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Alfredo Angulo López (born August 11, 1982) is a boxer from Mexico, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico.
Alfredo Angulo turned professional in California and has only one defeat. On 17 May 2008 he defeated Richard Gutierrez inside 5 rounds to take his professional record to 13 wins, 10 by way of knockout.
On October 4, 2008, Angulo defeated Andrey Tsurkan (26-3, 17 KO). Angulo, from the beginning of the round was relentless, averaging over 100 punches per round. He stopped Tsurkan in the 11th round when referee Tony Krebs stepped in.
Angulo was scheduled to fight former champion Ricardo Mayorga on February 14, 2009. However, Mayorga pulled out ten days before the fight after demanding a larger purse. Angulo fought former NABO light Welterweight champion Cosme Rivera as a replacement and defeated him by fifth round technical knockout. He suffered his first professional loss in a close match to Puerto Rican fighter Kermit Cintron in early June. In November 2009, Angulo defeated Harry Joe Yorgey (22-1-1) to claim the interim WBO light middleweight title. As of 11/7/09, Angulo's current record is 17-1 with 14 KOs.
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