Rodolfo Blanco is a former boxer from Colombia who held the International Boxing Federation

International Boxing Federation

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 (IBF) flyweight

Flyweight

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 title in 1992.

Blanco became a professional boxer in 1982. In 1987 he challenged Myung Woo Yuh for the World Boxing Association

World Boxing Association

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 light flyweight

Light flyweight

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 title, losing by an eighth-round knockout. In 1990 he once again challenged for a world title, this time in the flyweight class. Irish boxer Dave McAuley

Dave McAuley

Dave McAuley, born 15 June 1961 in Larne, Northern Ireland is a former professional boxer. During his professional career he held the IBF world title in the Flyweight category. He was arguably the Irelands greatest ever Flyweight.-Boxing career:...

 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

Pichit Sitbangprachan

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 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

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 super flyweight

Super flyweight

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 title in 1997. The next year he challenged Johnny Tapia

Johnny Tapia

John Lee "Johnny" Tapia is a Mexican-American five-time world boxing champion.-Childhood:Johnny Tapia's life began with tragedy. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. At the age of 8, his mother Virginia was kidnapped, raped, hung, repeatedly stabbed, and...

 for the IBF and WBO

World Boxing Organization

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 super flyweight titles, losing in twelve rounds.

Blanco continued to fight until 2002.

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