Deivi Julio
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Deivis Julio Blanco |
| Born | April 12, 1980 (age 44) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Heavyweight |
Deivi ("Deivis") Julio Blanco (born April 12, 1980) is a Colombian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Heavyweight (201 lbs limit) division.[1]
Career
[edit]At the PanAm Games 2007 the tall Julio ran into dominant Osmay Acosta early and lost 2:10. At the World Championships 2007 he suffered the ultimate humiliation when he was blitzed in a mere 15 seconds of round 1 by Elchin Alizade.
At the first Olympic qualifier he was edged out by Deontay Wilder 5:6 but when Wilder and Acosta both qualified the 26-year-old seized the opportunity at the second qualifier to defeat Alcivar Ayovi, Alexander Vellon and Hamilton Ventura to win the tournament. He lost his Olympic bout to John M'Bumba 5:11.
He won a silver medal in the heavyweight class at the 2015 Pan American Games.
References
[edit]- ^ "Brazil top Guatemala Olympic qualifier". AIBA. 30 April 2008. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
Deivi Julio Blanco
External links
[edit]- Delvis Julio Blanco at Olympics.com
- Delvis Julio at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Deivis Julio Blanco at Toronto2015.org at the Wayback Machine (archived July 23, 2015)
- American Olympic Qualifications - Guatemala City, Guatemala - April 25-30 2008. "Deivis Julio".
- Julio Blanco at Yahoo! Sports at the Wayback Machine (archived May 22, 2011)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Colombian male boxers
- Heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Colombia
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Colombian people
- Colombian boxing biography stubs