Alfonso Pinto Explained

Alfonso Pinto
Fullname:Alfonso Pinto
Club:Pugilistica Oplonti
Birth Date:4 October 1978
Birth Place:Torre Annunziata, Napoli
Weight:48kg (106lb)

Alfonso Pinto (born 4 October 1978) is an Italian former amateur boxer. He won silver medals at the European Championships in 2004 and 2006, both at light flyweight.

Career

Pinto won the silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula losing to Sergey Kazakov.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. He was beaten in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight (48 kg) division by Turkey's eventual runner-up Atagün Yalçınkaya.

He then repeated his silver medal win at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

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