Alfonso Blanco

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.

Professional boxing record Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location