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Mustapha Moussa

1962 - 2024

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Mustapha Moussa (Arabic: مصطفى موسى; 2 February 1962 – 3 August 2024) was an Algerian boxer who fought in the light heavyweight division. He won the first-ever Olympic medal for Algeria, winning a bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He shared the podium with American boxer Evander Holyfield. On 3 August 2024, Moussa died in Oran from injuries sustained in a traffic collision. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Mustapha Moussa is the 177th most popular boxer (up from 239th in 2024), the 150th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 174th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Mustapha Moussa ranks 177 out of 496. Before him are Stanislav Stepashkin, Pernell Whitaker, Juan Manuel Márquez, Ray Mercer, Slobodan Kačar, and James Smith. After him are Bob Foster, Franco De Piccoli, Anton Josipović, José Gómez Mustelier, Ted Morgan, and Deontay Wilder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Mustapha Moussa ranks 413. Before him are Rakhat Aliyev, Jeff Stryker, Naomi Wolf, Nasko Sirakov, Julie Strain, and Marc Minkowski. After him are Kevin J. Anderson, Colton Ford, Mike Judge, Marcelo Álvarez, The Proclaimers, and Ana Wagener. Among people deceased in 2024, Mustapha Moussa ranks 442. Before him are Chad McQueen, David Seidler, Robert Dill-Bundi, Richard M. Sherman, Phil Donahue, and Janusz Majewski. After him are David Bordwell, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Achim Müller, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Yamini Krishnamurthy, and José Carlos de Almeida.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Mustapha Moussa ranks 150 out of 213. Before him are Jean Fernandez (1954), Christian Lopez (1953), Mehdi Cerbah (1953), Islam Slimani (1988), Jules Roy (1907), and Catherine Destivelle (1960). After him are Souad Massi (1972), Catherine Malabou (1959), Anne Alvaro (1951), Joseph Gonzales (1907), Sabri Boukadoum (1958), and Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970).

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Among BOXERS In Algeria

Among boxers born in Algeria, Mustapha Moussa ranks 1. After him are Imane Khelif (1999), Hocine Soltani (1972), Mohamed Zaoui (1960), Mohamed Bahari (1975), Mohamed Allalou (1973), Mohamed Flissi (1990), and Ichrak Chaib (2001).

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