Willy Blain

Willy Blain
Data
Birth Name	Willy Blain
Weight class	Light welterweight
nationality	French
birthday	April 24, 1978
place of birth	Reunion
style	Legal display
size	1.74 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	27
Victories	25th
Knockout victories	4th
Defeats	2

Willy Blain medal table
Boxing
France
World championships
gold	2003	Half-worlds
bronze	2001	Half-worlds
bronze	1999	Half-worlds
European championships
bronze	2004	Half-worlds
silver	2002	Half-worlds
silver	2000	Half-worlds

Willy "Small Leonard" Blain (born April 24, 1978 in Réunion ) is a former French boxer.

Success as an amateur

Willy Blain was French lightweight champion in 1997 and 1998, and French light welterweight champion six times in a row from 1999 to 2004.

At the 1999 World Championships in the USA , he won bronze at the European Championships 2000 in Finland silver. Due to these successes, he was also used at the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , but where he was eliminated in the first fight against Diógenes Luna .

In 2001 he won silver at the Mediterranean Games in Tunisia and again bronze at the World Championships in Northern Ireland . He also won silver at the European Championships in Russia in 2002 .

In 2003 he won the Indian Ocean Island Games in Mauritius , the EU Championships in France and the World Championships in Thailand . He defeated the reigning world champion Diógenes Luna and the reigning European champion Alexander Maletin .

After winning bronze at the European Championships in Croatia in 2004, he still took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . There he defeated Alexander Maletin again, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Manus Boonjumnong .

Blain also won international tournaments such as the 1998 Chemistry Cup and the 2003 Feliks Stamm Tournament .

Professional career

In 2004 Blain turned pro and signed with Spotlight Boxing in Germany. After 13 wins in a row, he won the WBO Intercontinental title on August 22, 2006 against Juan Mosquera from Panama , which he was able to defend against the Argentinians Sergio Priotti and Pablo Godoy, as well as the French Stephane Benito and the Indonesian Daudy Bahari.

On April 25, 2009 he boxed for the interim world championship of the WBO light welterweight, but was defeated by the American Lamont Peterson . He then won four more fights before losing to the Ukrainian Serhii Fedchenko in November 2011 and ending his career.

In December 2016, he returned to the ring for one final fight, defeating Hungary's Gyula Tallósi.

Web links

• Willy Blain in the BoxRec database

Individual evidence

1. ^ French champions in amateur boxing, 1903-2009
2. ↑ WM 1999
3. ↑ EM 2000
4. ↑ 2000 Olympic Games
5. ↑ Mediterranean Games 2001
6. ↑ World Cup 2001
7. ↑ EM 2002
8. ↑ IOIG 2003
9. ↑ EU Championships 2003
10. ↑ EM 2003
11. ↑ EM 2004
12. ↑ 2004 Olympic Games
13. ^ Chemistry Cup 1998
14. ↑ Feliks Stamm Tournament 2003