Affif Djelti: IBO and European Super-Featherweight Titles
Affif Djelti is an Algerian-born boxer whose professional career was based in France. Born on August 27, 1959, he became an IBO super-featherweight champion and a European champion after competing on the French domestic circuit. His recorded professional career began in 1990 and continued into 2004, with title opportunities in France, Britain and Spain during that period.
Career and championship record
BoxRec identifies Djelti’s birthplace as Oran and his boxing hometown as Rouen. His career developed in Normandy, with appearances in Rouen and nearby towns as well as international assignments. His title opportunities came after several years of professional competition, including French super-featherweight championship contests against Jean-Michel Moulun, Hocine Hassani and Jacobin Yoma.
On February 26, 2000, Djelti defeated Charles Shepherd by a sixth-round technical knockout in Carlisle, England, to win the IBO super-featherweight title. The championship chronology records subsequent successful defenses against Ian McLeod, Dean Pithie and Alex Moon. He beat McLeod by unanimous decision in Manchester in July 2000, knocked out Pithie in Coventry that October, and stopped Moon in Manchester in October 2001.
Djelti later competed for European honors. He defeated Pedro Miranda by split decision in Telde on July 6, 2002, and beat Bouziane Oudji by unanimous decision in Elbeuf that November. His later record includes a stoppage loss to Boris Sinitsin in Rouen in October 2003 and a stoppage victory over Ivo Golakov in the same city in April 2004.
His broader international schedule also included unsuccessful challenges against Colin Dunne and Jorge Rodrigo Barrios for World Boxing Union championships. Those appearances, his IBO reign and his European contests describe distinct parts of his professional title history.
After his competitive career, Djelti worked as a trainer at the Ring stéphanais club. A municipal profile from Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray described his work with young boxers and his emphasis on discipline during training. That later coaching role continued his connection with the Normandy boxing community where much of his professional development had taken place.
Sources
Additional sources: https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Affif_Djelti; https://boxerlist.com/boxer/affif-djelti/5275; https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/IBO_Super_Featherweight_Title_Fights; https://www.saintetiennedurouvray.fr/actualite/revenir-a-langlaise/
