Loren Alfonso

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| nationality = Azerbaijani, Cuban

| birth_name = Loren Berto Alfonso Domínguez

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| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

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Loren Berto Alfonso Domínguez (born 28 July 1995) is a Cuban-Azerbaijani boxer who has competed in the light heavyweight, cruiserweight, and heavyweight divisions.

Amateur career

Alfonso finished third in the middleweight division at the Cuban Championships in 2017 and third in 2018 and second in 2019 at the Azerbaijani Light Heavyweight Championships.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Cuba2017.html|title=Cuban National Championships 2017|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Azerbajian2018.html|title=Azeri National Championships 2018|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Azerbaijan2019.pdf|title=Azeri National Championships 2019|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}

Alfonso won the gold medal at the 2019 European Games, defeating Stepan Hrekul, Mikhail Dauhaliavets, Ziad El Mohor, Simone Fiori and Benjamin Whittaker.{{cite web |url=https://www.azerisport.com/olimpizm/20190629002734017.html |title=Домингес принес Азербайджану золото Евроигр |trans-title=Dominguez brought gold to Azerbaijan at the Eurogames |work=Azerisport |language=ru |date=29 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanGames2019.pdf|title=2. European Games 2019|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} With this success, he qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, where he reached the quarterfinals with victories against Gazimagomed Jalidov and Umar Jambekov, before he narrowly lost to Dilshodbek Ruzmetov in the quarterfinals.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/World%20Championships2019.pdf|title=Men's World Boxing Championships 2019|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}

At the European Olympic qualification in March 2020 in London, which was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and continued in June 2021 in Paris, Alfonso won the tournament with victories against Stepan Hrekul and Imam Khataev, as well as advancing without a fight due to the non-appearance of opponents Gazimagomed Jalidov and Benjamin Whittaker, thus qualifying him for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2020.pdf|title=Boxing European Qualification 2020|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2021.pdf#page=26|title=Boxing Qualifier 2021|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} Competing in the men's light heavyweight event, he defeated Dilshodbek Ruzmetov and in the quarterfinals against Bayram Malkan, before being eliminated in the semifinals by Arlen López, winning a bronze medal.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C75_BOXM81KG--------------------------.pdf |title=Boxing: Men's Feather (75-81kg) |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=24 July 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808065605/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C75_BOXM81KG--------------------------.pdf |url-status=dead}}

At the 2021 World Championships in Belgrade, Alfonso won the gold medal in the newly created cruiserweight division. He defeated Tawfiqullah Sulaimani of the Fair Chance Team, Andrei Arădoaie from Romania, Sharabutdin Ataev from Russia, Herich Ruiz from Cuba and Keno Machado from Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChampionships2021.pdf|title=World Championships 2021|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} He won another World Championship medal in 2023 in Tashkent, after losing to Ataev in the final fight and thus winning silver.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChampionships2023.pdf#page=207|title=World Championships 2023|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} At the 2024 European in Belgrade, he won a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships2024.pdf#page=62|title=European Championships 2024|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}

At the 2nd Olympic Qualification Tournament in June 2024 in Bangkok, Alfonso defeated Jonathan Tetteh from Ghana, Marko Ćalić from Croatia, Sanjeet Sanjeet from India and Erkin Adylbek Uulu from Kyrgyzstan, thus qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=ALFONSO DOMINGUEZ Loren Berto |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/loren-berto-alfonso-dominguez_1972343 |website=Olympics.com}}

References

External links

{{BoxRec}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com|loren-berto-alfonso-dominguez|Loren Berto Alfonso Domínguez}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/loren-berto-alfonso-dominguez_1972343 Loren Berto Alfonso Domínguez] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{Olympic.az|dominqes-alfonso|Dominqes Alfonso}}

Category:1995 births

Category:Living people

Category:Azerbaijani male boxers

Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists

Category:Olympic boxers for Azerbaijan

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan

Category:Olympic medalists in boxing

Category:Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan

Category:European Games medalists in boxing

Category:Boxers at the 2019 European Games