Alfonso Blanco
Name: Alfonso Blanco
Birth Name: Alfonso Blanco Parra
Hometown: Oxnard, California, USA
Birthplace: San Felipe, Venezuela
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 183cm
Reach: 201cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Alfonso Blanco Parra is a Venezuelan boxer who won the middleweight silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Olympic Games results
2008 (as a middleweight) in Beijing, China
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Argenis Casimiro Nunez (Dominican Republic) 18-7
- Lost to Darren Sutherland (Ireland) 1-11
World Amateur Championships results
2007 Silver medalist (as a middleweight) in Chicago, United States:
- 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
2009 Bronze medalist (as a middleweight) in Milan, Italy:
- Defeated Arnaud Sony Junior (Haiti) 23-0
- Defeated Henry Biembe (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 10-1
- Defeated Nikola Jovanovic (Serbia) 5-1
- Defeated Zhang Jianting (China) 11-8
- Lost to Andranik Hakobyan (Armenia) 3-4 (semifinal match)
Other Amateur Achievements
2006 South American Games Gold medalist in Buenos Aires, Argentina as a middleweight.
- Defeated Alexander Brand (Colombia) 12-8
- Defeated Ezequiel Maderna (Argentina) 9-7
- Defeated Carlos Gongora (Ecuador) 15-4
2007 1st Pan Am Games Qualifier Gold medalist in Barquisimeto, Venezuela as a middleweight.
- Defeated Marco Antonio Periban (Mexico) 20-18
- Defeated Shawn Porter (United States) 21-10
- Defeated Ezequiel Maderna (Argentina) 18-5
2007 ALBA Games Silver medalist in San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela as a middleweight.
- Defeated Jeison Monroy (Colombia) RET 4
- Defeated Roberto Carlos Bonilla (Nicaragua) RSC 1
- Lost to Luis Garcia (Cuba) 18-21
2007 Pan American Games participant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a middleweight.
- Defeated Andrew Fermin (Trinidad & Tobago) 8-5
- Lost to Carlos Gongora (Ecuador) 6-20
2008 President´s Cup Gold medalist in Taipei, Taiwan as a middleweight.
- Defeated Elshod Rasulov (Uzbekistan) 11-3
- Defeated Deok Jin Cho (South Korea) RET 4
- Defeated Angkhan Chomphuphuang (Thailand) 11-9
2008 World Cup Silver medalist in Moscow, Russia as a middleweight.
- Defeated Argenis Nunez (Dominican Republic) RSC 2
- Defeated Dmitry Chudinov (Russia) 15-8
- Lost to Andranik Hakobyan (Armenia) 9-10
2009 Cordova Cardin Tournament Gold medalist in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba as a middleweight.
- Defeated Andrew Fermin (Trinidad & Tobago) 10-1
- Defeated Rey Recio (Cuba) 4-2
- Defeated Maikel Perez (Cuba) 5-1
2009 Panamerican Championships participant in Mexico City, Mexico as a middleweight.
- Lost to Emilio Correa (Cuba) 4-15
2009 Bolivarian Games Gold medalist in Sucre, Bolivia as a middleweight.
- Defeated Israel Duffus (Panama) win
- Defeated Alex Theran (Colombia) 17-10
2010 South American Games Gold medalist in Medellin, Colombia as a middleweight.
- Defeated Gustavo Caicedo (Panama) RSC 1
- Defeated Jaime Cortez (Ecuador) 3-1
- Defeated Alex Theran (Colombia) 4-2
2010 Cuban National Olympics Gold medalist in Camaguey, Cuba as a middleweight.
- Defeated Felix Valera (Dominican Republic) 8-1
- Defeated Adilbek Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan) 8-2
- Defeated Maikel Perez (Cuba) 12-8
- Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba) 10-5