Alfonso Blanco Parra (born 2 February 1986) is a

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. As an amateur, he competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won the middleweight silver medal at the 2007 World Championships.

Amateur career

Blanco won the 2006 South America title against Carlos Góngora, at the 2007 Pan American Games he exited early against the same opponent. At the world championships Blanco beat

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, Germany's Konstantin Buga and Olympic Gold medalist

Bakhtiyar Artayev Bakhtiyar Garifollauly Artayev ( kk, Бақтияр Ғарифоллаұлы Артаев, ''Baqtiiar Ğarifollaūly Artaev''; born 14 March 1983) is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won the gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He ...

to reach the finals at middleweight where he was defeated by Russian defending champion Matvey Korobov 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 Konstantin Buga (Germany) 18-9 *Defeated

(Kazakhstan) 15-7 *Lost to Matvey Korobov (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 Sportspeople 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 people