Alfonso Pérez (boxer)

Alfonso Pérez (born 16 January 1949 in Cartagena) is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (– 60 kilograms) at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. 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).

Alfonso Pérez
Poster of Pérez, bronze medallist in lightweight boxing at the 1972 Olympics
Statistics
Born16 January 1949 (1949-01-16) (age 74)
Cartagena, Colombia
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Colombia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Lightweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1971 Cali Lightweight

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. 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 1972 Munich Olympics:[1]

  • 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)

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfonso Pérez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.


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