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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.
Career
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
External links
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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- Deivi Julio
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- Lamont Roach Jr.
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- Kenichi Ogawa
- Ronny Rios
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- Boxing at the 2018 South American Games
- List of 2015 Pan American Games medalists
- List of Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
