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

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from

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, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (– 60 kilograms) at the

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. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the

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. He turned pro on April 6, 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts (27 wins, 10 losses and 3 draws, 20 wins by way of knockout). Perez had the ability of fighting as a lightweight or losing weight and competing as a featherweight, and he holds a win by knockout in three rounds over then-undefeated, future WBA world featherweight champion and hall of fame member

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. Perez was national champion in Colombia both as a featherweight and as a lightweight, and also the

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's Caribbean area lightweight champion.

1972 Olympic record

Below is the record of Alfonso Perez, a Colombian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics: * 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 (was awarded a bronze medal)

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