Mohamed Ali Sassi


Mohamed Ali Sassi is a Tunisian Olympic boxer. He represented his native North African country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was stopped in the first round of the Men's Light-Welterweight competition by France's Willy Blain.
Ali Sassi qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA [African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament] in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he defeated home fighter Hicham Nafil. He won a bronze medal at the 2001 [Mediterranean Games] in Tunis, Tunisia.