- Willy Blain
Willy Blain (born
April 24 ,1978 inLe Tampon ,Réunion ) is a boxer fromFrance , best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight (– 64kg) division.Amateur
The southpaw won Silver at the World Championships 1999 , losing only to Uzbek
Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev .He represented his native country at twoSummer Olympics , starting in 2000 inSydney, Australia where he had a *1st round bye and immediately lost toDiógenes Luna (Cuba) 14-25.His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the world title at the
2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships inBangkok, Thailand with a controversial final win overAlexander Maletin .Olympic Results 2004
*DefeatedMohamed Ali Sassi (Tunisia) 36-14
*DefeatedAlexandr Maletin (Russia) 28-20
*Lost to eventual winnerManus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 8-20Pro
Nickname d "Small Leonard" he made his professional debut onNovember 16 ,2004 inGermany against Francisco Gómez ofSpain but showed little power and a bad chin so far.External links
* [http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/3/universum.html News and Pictures of Willy Blain]
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