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Christophe Dettinger
French boxer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christophe Dettinger, known as the "Gypsy of Massy" (born 3 May 1981), is a French professional boxer. He was the French Cruiserweight champion in 2007 and 2008. His career ended in 2013.[1] In 2019, he was convicted of punching back two mobile gendarmes after clashes in Paris as part of the Yellow Vest Movement.[1]
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Boxing career
October 30, 2007, he became the French champion in the Cruiserweight weight class, by beating Kamel Amrane.
Professional boxing record
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Yellow vests movement
Several videos taken during the demonstration of the Yellow vests movement of January 5, 2019 in Paris were showing him punching policemen on the Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor.[2] Three days after punching police at Yellow vests protest, Christophe Dettinger surrendered himself.[3] A website set up to raise funds for the boxer showed that it had received pledges of more than €114,000 [4] The fundraiser was closed after less than 20 hours after officials expressed outrage. Anti-corruption campaigner Christophe Grébert defended the fund, saying it was legal to ask for funds to pay court costs. Shutting the fundraiser, he said, was a "bad signal for democracy".[5]
On 13 February 2019, Dettinger was sentenced to 1 year of prison and 18 months' probation for assaulting two police officers during the protest on 5 January.[6]
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