Alberto Ezequiel Melián (born 2 January 1990) is an Argentinian boxer.
Amateur career Melián reached the final of the 2010 South American Games at light flyweight, but lost to Oscar Negrete. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was defeated in the preliminary round of the men's bantamweight tournament by Sergey Vodopyanov, 5–12. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he again participated in the men's bantamweight tournament, winning his first two bouts but losing to Murodjon Akhmadaliev by technical knockout in the quarter-finals. Among Melian's outstanding amateur victories were wins over Cuban Olympic champion Robeisy Ramírez and Frenchman Khedafi Djelkhir, Olympic silver medalist in Beijing 2008 and APB Series World Champion. In 2014, Melián was awarded the "Firpo de Oro" as the best boxer in the country, amateur or professional, by the Boxing's Journalist Union of Argentina (UPERBOX). He expects to compete for a world title before his tenth professional fight.
Professional career Melián made his professional debut in December 2017 against former world title challenger Diego Santillan. Considered by several experts as the best Argentine amateur boxer of the last decade, Melian represented Argentina in numerous international tournaments, including double Olympic participation at the Olympic Games in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. After knocking out the former world title contender Diego Ricardo Santillan in the fifth round in his debut (who entered the ring at 23–2), Melian received the challenge of Aristule, who was present at ringside. Melian accepted the challenge, but asked Aristule to put his national title on the line.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes14Win11–2–1 Johan SeguraTKO9 (10), 10 Mar 2023 13Win10–2–1 Carlos Henrique Rodrigues da SilvaKO6 (10)12 Nov 2022 12Draw9–2–1 Alan Isaias Luques Castillo1015 Apr 2022 11Win9–2 Frency Fortunato SayaUD1027 Mar 2021 10Win8–2 Luis Fernando MolinaTKO9 (10)12 Feb 2021 9Win7–2 Martin Orlando RochaUD611 Dec 2020 8Loss6–2 Oscar NegreteUD106 Feb 2020 7Win6–1 Juan KantunKO2 (8), 23 Nov 2019 6Loss5–1 Leonardo BaezUD1018 Jul 2019 5Win5–0 Isaac ZarateUD1026 Apr 2019 4Win4–0 Edgar OrtegaTKO10 (10), 26 Jan 2019 3Win3–0 Sergio Sosa1026 May 2018 2Win2–0 Julian Evaristo Aristule8 (10), 17 Mar 2018 1Win1–0 Diego Santillan5 (8)12 Dec 2017
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