Charles Lecour

Boxer (1808-1894)

Born

12 May 1808, Oissery

Died

19 June 1894, Épinal

Citizenship

France

Sport

boxing

Occupation

boxer

Charles Lecour (1808 – 1894) was a French boxer. He began his studies of Savate at an early age and was a student of Michel Casseux, who merged Savate and English boxing to a fighting style he eventually called French Boxing.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q2959623 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.