Johann Duhaupas (pronounced yoh-hun doo-uh-paw) (born 5 February 1981)[1] is a French professional boxer who challenged for the WBC heavyweight title in 2015.
On 14 March 2015 Duhaupas was defeated by the German boxer Erkan Teper by a twelve round unanimous decision.
Despite the loss, Duhaupas looked very good, took Teper's best shots and gave him his hardest fight of his career.
27 days later, on 10 April 2015 Duhaupas faced the future regular WBA heavyweight champion Manuel Charr in Moscow, Russia and beat him by a 10 round decision.
[2] Duhaupas faced hard hitting Deontay Wilder for the WBC World heavyweight title on 26 September 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama.