Abass Baraou

Abass Baraou, born 28 October 1994 in Aalen, Germany, is a German-French professional boxer who held the WBA light-middleweight title from 2025 to 2026. Shortly after his birth his family returned to their homeland of Togo, where he spent his first nine years before moving back to Germany and settling in Oberhausen; born to Togolese-French parents, he holds Togolese and French nationalities. As an amateur welterweight he won gold at the 2017 European Championships, the first German in seven years to win a continental gold medal, and bronze at the 2017 World Championships. He made his professional debut on 28 April 2018 under the trainer Ulli Wegner and took the German BDB light-middleweight title in his second fight.