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Marco Verde

Mexican boxer

Marco Verde

Verde at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Born

Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez

(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22)

Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico^[1]

Medal record

Men's amateur boxing

Representing Mexico
Olympic Games
	2024 Paris	Welterweight
Pan American Games
	2023 Santiago	Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2023 San Salvador	Welterweight

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.