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MONTPELLIER, France – Former world kickboxing champion Mohamed Dridi, who once described how the sport had saved him from a life of crime, has been shot dead, prosecutors in Montpellier said on Monday, December 5 (Tuesday in Manila).
The 48-year-old, nicknamed ‘Momo the turbulent’ during his career which ended in 2011, was discovered by his son in an apartment in Palavas-les-Flots, 6 km south of Montpellier, the Midi Libre newspaper reported.
Prosecutors in the southern French city confirmed that a murder inquiry had been opened into the death of former Franco-Tunisian boxer.
In his 2004 autobiography, entitled ‘Momo the turbulent – from thuggery to the jet-set’, Dridi described how he had “figured in the Top 10 of organised crime” but had been “saved” by boxing.
During his career he was a 4-time world champion – winning all his 77 bouts including 76 by KO.
Dridi also pursued an acting career and had several roles in television series. – Rappler.com
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