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Marco Verde

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Marco Verde
Verde at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Born
Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez

(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22)
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Welterweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador Welterweight

Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez (born 11 February 2002) is a Mexican boxer.

Career

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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

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2024 – Paris

Personal life

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His father Manuel was also a boxer and competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "¿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.
  2. ^ Binner, Andrew (28 October 2023). "2023 Pan American Games Boxing: Ten breakout stars to watch at Paris 2024". Olympics.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ^ "BoxRec: Marco Verde". BoxRec. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Marco Verde stops Olympic champion Roniel Iglesias". BoxingTalk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Marco Verde could be Mexico's star at the Panamerican Games". 024Boxing. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ^ 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.