Jacobin Yoma
Born	(1966-10-06) 6 October 1966 Maripasoula, French Guiana
Nationality	French Guianan
Other names	l'Ouragan de Cayenne
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super-featherweight
Height	5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	54
Wins	40
Wins by KO	21
Losses	11
Draws	1

Jacobin Yoma (born 6 October 1966) is a French Guianan former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1999, and held the European super-featherweight title from 1993 to 1995.

He was nicknamed l'Ouragan de Cayenne (The Cayenne Hurricane) for the impressive speed of his hands.^[2]

Early life

Yoma was born on 6 October 1966 in Maripasoula, French Guiana, as a member of the Aluku tribe, but settled in the capital city of Cayenne at a young age.^[3] At the age of 13 he was diagnosed with a heart murmur and began boxing when he was advised to pick up a sport.^[4] He became French amateur champion in 1989 under coach Jacques Chinon and decided to go pro later that year.^[4]

Professional career

Yoma made his professional debut on 6 October 1989, defeating Brazilian opponent Geraldo Leite by points in Cayenne. In his fifth bout, he traveled to the United States and fought Regilio Tuur to a majority draw – the first blemish on his record and the first matchup in their trilogy. In the next year, he picked up both the French and WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight titles as he continued to rack up wins. On 14 June 1991 he faced a 37-year-old Daniel Londas for his European super-featherweight title in Reims, and suffered his first career defeat by decisive unanimous decision (UD).^[5] Yoma again captured the French and FECARBOX titles before he received another shot at the European crown in Rotterdam on 3 December 1992, falling to Regilio Tuur by way of points in front of a crowd of 7,000 that included John de Wolf and Jules Deelder.^[6] Four months later he lost a decision to Guyanese prospect Joseph Murray in Georgetown for the vacant FECARBOX title – his third defeat.^[7]

