Hacine Cherifi

Hacine "Billy" Cherifi is the kind of fighter I keep coming back to. Out of Lyon, he boxed from 1985 to 2005 and seized the WBC middleweight crown in 1998, with further world-title tilts that he lost as bravely as the ones he won. Twenty years in the ring is a brutal apprenticeship in resilience. What elevates him for me is that France made him a Knight of both the National Order of Merit and the Legion of Honour, a recognition that reaches beyond sport. That tells me his impact was civic as well as athletic, and I respect a champion who became a symbol.

Name (English)

Hacine Cherifi

Name (Japanese)

アッシン・シェリフィー

Reading

あっしん・しぇりふぃー

Born

December 12, 1967 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

Origin

2nd arrondissement of Lyon, Rhône, France

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• Knight of the National Order of Merit
• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• WBC World Middleweight Champion

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Rhône
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.