Willy Blain

Willy Blain (born 24 April 1978) is a French boxer, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight division.

Willy Blain
Born	(1978-04-24) 24 April 1978 Saint-Denis, Réunion
Nationality	French
Other names	Small Leonard
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super lightweight
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	27
Wins	25
Wins by KO	4
Losses	2
Medal record Men's Boxing World Amateur Championships 2003 Bangkok Light Welterweight 1999 Houston Light Welterweight 2001 Belfast Light Welterweight European Amateur Championships 2002 Perm Light Welterweight 2000 Tampere Light Welterweight 2004 Pula Light Welterweight EU Amateur Championships 2003 Strasbourg Light Welterweight Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Light Welterweight

Amateur

The southpaw won silver at the World Championships 1999, losing only to Uzbek Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia where he had a 1st round bye and immediately lost to Diógenes Luña (Cuba) 14-25.

His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the world title at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand with a controversial final win over Alexander Maletin.

Olympic Results 2004

• Defeated Mohamed Ali Sassi (Tunisia) 36-14
• Defeated Alexandr Maletin (Russia) 28-20
• Lost to eventual winner Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 8-20

Pro

Nicknamed "Small Leonard" he made his professional debut on November 16, 2004 in Germany against Francisco Gómez of Spain but showed little power and a bad chin so far.

External links

• News and Pictures of Willy Blain Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Boxing record for Willy Blain from BoxRec (registration required)