Marco Verde
Mexican boxer
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Born | Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez (born 11 February 2002) is a Mexican boxer.
Career
Verde won the gold medal in the 2023 Pan American Games in Boxing in the 71 kg category.[2][3][4][5] He also won the silver medal in the welterweight category at the 2024 Summer Olympics after losing the final bout against Uzbek Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev.
Olympic results
2024 – Paris
- Round of 16 – defeated Tiago Muxanga (Mozambique) 3–2
- Quarterfinals – defeated Nishant Dev (India) 4–1
- Semifinals – defeated Lewis Richardson (Great Britain) 3–2
- Final – lost to Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Uzbekistan) 0–5 (won silver medal)
Personal life
His father Manuel was also a boxer and competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[6]
References
- ^ "¿Quién es Marco Verde? El boxeador mexicano que pelea en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024?". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Binner, Andrew (28 October 2023). "2023 Pan American Games Boxing: Ten breakout stars to watch at Paris 2024". Olympics.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "BoxRec: Marco Verde". BoxRec. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Marco Verde stops Olympic champion Roniel Iglesias". BoxingTalk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Marco Verde could be Mexico's star at the Panamerican Games". 024Boxing. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez, Salvador (31 July 2024). "Paris 2024: Conoce a Marco Verde, mexicano que busca medalla en boxeo". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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2024 Mexico Summer Olympics team
Marco Verde
- Andrés Azcárraga
- Federico Fernández
- Carlos Hank Guerreiro
- Eugenio Garza
- Abraham Ancer
- María Fassi
- Carlos Ortiz
- Gaby López
- Edson Ramírez
- Gabriela Rodríguez
- Alejandra Zavala
- Goretti Zumaya
Medalist is shown in bold and flagbearer in italics.
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