Willy Blain
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Willy Blain is a boxer
from France
, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight (– 64 kg) division.
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He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 2000
in Sydney, Australia where he had a *1st round bye and immediately lost to Diógenes Luña
(Cuba) 14-25.
His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the world title at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships
in Bangkok, Thailand with a controversial final win over Alexander Maletin.
Olympic Results 2004
d "Small Leonard" he made his professional debut on November 16, 2004 in Germany
against Francisco Gómez of Spain
but showed little power and a bad chin so far.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight (– 64 kg) division.
Amateur
The southpaw won Silver at the World Championships 1999, losing only to Uzbek Mahammatkodir AbdoollayevMahammatkodir Abdoollayev
Muhammadqodir Abdullayev is an Uzbekistani boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas...
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He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 2000
Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...
in Sydney, Australia where he had a *1st round bye and immediately lost to Diógenes Luña
Diógenes Luna
Diógenes Luña Martínez is a boxer from Cuba, who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual runner-up Ricardo Williams from the United States...
(Cuba) 14-25.
His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the world title at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 6 to July 13. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :- Medal table :-External links:**...
in Bangkok, Thailand with a controversial final win over Alexander Maletin.
Olympic Results 2004
- Defeated Mohamed Ali SassiMohamed Ali SassiMohamed Ali Sassi is a Tunisian Olympic boxer . He represented his native North African country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
(Tunisia) 36-14 - Defeated Alexandr MaletinAlexandr MaletinAlexandr Ivanovich Maletin is a boxer from Russia best known to win the lightweight world championships 1997.-Career:Maletin won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
(Russia) 28-20 - Lost to eventual winner Manus BoonjumnongManus BoonjumnongManus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the brother of Non Boonjumnong.-Amateur career:...
(Thailand) 8-20
Pro
NicknameNickname
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d "Small Leonard" he made his professional debut on November 16, 2004 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
against Francisco Gómez of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
but showed little power and a bad chin so far.