Domenico Valentino

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Domenico Valentino
Personal information
Born17 May 1984 (1984-05-17) (age 39)
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Italy
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place
2009 Milan
 Lightweight
Silver medal – second place
2007 Chicago
 Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Mianyang Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place
2011 Baku
 Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Almaty Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Ankara Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Pula Lightweight
EU Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 2005 Cagliari Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 2006 Pécs Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Dublin Lightweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almeíra Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Lightweight

Domenico Valentino (born 17 May 1984 in Marcianise) is a boxer from Italy.

The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the

Pula, Croatia
.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Kazakhstan's eventual bronze medalist Serik Yeleuov.[1]

At the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships he once more won bronze.

At the Euro 2006 he lost early to

Olexandr Klyuchko
18:30.

At the

Kim Song-Guk but lost to Frankie Gavin
.

At the 2008 Olympics he beat Tahar Tamsamani but lost to Cuban favorite Yordenis Ugás 2:10.[1]

At the

2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
he used the absence of Gavin (who had turned professional) and Ugas (who had gone up in weight) and home advantage to win his first major title.

At the 2012 Olympics, he again reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual bronze medalist Evaldas Petrauskas.[1]

Valentino has signed up for the new

AIBA
professional league, called APB (AIBA Pro-Boxing), which will launch in autumn 2013.

Amateur results

2004 Athens Olympic Games

2007 AIBA World Amateur championships

2009 AIBA World Amateur championships

References

  1. ^ a b c "Domenico Valentino Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-08-10.

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