Bernard Inom: World Silver Medalist and European Champion
Bernard Inom is a French boxer from Réunion who competed as an amateur at light-flyweight and later became a professional European flyweight champion. Born on August 25, 1973, he represented France in the 1990s and built a notable record in both amateur and professional boxing.
Boxing career and major results
Inom won the French amateur light-flyweight championship three years in a row, from 1992 through 1994, then added national flyweight titles in 1997, 1998 and 1999. His best-known amateur result came at the 1995 World Championships in Berlin, where he won silver in the light-flyweight division. Bulgaria’s Daniel Petrov defeated him in the final. The result put Inom among the leading French amateurs of his weight class during that period.
Inom turned professional in 2001, six years after the Berlin tournament. BoxRec lists his professional record as 22 wins, four losses and one draw, with 10 knockouts. One recorded victory came on July 12, 2005, when he stopped Bulgaria’s Dimitar Alipiev in the second round. Later that year, Inom challenged WBO flyweight champion Omar Narváez in Paris and was stopped in the eleventh round.
In June 2007, Inom fought Andrea Sarritzu for the European flyweight title. Their 12-round contest ended in a draw, allowing Sarritzu to retain the belt. The two met again in Sassari, Italy, on May 3, 2008. Inom won by an eighth-round technical knockout and took the European title. That victory gave his professional career a major championship achievement beyond his world amateur silver.
Sources
Sources: BoxRec amateur record; BoxRec professional record; French Boxing Federation national championship history; 1995 World Championships results; BoxingScene report on the 2007 Sarritzu draw; European flyweight title chronology.
Career records and reporting: boxerlist.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
