Leandro Blanc


Leandro Blanc is an Argentine professional boxer who has held the South American light flyweight title since February 2020. As an amateur, he represented his country in the Boxing at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's light flyweight|men's light flyweight] event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Boxing career

Blanc made his professional debut against Miguel Angel Maciel on 7 September 2019 in Lanús, Argentina. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout. After winning his second professional bout against Mauro Ezequiel Quinteros by technical knockout as well, Blanc was scheduled to face Mauro Sapito Liendro for the vacant Argentina light flyweight title on 7 February 2020. The bout was later cancelled for undisclosed reasons and Blanc was rescheduled to face Ramón Velásquez for the vacant South American light flyweight title a day later. He won his first professional title by a fifth-round technical knockout.
Blanc faced Juan Santiago Prado in a stay-busy fight on 6 March 2021. He beat his journeyman opponent by unanimous decision. Black next made his first South American title defense against Junior Leandro Zarate on 25 September 2021, at the Complejo Termal Vertiente de la Concordia in his native Concordia. As well as being a South American title defense, the vacant WBA Fedelatin and Argentina light flyweight titles were on the line as well. Blanc won his first career step-up bout by technical decision, with scores of 105–104, 107–102 and 105–104. The fight was stopped in the eleventh round, due to a cut on Blanc caused by an accidental clash of heads.
Blanc faced German Valenzuela Barreras for the WBA Fedelatin light flyweight title on 24 June 2022, on the undercard of the "KO Drugs" event. He won the fight by split decision. Two of the judges scored the fight 96–93 for Blanc, while the third judge scored the bout 98–93 for Barreras. Blanc next faced Mauro Nicolas Liendro for the vacant South American light flyweight title on 22 October 2022. He captured the belt by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 96–94 in his favor.
Blanc faced Kervin Romero for the vacant WBA Fedelatin light flyweight title on 3 June 2023, at the Club Atletico Huracan in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 97–92 and one scorecard of 99–90. Blanc would suffer both his first loss and his first stoppage loss in his next fight however, as Sixto Perez stopped him in the second round of their vacant WBA Fedebol light flyweight title clash on December 9, 2023.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
9Loss8–1Sixto PerezKO2, 0:259 Dec 2023Enjoy Punta del Este Casino, Punta del Este, UruguayFor vacant WBA Fedebol light flyweight title
8Win8–0Kervin RomeroUD103 Jun 2023Club Atletico Huracan, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWon vacant WBA Fedelatin light flyweight title
7Win7–0Mauro Nicolas LiendroUD1022 Oct 2022Club Comunicaciones, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWon vacant South American light flyweight title
6Win6–0German Valenzuela Barreras1024 Jun 2022Casino Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRetained WBA Fedelatin light flyweight title
5Win5–0Junior Leandro Zarate11 25 Sep 2021Complejo Termal Vertiente de la Concordia, Concordia, ArgentinaWon vacant WBA Fedelatin and Argentina light flyweight titles
Retained South American light flyweight title
4Win4–0Juan Santiago Prado66 Mar 2021Complejo Termal Vertiente de la Concordia, Concordia, Argentina
3Win3–0Ramón VelásquezTKO5 8 Feb 2020Club Ferro Carril, Concordia, ArgentinaWon vacant South American light flyweight title
2Win2–0Mauro Ezequiel QuinterosTKO3 15 Nov 2019Club Ferro Carril, Concordia, Argentina
1Win1–0Miguel Angel Maciel4 7 Sep 2019Club Atlético Lanús, Lanús, Argentina