Willy Blain
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| Born | 24 April 1978 Super lightweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Willy Blain (born 24 April 1978) is a French boxer, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight division.
Amateur
The southpaw won silver at the World Championships 1999, losing only to Uzbek
Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev
.
He represented his native country at two Diógenes Luña
(Cuba) 14-25.
His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the world title at the
Bangkok, Thailand with a controversial final win over Alexander Maletin
.
Olympic Results 2004
- Defeated Mohamed Ali Sassi (Tunisia) 36-14
- Defeated Alexandr Maletin(Russia) 28-20
- Lost to eventual winner Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 8-20
Pro
Nicknamed "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.
External links
- News and Pictures of Willy Blain Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Boxing record for Willy Blain from BoxRec (registration required)
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