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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.

Willy Blain
Statistics
Nickname(s)Small Leonard
Weight(s)Super lightweight
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
NationalityFrench
Born (1978-04-24) 24 April 1978 (age 44)
Saint-Denis, Réunion
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights27
Wins25
Wins by KO4
Losses2
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
2003 Bangkok Light Welterweight
1999 Houston Light Welterweight
2001 Belfast Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
2002 Perm Light Welterweight
2000 Tampere Light Welterweight
2004 Pula Light Welterweight
EU Amateur Championships
2003 Strasbourg Light Welterweight
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis Light Welterweight

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 Luña (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


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.






На других языках


[de] Willy Blain

Willy „Small Leonard“ Blain (* 24. April 1978 in Réunion) ist ein ehemaliger französischer Boxer.
- [en] Willy Blain

[ru] Блен, Вилли

Вилли Блен (фр. Willy Blain; род. 24 апреля 1978, Ле-Тампон) — французский боксёр, представитель первой полусредней весовой категории.



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