The disappearance of Jean-Paul Belmondo, who died at the age of 88 on Monday, was a shock for a lot of people, as he was part of the French heritage.
The world of sport has been particularly affected by this sad news.
Boxer Brahim Asloum was the guest of journalist Apolline de Malherbe on
RMC
on
Tuesday. The Olympic champion (2000) paid tribute to “Bébel”, a great enthusiast of the Noble Art of boxing: “
He is still the most beautiful ambassador that French boxing has ever had. World boxing had Mohamed Ali, we in France had Belmondo, who represented us in the most beautiful way. He was an important person for my career, he was also my godfather for the Olympics. I had the chance to get to know him more then, to have a lot of advice from him, of kindness. Jean-Paul was quite incredible. ”
