Abdel Qissi
Abdel Qissi is a Moroccan-Belgian actor and former professional boxer with eight recorded fights in the early 1980s. As an actor, Abdel debuted as the antagonist Attila in Lionheart, opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme's character. He went on to appear with Van Damme in two more films, The Quest, where Abdel played the main antagonist Khan, and The Order.
Biography
Life
Qissi was born in Oujda, Morocco and moved to Brussels, Belgium in his early years. In the 1980s he had a boxing career of eight fights consisting of five wins, two via knockout, one draw and two losses. Through his brother Michel, Qissi later became an associate of Jean-Claude Van Damme to which he starred in some of Van Damme's movies.Political career
Qissi took part in the 2006 and 2012 Ixelles local elections on the lists of the Mouvement Réformateur, a right-wing political party. However, he was never directly elected, winning 322 votes and then 148 votes. In February 2012, he was indirectly elected to replace Vanessa Cuevas, who had moved from Ixelles.Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 8 | Loss | 5–2–1 | yes2 |
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