Alfonso Blanco (boxer)
Alfonso Blanco Parra is a Venezuelan boxer who competes in the middleweight division. He was the 2008 Olympian for Venezuela and he also won the middleweight silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.Amateur career
Blanco won the 2006 South America title against Carlos Góngora, at the PanAm Games 2007 he exited early against the same opponent.
At the world championships Blanco beat 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.- 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
2008
He is signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.
