Marco Verde

Marco Verde
Verde at the 2024 Olympic medal ceremony
Personal information
NicknameGreen
BornMarco Alonso Verde Álvarez
(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 24)
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
WeightSuper middleweight
Boxing career
Reach1.79 m (70 in)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights6
Wins6
Win by KO3
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisWelterweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoWelterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorWelterweight

Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez (born 11 February 2002) is a Mexican professional boxer. As an amateur, he won an Olympic silver medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

Verde won the gold medal in the 2023 Pan American Games in Boxing in the 71 kg category. He also won the silver medal in the welterweight category at the 2024 Summer Olympics after losing the final bout against Uzbek Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev.

Olympic results

2024 – Paris

Professional career

Verde became professional in 2025. He made his professional debut on 3 May 2025, defeating Michel Galván by technical knockout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Personal life

His father Manuel was also a boxer and competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Professional boxing record

6 fights 6 wins 0 losses
By knockout 3 0
By decision 3 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
4 Win 4–0 Raphael Igbokwe UD 6 13 December 2025 Centro de Usos Múltiples, Mazatlán, Mexico
3 Win 3–0 Sona Akale TKO 4 (6), 1:11 13 September 2025 Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 Cristian Montero UD 6 12 July 2025 Polideportivo Juan S. Millán, Culiacán, Mexico
1 Win 1–0 Michel Polina TKO 1 (6), 1:34 3 May 2025 ANB Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

References

  1. ↑ "¿Quién es Marco Verde? El boxeador mexicano que pelea en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024?". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Binner, Andrew (28 October 2023). "2023 Pan American Games Boxing: Ten breakout stars to watch at Paris 2024". Olympics.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "BoxRec: Marco Verde". BoxRec. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Marco Verde stops Olympic champion Roniel Iglesias". BoxingTalk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Marco Verde could be Mexico's star at the Panamerican Games". 024Boxing. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Marco Verde debutó en boxeo profesional con un nocaut". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 3 May 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Rodríguez, Salvador (31 July 2024). "Paris 2024: Conoce a Marco Verde, mexicano que busca medalla en boxeo". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.