Alfonso Blanco (boxer)

Alfonso Blanco Parra (born 2 February 1986) is a Venezuelan professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won the middleweight silver medal at the 2007 World Championships.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Parra.
Alfonso Blanco
Statistics
Real nameAlfonso Blanco Parra
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Reach189 cm (74 in)
NationalityVenezuelan
Born (1986-02-02) 2 February 1986
Caracas, Venezuela
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights13
Wins12
Wins by KO5
Losses1
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Boxing World Cup
Moscow 2008Middleweight
World Amateur Championships
2007 ChicagoMiddleweight
2009 MilanMiddleweight
South American Games
2006 Buenos Aires Middleweight
2010 Medellín Middleweight

Amateur career

Blanco won the 2006 South America title against Carlos Góngora, at the 2007 Pan American Games he exited early against the same opponent.

At the world championships Blanco beat Darren Sutherland, Germany's Konstantin Buga and Olympic Gold medalist Bakhtiyar Artayev to reach the finals at middleweight where he was defeated by Russian defending champion Matvey Korobov PTS 4:29.

His record as of 2007 is 118:16.

World Championships results

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a middleweight)

Professional career

He is signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.[1][2]

Professional boxing record

References
  1. "Golden Boy Promotions Ushers in a New Future". Doghouseboxing.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  2. "Golden Boy eyes Blanco | Boxing News". Fightnews. 2010-08-25. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  3. "Antonio Margarito". BoxRec. 1978-03-18. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
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