Alfonso Blanco (boxer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blancoand the second or maternal family name is Parra.

Alfonso Blanco
Born	Alfonso Blanco Parra (1986-02-02) 2 February 1986 (age 39) Caracas, Venezuela
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 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

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.

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 (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

Professional career

He is signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. ^{[1] [2]}

Professional boxing record

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.

References

1. "Golden Boy Promotions Ushers in a New Future". Doghouseboxing.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
2. "Golden Boy eyes Blanco | Boxing News". Fightnews. 2010-08-25. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

External links

• Boxing record for Alfonso Blanco from BoxRec (registration required)
• 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.

Preceded by Chris Eubank Jr. Stripped

WBA Middleweight Champion Interim title October 25, 2015 – December 17, 2016

Succeeded by Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam