Alfonso Pérez (born 16 January 1949 in Cartagena) is a retired

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from

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, who won the bronze medal in the men's

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division (– 60 kilograms) at the

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. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the

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. He turned professional on 6 April 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts (27 wins, 10 losses and 3 draws, 20 of those wins by way of knockout). Perez could fight as a lightweight or lose weight and compete as a featherweight, and he won by knockout in three rounds over the then-undefeated, future WBA world featherweight champion and hall of fame member

Eusebio Pedroza Eusebio Pedroza (March 2, 1956 – March 1, 2019) was a Panamanian boxer who held the World Boxing Association, WBA and lineal featherweight championship from 1978 to 1985, having defended the title against 18 different contenders, more than any ...

. Perez was national champion in Colombia both as a featherweight and as a lightweight, and also the WBC's Caribbean area lightweight champion.

1972 Olympic record

Below is the record of Alfonso Pérez at the

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: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated Peter Odhiambo II (Uganda) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: defeated Karel Kaspar (Czechoslovakia) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated Erasian Doruk (Turkey) by decision, 3-2 * Semifinal: lost to Laszlo Orban (Hungary) by decision, 2-3 (Perez was awarded a bronze medal)

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* * 1949 births Living people Colombian male boxers Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers for Colombia Olympic bronze medalists for Colombia Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games silver medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Boxers from Cartagena, Colombia 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub