Robert Alfonso
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Competitor for  Cuba |
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| Gold | Rio 2007 | Super Heavyweight | |
Robert Leodan Alfonso (Acea) (b.Novemnber 11, 1986 ) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 2007 PanAmerican games at super heavyweight.
[edit] Career
Alfonso beat Newfel Ouatah but lost to Russian Evgeny Romanov at the world junior championships 2004 (semifinal).
He was also defeated nationally by compatriot superstar Odlanier Solis twice in 2004 at 201 lbs and later went up to super heavy.
He became the Cuban #1 only after Solis (who had gone up in weight, too) defected and he beat veteran Michel López Núñez in the National Championships 2007 and 2008.
He immediately won a major title in Rio by beating Brasilian Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 4:0 in the semis and Columbian Oscar Rivas 8:4 in the finals [1].
He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by beating young American Michael Hunter jr. in the final of their qualifier 9:1.
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