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Michel Vinot - France
Middleweight 1958-62 Rating 5
Light Heavyweight 1962-65 Rating 2
37 wins / 8 losses / 3 draws / 22 KO
Birthplace: Velminfroy, France
Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto
Compiled a 36-4-2 record up through May 1964 when he fought and defeated Paul Roux for the French Light Heavyweight Title in a 12 round decision. Of course many of those early wins were against the local club fighters.He did fight Roux one time earlier for the French LHW Title, in May 1962. From the start of his career up till that first LHW title fight with Roux, Vinot fought mainly middleweights and was most likely thus considered a middleweight. During that time he was 28-3-1,16KO. Most of that was against foregetable opponents. He lost to Andre Drille(50-8-8), Richard Bouchez(26-16-2), and Jean Ruellet(55-69-19). He did beat Marcel Tirel(31-16-5).Those were the only noteworthy record opponents.
Vinot then moved up to LHW to fight Roux in May 1962. In that fight they fought to a 15 round draw. He defeated Yvan Prebeg knocking him out in the 1st round a few months after that 15 round bout with Roux. In October 1963 Vinot lost by 9th round KO to Pekka Kokkonen. That loss to Kokkonen accured in Helsinki, Finland, the first time Vinot fought outside France.
After he won the French LHW Title in May 1964, Vinot then fought a 10 round draw with Rudolf Nehring. Then over the next 7 month, Vinot lost 4 straight fights, the first three decision losses to Guy Mastil, Gert Van Heerden(46-6-0), fought in South Africa, and then he lost his French LHW Title back to Paul Roux in March 1965 in a 12 round decision. On May 1st, 1965, Yvan Prebeg KO'd Vinot in the 6th round in Cologne, Germany to end Vinot's career. He finished his career fighting as a Light Heavy with a 9-5-2,6KO.
The two files attached, one for MW, one for LHW
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