Alfonso Blanco (boxer)
Alfonso Blanco Parra 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.
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 Ireland's 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 28-13
- Defeated Vijender Singh 13-8
- Defeated Darren Sutherland 20-13
- Defeated Konstantin Buga 18-9
- Defeated Bakhtiyar Artayev 15-7
- Lost to Matvey Korobov 4-29
Olympic Games results
2008- Defeated Argenis Casimiro Núñez 18-7
- Lost to Darren Sutherland 1-11