Willy Blain
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  France |
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| Men’s Boxing | |||
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Silver | 1999 Houston | Light Welterweight | |
| Bronze | 2001 Belfast | Light Welterweight | |
| Gold | 2003 Bangkok | Light Welterweight | |
| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | 2000 Tampere | Light Welterweight | |
| Silver | 2002 Perm | Light Welterweight | |
| Bronze | 2004 Pula | Light Welterweight | |
| EU Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Strasbourg | Light Welterweight | |
Willy Blain (born April 24, 1978 in Le Tampon, Réunion) is a boxer from France, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight (– 64kg) division.
[edit] Amateur
The southpaw won Silver at the World Championships 1999 , losing only to Uzbek Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev. 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 Luna (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
- Defeated Mohamed Ali Sassi (Tunisia) 36-14
- Defeated Alexandr Maletin (Russia) 28-20
- Lost to eventual winner Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 8-20
[edit] 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.
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