Willy Blain (born 24 April 1978) is a French

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, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight division.

Amateur

The southpaw won silver at the World Championships 1999, losing only to Uzbek

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. He represented his native country at two

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, starting in

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where he had a 1st round bye and immediately lost to Diógenes Luña (Cuba) 14-25. His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the world title at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in

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with a controversial final win over

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. Olympic Results 2004 *Defeated

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(Tunisia) 36-14 *Defeated Alexandr Maletin (Russia) 28-20 *Lost to eventual winner Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 8-20

Pro

Nicknamed "Small Leonard" he made his professional debut on November 16, 2004 in Germany against

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of Spain but showed little power and a bad chin so far.

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1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Réunion Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of France French male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists {{france-boxing-bio-stub Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing 21st-century French people