Jimmi Bredahl Johansen (born 26 August 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark), known professionally as Jimmi Bredahl or Jimmy Bredahl, is a former professional boxer. Bredahl is the former WBO world super featherweight champion and the older brother of fellow boxer Johnny Bredahl.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
  • 1.1 *le fights
  • 1.2 De La Hoya fight
• 2 Later career
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Professional career

In March 1989, Bredahl turned professional winning his first fight in Brædstrup, when Bredahl beat England's Des Gargano with a points decision over six rounds.

*le fights

Bredahl won his first *le belt, the vacant EBU (European) super featherweight *le, in March 1992 with an eleventh-round knockout win over France's Pierre Lorcy. The following weekend his brother Johnny won the bantamweight version of the European *le.

In his next fight, later that year Bredahl won the WBO super featherweight *le with a win over Daniel Londas. On the same bill his brother Johnny won the super flyweight version of the WBO *le.

De La Hoya fight

Bredahl's highest profile fight in March 1994 at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, in the United States when he defended his WBO Super Featherweight belt super featherweight *le. against Oscar De La Hoya. However, Bredahl suffered the first defeat of his career when De La Hoya beat Bredahl. After being on the canvas in the first and second rounds Bredahl lost by knockout in the tenth round to lose his *le.

Bredahl then lost a European super featherweight *le fight later that year to Jacobin Yoma.

Later career

After suffering these two straight defeats Bredahl then returned to the ring five months later and went on a string of ten straight victories including winning the IBO super featherweight *le in 1996.

In his last fight of his career, Bredahl faced little fancied American Troy Dorsey. Bredahl retired from the fight between the 7th and 8th rounds and would never fight again.

See also

• List of super-featherweight boxing champions

References

• Boxrec. "Jimmi Bredahl". Boxrec Fighter Page.

External links

• Boxing record for Jimmi Bredahl from BoxRec (registration required)