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Ryad Merhy, the Glossary

Ryad Merhy (born 28 November 1992) is an Ivorian-born Belgian professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) cruiserweight title from 2021 to 2022.^[1]

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Belgian people of Ivorian descent
Belgian people of Lebanese descent
Ivorian emigrants to Belgium
Ivorian male boxers
Ivorian people of Lebanese descent

Aalst, Belgium

Aalst (Alost,; Brabantian: Oilsjt) is a city and municipality on the Dender River, northwest from Brussels in the Flemish province of East Flanders.

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Andenne

Andenne (Andene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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Arsen Goulamirian (Արսեն Գուլամիրյան; born 4 October 1987) is an Armenian-born French professional boxer. Ryad Merhy and Arsen Goulamirian are world Boxing Association champions and world cruiserweight boxing champions.

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Beibut Shumenov

Beibut Amirhanovich Shumenov (Бейбіт Әмірханұлы Шүменов; born 19 August 1983) is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer. Ryad Merhy and Beibut Shumenov are cruiserweight boxers, world Boxing Association champions and world cruiserweight boxing champions.

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Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro.

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Bridgerweight

Bridgerweight also known as Super cruiserweight is a weight class in professional boxing used by the World Boxing Council (WBC) since 2020 and the World Boxing Association (WBA) since 2023.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Canal+ (French TV channel)

Canal+ (meaning "Channel Plus"), also spelt Canal Plus and sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal, is a French premium television channel owned by the Groupe Canal+.

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Charleroi

Charleroi (Tchålerwè) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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City of Brussels

The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region (from which it is separate) and Belgium.

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Country Hall Liège

Country Hall Liège (formerly Country Hall du Sart Tilman) is a multi-purpose arena in Liège, Belgium.

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Cruiserweight (boxing)

Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Ryad Merhy and Cruiserweight (boxing) are cruiserweight boxers.

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Dôme (Charleroi)

The DÔME is an indoor arena that is located in Charleroi, Belgium.

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Evgeny Tishchenko

Evgeny Andreyevich Tishchenko (Евгений Андреевич Тищенко; born 15 July 1991) is a Russian professional boxer.

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Flanders Sports Arena

The Flanders Sports Arena (Topsporthal Vlaanderen) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Ghent, Belgium.

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Ghent

Ghent (Gent; Gand; historically known as Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Ilunga Makabu

Junior Ilunga Makabu (born 8 November 1987) is a Congolese-South African professional boxer. Ryad Merhy and Ilunga Makabu are cruiserweight boxers and world cruiserweight boxing champions.

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Imre Szellő

Imre Szellő (born July 27, 1983) is a Hungarian professional boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics.

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Interim championship

An interim championship is an alternate title that is awarded by the sanctioning bodies of professional boxing, and in other combat sports such as kickboxing, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts.

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International Boxing Organization

The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a US based corporation that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and regional championships.

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Izegem

Izegem (Yzegem) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

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Jared Anderson (boxer)

Jared Dovan Anderson (born November 16, 1999) is an American professional boxer who held the NABF heavyweight title in 2021.

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Kevin Lerena

Kevin Lerena (born 5 May 1992) is a South African professional boxer. Ryad Merhy and Kevin Lerena are cruiserweight boxers.

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King Baudouin Stadium

The King Baudouin Stadium (Stade Roi Baudouin, Koning Boudewijnstadion) is a sports ground in Brussels, Belgium.

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Kinshasa

Kinshasa (Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville until June 30, 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Liège

Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is a city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.

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List of world cruiserweight boxing champions

This is a chronological list of world cruiserweight boxing champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations. Ryad Merhy and list of world cruiserweight boxing champions are world cruiserweight boxing champions.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Max Alexander (boxer)

Max Alexander (born May 11, 1981, in Camden, New Jersey) is a former American boxer.

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Nick Kisner

Nicholas Ryan Kisner (born January 17, 1991) is an American professional boxer. Ryad Merhy and Nick Kisner are cruiserweight boxers.

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Ninove

Ninove is a city and municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium.

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Orthodox stance

In combat sports such as boxing and MMA, an orthodox stance, also known as a northpaw stance, is one in which the fighter places their left foot in front, thus placing their left side closer to the opponent.

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Ostend

Ostend (Oostende,; Ostende; Ostende; Ostende, literally "East End") is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Ouragahio

Ouragahio is a town in south-central Ivory Coast.

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Palais des Sports de Marseille

Palais des Sports de Marseille is a multi-purpose sports arena, located in Marseille, France.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Professional boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing.

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Rebecq

Rebecq (Ribek) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

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Roosdaal

Roosdaal is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

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RTL (German TV channel)

RTL (from Radio Télévision Luxembourg), formerly RTL plus and RTL Television, is a German-language free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland, headquartered in Cologne.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.

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Stade des Martyrs

The Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte (formerly known as Stade Kamanyola), or commonly referred to as the Stade des Martyrs, is the national stadium of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the Kinshasa commune of the capital Kinshasa.

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Tony Yoka

Anthony Victor James Yoka (born 28 April 1992) is a French professional boxer.

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World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).

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World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization.

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Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration.

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Yuniel Dorticos

Yuniel Dorticós Pao (born 11 March 1986) is a Cuban professional boxer. Ryad Merhy and Yuniel Dorticos are cruiserweight boxers, world Boxing Association champions and world cruiserweight boxing champions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryad_Merhy

Ryad Merhy, the Glossary

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See also

Belgian people of Ivorian descent

Belgian people of Lebanese descent

Ivorian emigrants to Belgium

Ivorian male boxers

Ivorian people of Lebanese descent

References