Alfonso Blanco | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alfonso Blanco Parra 2 February 1986 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Middleweight |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Reach | 189 cm (74 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 17 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Wins by KO | 8 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Medal record | |
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.
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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.
2008 (as a middleweight)
He is signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. [1] [2]
| 17 fights | 16 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 8 | 1 |
| By decision | 8 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Loss | 12–1 |  Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | KO | 1 (12) | 2016-12-17 |  Saint-Denis, Réunion, France | Lost Interim WBA middleweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 |  Sergey Khomitsky | UD | 12 (12) | 2015-10-10 |  El Poliedro, Caracas, Venezuela | Won Interim WBA middleweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11-0 |  Alvaro Robles | UD | 12 (12) | 2015-06-27 | La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela | Won vacant WBA Fedecaribe and vacant WBC International Silver super welterweight titles |
| 10 | Win | 10-0 | Edwin Mota | TKO | 3 (10) | 2015-03-07 | Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela | |
| 9 | Win | 9-0 |  Edison Garcia | TKO | 2 (6) | 2015-01-16 | La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela | |
| 8 | Win | 8-0 |  Eddie Cordova | TKO | 5 (6) | 2012-03-17 | Indio, California, U.S. | |
| 7 | Win | 7-0 | Leshon Sims | UD | 6 (6) | 2011-10-27 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 6 | Win | 6-0 | Cleveland Ishe | UD | 6 (6) | 2011-07-08 | Primm, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 5 | Win | 5-0 | Juan Carlos Diaz | UD | 4 (4) | 2011-04-28 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 4 | Win | 4-0 | Ricardo Malfavon | UD | 4 (4) | 2011-04-01 | Indio, California, U.S. | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Pablo Ruiz | KO | 1 (4) | 2011-03-05 | Anaheim, California, U.S. | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Gustavo Medina | TKO | 3 (4) | 2010-12-11 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Alfredo Riveira | UD | 4 (4) | 2010-09-17 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
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