Alex Winwood

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Alex Winwood
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 26)
Bunbury, Australia [1]
Sport
Sport Boxing

Alex Winwood (born 25 June 1997) is an Australian boxer. [2] He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] In the round of 32 he was beaten by Patrick Chinyemba from Zambia on points. [4]

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Early years

Winwood is a Noongar man from Mandurah in Perth. He started boxing as a 15-year-old in high school and he loved it. He started training outside of school at the Eureka Boxing Club in Mandurah, where he was coached by Brian Satori. [5]

Winwood is the great-nephew of former professional Brian Bennell. [6]

Achievements

Winwood participated in the AIBA World Boxing Championships. He won the national flyweight title in December 2019, [5]

Winwood did not qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He then earned his Olympic spot at the 2020 Asia and Oceania Olympic Qualification event in Amman, Jordan. He came into the final round a point behind his Iranian opponent, Omid Ahmadi Safa, but walked away with a victory and qualification for his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. [5] [6]

Professional career

Early years

Winwood made his debut against Stinky Mario Bunda and they competed for the vacant West Australian light flyweight title, Winwood stopped Bunda in the 2nd round of their match.

In just his second bout, Winwood won the vacant WBC International junior flyweight belt against former IBO world champion, Tibo Monabesa, [7] moreover he took the WBC International strawweight title against Nicaraguan Reyneris Gutierrez, just after the victory against Monabesa, [8] he later defends the title against Filipino, Criz Ganoza and defeated Ganoza via unanimous decision, Winwood would become the top contender of the World Boxing Council in the strawweight division and Winwood is very close on getting the fight against Yudai Shigeoka for the World title, as Winwood's goal is to become the fastest Australian to reach the world championship. [9]

Professional boxing record

4 fights4 wins0 losses
By knockout20
By decision20
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes
4Win4–0Cris GanozaUD10Dec 1, 2023Metro City, Northbridge, Western Australia, AustraliaRetained WBC International strawweight title
3Win3–0Reyneris GutierrezUD10Jun 16, 2023Metro City, Northbridge, Western Australia, AustraliaWon WBC International strawweight title
2Win2–0 Tibo Monabesa TKO4 (10), 1:16Mar 3, 2023Metro City, Northbridge, Western Australia, AustraliaWon vacant WBC International light flyweight title
1Win1–0Stinky Mario BundaTKO2 (6)Nov 25, 2022Metro City, Northbridge, Western Australia, AustraliaWon vacant West Australian light flyweight title

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References

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  2. ↑ "Alex Winwood". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Boxing - Men's Fly (48-52kg) Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Boxing WINWOOD Alex - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Alex Winwood". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Aussie Winwood's fight for Olympic boxing glory | Footyology" . Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Woodcock, Mitchell (5 March 2023). "West Australian boxer Alex Winwood destroys former world champion Tibo Monabesa in second professional fight". thewest.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Guenzler, Joseph (17 June 2023). "Alex Winwood remains undefeated after unanimous decision against world #5 Reyneris Gutierrez". nit.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Cocks, Anthony (1 December 2023). "Alex Winwood shuts outs Cris Ganoza over 10 rounds". ringtv.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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