Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez (born 11 February 2002) is a Mexican
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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.
Career
Verde won the gold medal in the
2023 Pan American Games
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in Boxing in the
71 kg category.
He also won the silver medal in the welterweight category at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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after losing the final bout against Uzbek
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev.
Olympic results
2024 – Paris
*Round of 16 – defeated
Tiago Muxanga (Mozambique) 3–2
*Quarterfinals – defeated
Nishant Dev (India) 4–1
*Semifinals – defeated
Lewis Richardson (Great Britain) 3–2
*Final – lost to
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Uzbekistan) 0–5 (won silver medal)
Personal life
His father
Manuel
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was also a boxer and competed in the
men's light heavyweight event at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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References
Living people
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Mexico
Sportspeople from Mazatlán
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Mexico
Olympic medalists in boxing
2002 births
Mexican male boxers
Welterweight boxers
21st-century Mexican sportsmen
Boxers at the 2023 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
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