BOXER

Alfonso Pérez

1949 - Today

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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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso Pérez is the 224th most popular boxer (down from 219th in 2024), the 158th most popular biography from Colombia and the 3rd most popular Colombian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Alfonso Pérez ranks 224 out of 496. Before him are Sam Langford, Edwin Valero, Clemente Rojas, Bruce Seldon, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Micky Ward. After him are Kubrat Pulev, Antonio Tarver, Armando Martínez, Joseph Parker, Imane Khelif, and Jackie Fields.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Alfonso Pérez ranks 724. Before him are Khil Raj Regmi, Natalya Lebedeva, Peter Kern, Paul Shaffer, Isabelle Mir, and Terry Zwigoff. After him are Philip J. Currie, Charles Rocket, Alfredo Quesada, Zyta Gilowska, Walter Browne, and Daniel Leclercq.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Alfonso Pérez ranks 158 out of 356. Before him are Juan Pablo Ángel (1975), Johan Vonlanthen (1986), Clara Rojas (1964), Egan Bernal (1997), Clemente Rojas (1952), and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (1973). After him are Laura Restrepo (1950), Willington Ortiz (1952), Piedad Córdoba (1955), Lupe Fuentes (1987), Alexis Mendoza (1961), and Catherine Siachoque (1972).

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Among BOXERS In Colombia

Among boxers born in Colombia, Alfonso Pérez ranks 3. Before him are Rodrigo Valdez (1946), and Clemente Rojas (1952). After him are Jorge Eliécer Julio (1969), Cecilia Brækhus (1981), and Yuberjen Martínez (1991).

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