Alfonso Pinto (born 4 October 1978) is an Italian former amateur boxer. He won silver medals at the European Championships in 2004 and 2006, both at light flyweight.

Alfonso Pinto
Personal information
Full nameAlfonso Pinto
Nationality Italy
Born (1978-10-04) 4 October 1978 (age 46)
Torre Annunziata, Napoli
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight Flyweight
ClubPugilistica Oplonti
Medal record
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Pula Light Flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2006 Plovdiv Light Flyweight
EU Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid Flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2005 Cagliari Light Flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2006 Pécs Light Flyweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almeíra Light Flyweight

Career

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Pinto won the silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula losing to Sergey Kazakov.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. He was beaten in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight (48 kg) division by Turkey's eventual runner-up Atagün Yalçınkaya.

He then repeated his silver medal win at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

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