He finally defeated Tuur on 11 June 1993 by split decision in his hometown of Cayenne to become European super-featherweight champion.^[8] Over the next two years he successfully defended the European belt on four occasions, with the first three taking place in the hot humidity of Cayenne.^[2] His last successful defense was a UD victory over former world champion Jimmi Bredahl in Copenhagen on 7 October 1994.^[9][10] He lost the title on 4 July 1995, suffering a UD defeat in the Paris suburb of Thiais to Russian future world champion Anatoly Alexandrov.^[11] Yoma captured the French title once more the following year before retiring in 1999 with a record of 40–11–3.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
54	Loss	40–11–3	Didier Tual	PTS	8	26 Jun 1999	Reims, France
53	Win	40–10–3	Franck Requier	PTS	8	28 May 1999	Saint-Lô, France
52	Loss	39–10–3	Adrian Parlogea	PTS	8	6 Mar 1999	Saint-Quentin, France
51	Win	39–9–3	Lennox Jones	PTS	8	9 Jan 1999	Ducos, Martinique
50	Loss	38–9–3	Affif Djelti	PTS	10	28 Mar 1998	Cayenne, French Guiana	For French super-featherweight title
49	Loss	38–8–3	Affif Djelti	PTS	10	7 Jun 1997	Le Havre, France	Lost French super-featherweight title
48	Win	38–7–3	Hocine Hassani	PTS	10	1 Mar 1997	Cayenne, French Guiana
47	Loss	37–7–3	Dramane Nabaloum	PTS	8	10 Dec 1996	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
46	Win	37–6–3	Víctor Torres	RTD	6 (?)	9 Nov 1996	Cayenne, French Guiana
45	Win	36–6–3	Affif Djelti	TKO	1 (10)	29 Jun 1996	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana	Won French super-featherweight title
44	Win	35–6–3	Radames Bido	TKO	1 (?)	12 Apr 1996	Cayenne, French Guiana
43	Loss	34–6–3	Affif Djelti	TKO	6 (?)	15 Dec 1995	Rouen, France
42	Win	34–5–3	Luiz Ferreira	RTD	3 (?)	10 Nov 1995	Cayenne, French Guiana
41	Loss	33–5–3	Anatoly Alexandrov	UD	12	4 Jul 1995	Thiais, France	Lost European super-featherweight title
40	Win	33–4–3	Joey Negron	PTS	8	14 Feb 1995	Thiais, France
39	Win	32–4–3	Hocine Hassani	MD	8	4 Dec 1994	Palais Omnisports de Thiais, Thiais, France
38	Win	31–4–3	Jimmi Bredahl	UD	12	7 Oct 1994	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Retained European super-featherweight title
37	Loss	30–4–3	Alric Johnson	PTS	10	11 Jun 1994	Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
36	Draw	30–3–3	Dramane Nabaloum	PTS	8	3 Jun 1994	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
35	Win	30–3–2	Neil Haddock	RTD	6 (12)	14 May 1994	Cayenne, French Guiana	Retained European super-featherweight title
34	Win	29–3–2	Víctor Laureano	PTS	8	8 Apr 1994	Cayenne, French Guiana
33	Win	28–3–2	Rimvydas Bilius	TKO	8 (12)	28 Jan 1994	Cayenne, French Guiana	Retained European super-featherweight title
32	Win	27–3–2	Arao Macedo	PTS	10	5 Nov 1993	Cayenne, French Guiana
31	Win	26–3–2	Areski Bakir	TKO	8 (12)	2 Oct 1993	Cayenne, French Guiana	Retained European super-featherweight title
30	Win	25–3–2	Regilio Tuur	SD	12	11 Jun 1993	Cayenne, French Guiana	Won European super-featherweight title
29	Loss	24–3–2	Joseph Murray	UD	12	18 Apr 1993	National Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana	For vacant WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight title
28	Draw	24–2–2	Kamel Bou Ali	MD	8	6 Feb 1993	Cirque d'hiver, Paris, France
27	Loss	24–2–1	Regilio Tuur	PTS	12	3 Dec 1992	Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands	For vacant European super-featherweight title
26	Win	24–1–1	Danilo Cabrera	KO	6 (?)	30 Oct 1992	Cayenne, French Guiana
25	Win	23–1–1	Hector Padilla	TKO	4 (?)	4 Jul 1992	Lamentin, Guadeloupe
24	Win	22–1–1	Hocine Hassani	RTD	6 (10)	12 Jun 1992	Cayenne, French Guiana	Won vacant French super-featherweight title
23	Win	21–1–1	Jean Pierre Dibateza	PTS	10	15 May 1992	Cayenne, French Guiana
22	Win	20–1–1	Alain Pernice	PTS	8	3 Apr 1992	Clermont-Ferrand, France
21	Win	19–1–1	Bobby Brewer	PTS	8	27 Feb 1992	Paris, France
20	Win	18–1–1	Moussa Sangare	MD	8	30 Jan 1992	Paris, France
19	Win	17–1–1	Wilson Fontalvo	RTD	6 (12), 3:00	17 Jan 1992	Cayenne, French Guiana	Won vacant WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight title
18	Win	16–1–1	Ed Pollard	TKO	3 (?)	30 Nov 1991	Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
17	Win	15–1–1	Alain Simoes	PTS	8	25 Oct 1991	Cayenne, French Guiana
16	Loss	14–1–1	Daniel Londas	UD	12	14 Jun 1991	Reims, France	For European super-featherweight title
15	Win	14–0–1	Rodolfo Chirino	RTD	8 (12)	4 May 1991	Cayenne, French Guiana	Retained WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight title
14	Win	13–0–1	Junior Drakes	TKO	1 (?)	27 Mar 1991	Cayenne, French Guiana
13	Win	12–0–1	Luis Rodríguez	KO	2 (8)	23 Feb 1991	Stade du Futbol, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
12	Win	11–0–1	Christino Suero	KO	5 (12), 1:09	18 Jan 1991	National Hall of Sports, Cayenne, French Guiana	Won vacant WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight title
11	Win	10–0–1	Jesse Torres	PTS	10	7 Dec 1990	Sports Hall, Cayenne, French Guiana
10	Win	9–0–1	Curtis Strong	PTS	8	3 Nov 1990	Deauville, France
9	Win	8–0–1	Richie Foster	KO	4 (?)	12 Oct 1990	Cayenne, French Guiana
8	Win	7–0–1	Mohammed Bennama	RTD	9 (10)	18 May 1990	Cayenne, French Guiana	Won vacant French super-featherweight title
7	Win	6–0–1	Pierre Lorcy	PTS	10	6 Apr 1990	Cayenne, French Guiana
6	Win	5–0–1	Lloyd Ratalsky	KO	4 (?)	16 Mar 1990	Sports Hall, Cayenne, French Guiana
5	Draw	4–0–1	Regilio Tuur	MD	6	12 Feb 1990	Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S.
4	Win	4–0	Belaid Khaldi	TKO	1 (?)	19 Jan 1990	Cayenne, French Guiana
3	Win	3–0	Jose Gonzales	RTD	3 (?), 3:00	8 Dec 1989	Sports Hall, Cayenne, French Guiana
2	Win	2–0	Silverio Flores	PTS	6	10 Nov 1989	Cayenne, French Guiana
1	Win	1–0	Geraldo Leite	PTS	6	6 Oct 1989	Cayenne, French Guiana

Personal life

Yoma is a member of the Aluku tribe, descendants of the Maroon slaves who fled from the plantations of Dutch Guiana in the eighteenth century.^[3]

In 2009, he was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence in a Cayenne courtroom for driving under the influence and causing an accident that injured several people.^[3]

In 2015 the Salle de Boxe Jacques Chinon et Jacobin Yoma, named after Yoma and his former coach, was inaugurated in Cayenne.^[4][12]

References

External links

• Boxing record for Jacobin Yoma from BoxRec (registration required)