Robert Alfonso

Name: Robert Alfonso
Birth Name: Robert Alfonso Acea
Hometown: Orlando, Florida, USA
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Height: 193cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Olympic Games results

Represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, boxing as a Super Heavyweight (+91 kg):

• Round 1/8 - Lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) 3-5

Other Amateur Highlights

• 2004 Cuban National Championships Bronze Medalist as a Heavyweight (91 kg), losing to Odlanier Solis RET 1 in the semi-final.
• 2004 World Junior Championships Bronze Medalist in Jeju, South Korea as a Heavyweight (91 kg).
  • Defeated Mural Karatayev (Kazakhstan) 14-7
  • Defeated Newfel Ouatah (France) 44-27
  • Lost to Evgeny Romanov (Russia) RSC-Injury 4
• 2005 Cuban National Championships Bronze Medalist as a Heavyweight (91 kg), losing to Luis Ortiz (of Cuba) RSC 1 in the semi-final.
• 2007 Cuban National Championships Gold Medalist as a Super Heavyweight (+91 kg), defeating Michel Lopez 12-5 in the final.
• 2007 Pan American Games Gold Medalist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a Super Heavyweight (+91 kg).
  • Defeated Cristian Cabrera (Dominican Republic) 8-2
  • Defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Brazil) 4-0
  • Defeated Oscar Rivas (Colombia) 8-4
• 2008 Cuban National Championships Gold Medalist as a Super Heavyweight (+91 kg), defeating Michel Lopez 12-3 in the final.

It's reported in the Luis Ortiz bio that Alfonso decisioned Ortiz at this event.

• 2008 1st America´s Olympic Qualifier Gold Medalist in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago as a Super Heavyweight (+91 kg).
  • Defeated Gidelson Oliveira (Brazil) 12-4
  • Defeated Andy Ruiz Jr. (Mexico) 7-3
  • Defeated Jose Payares (Venezuela) 9-3
  • Defeated Michael Hunter Jr. (United States) 9-1
• 2009 Cuban National Championships Gold Medalist as a Super Heavyweight (+91 kg), defeating Orlando Rabi 11-0 in the final.
• 2010 Cuban National Championships Gold Medalist as a Super Heavyweight (+91 kg), defeating Yuniel Castro 6-2 in the final.