Alfonso Pérez (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alfonso Pérez (boxer)

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Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1949

Place of Birth: Cartagena, Bolívar Department, Colombia

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Alfonso Pérez (boxer)

  • Alfonso Pérez (born January 16, 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 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 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.

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