Alfonso Blanco Parra (born 2 February 1986) is a

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professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

. As an amateur, he competed at the

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and won the middleweight silver medal at the 2007 World Championships.

Amateur career

Blanco won the 2006 South America title against

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. At the 2007 Pan American Games he exited early against the same opponent. At the world championships Blanco beat Ireland's

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, Germany's

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and Olympic gold medalist

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to reach the finals at middleweight where he was defeated by Russian defending champion

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PTS 4:29. His record as of 2007 is 118:16.

World Championships results

*Defeated

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(Great Britain) 28-13 *Defeated

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(India) 13-8 *Defeated

(Ireland) 20-13 *Defeated

(Germany) 18-9 *Defeated

(Kazakhstan) 15-7 *Lost to

(Russia) 4-29

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a middleweight) *Defeated

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(Dominican Republic) 18-7 *Lost to

(Ireland) 1-11

Professional career

He is signed to

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Professional boxing record

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South America 2006
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco, Alfonso Living people Middleweight boxers 1986 births Boxers from Caracas Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Venezuela Venezuelan male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Competitors at the 2010 South American Games 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen