "Le dernier round d'Hippolyte Annex, "le bombardier gitan"" [Last round of Hippolyte Annex, "the gypsy bomber"]. Midi Libre (in French). 24 February 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.


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