Rodolfo Blanco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rodolfo Blanco

Colombian boxer

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1966

Place of Birth: San Onofre, Sucre Department, Colombia

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Rodolfo Blanco

  • Rodolfo Blanco (born June 14, 1966) is a former boxer from Colombia who held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title in 1992. Blanco became a professional boxer in 1982.
  • In 1987 he challenged Myung Woo Yuh for the World Boxing Association light flyweight title, losing by an eighth-round knockout.
  • In 1990 he once again challenged for a world title, this time in the flyweight class.
  • Northern Irish boxer Dave McAuley defeated Blanco by a unanimous decision to retain the IBF title.
  • Two years later, on June 11, 1992, McAuley and Blanco met again, this time with Blanco prevailing by a unanimous decision and taking the title. Blanco lost the title in his first defense when Thai Pichit Sitbangprachan knocked him out in three rounds on November 11, 1992.
  • Blanco never won another world championship, although he did win the North American Boxing Federation super flyweight title in 1997.
  • The next year he challenged Johnny Tapia for the IBF and WBO super flyweight titles, losing in twelve rounds. Blanco continued to fight until 2002.

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