Domenico Valentino

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Italy Italy
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze 2005 Mianyang Lightweight
Silver 2007 Chicago Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze 2004 Pula Lightweight
EU Amateur Championships
Gold 2004 Madrid Lightweight
Gold 2005 Cagliari Lightweight
Gold 2006 Pécs Lightweight
Bronze 2007 Dublin Lightweight

Domenico Valentino (born 17 May 1984) is a boxer from Italy.

The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Kazakhstan's eventual bronze medalist Serik Yeleuov.

At the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships he once more won bronze.

At the Euro 2006 he lost early to Olexandr Klyuchko 18:30.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he at last made it to the finals beating North Korean Kim Song-Guk but lost to Frankie Gavin.

[edit] Amateur results

2004 Athens Olympic games

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Mohammed Asheri (Iran) 37-18
  • Lost to Serik Yeleuov (Kazakhstan) 23-29

2007 AIBA World Amateur championships

  • Defeated Luis Ernesto Rueda (Argentina) RSC 3 (1:43)
  • Defeated Daijiro Hoshi (Japan) 27-9
  • Defeated Eric Donovan (Ireland) 29-12
  • Defeated Hrachik Javakhyan (Armenia) 27-12
  • Defeated Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 22-14
  • Lost to Frankie Gavin (England) 10-18

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