Alfonso Blanco (boxer)

Alfonso Blanco Parra (born February 2, 1986) is a Venezuelan boxer who competes in the middleweight division. He was the 2008 Olympian for Venezuela and he also won the middleweight silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.[1]

Alfonso Blanco
Statistics
Real name	Alfonso Blanco Parra
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Reach	74 in (189 cm)
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	February 2, 1986 Caracas, Venezuela
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	13
Wins	12
Wins by KO	5
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Alfonso Blanco

Personal information
Nationality	Venezuela
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Middleweight
Medal record Boxing World Cup Moscow 2008 Middleweight World Amateur Championships 2007 Chicago Middleweight 2009 Milan Middleweight South American Games 2006 Buenos Aires Middleweight 2010 Medellín Middleweight

Amateur career

Blanco won the 2006 South America title against Carlos Góngora, at the PanAm Games 2007 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

• Defeated James DeGale (Great Britain) 28-13
• Defeated Vijender Singh (India) 13-8
• Defeated Darren Sutherland (Ireland) 20-13
• Defeated Konstantin Buga (Germany) 18-9
• Defeated Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan) 15-7
• Lost to Matvey Korobov (Russia) 4-29

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a middleweight)

• Defeated Argenis Casimiro Núñez (Dominican Republic) 18-7
• Lost to Darren Sutherland (Ireland) 1-11

Pro career

He is signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.[2][3]

Professional boxing record

References

1. "Alfonso Blanco". BoxRec. 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
2. "Golden Boy Promotions Ushers in a New Future". Doghouseboxing.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
3. "Golden Boy eyes Blanco | Boxing News". Fightnews. 2010-08-25. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
4. "Antonio Margarito". BoxRec. 1978-03-18. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

External links

• Boxing record for Alfonso Blanco from BoxRec
• South America 2006
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfonso Blanco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.