Washington Silva

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Washington Luís da Silva (b. February 05 or 25, 1978 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian amateur boxer best known to participate in the 2004 Olympics and qualifying for 2008 at light-heavyweight. He is the uncle of Hamilton Ventura‎ but only five years older.

[edit] Career

At the 2003 PanAm Games he lost to Argenis Casimiro Núñez.

2004 he qualified for the Olympics but lost in the first round 22:27 to Ali Ismayilov, see Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Light heavyweight.

At the 2005 World Championships he almost medaled when he lost his quarterfinal to Artak Malumyan only on countback.

At the 2007 PanAm Games in his native Brazil he lost in the quarterfinal to Christopher Downs.

At the 2008 Olympic qualifier in Trinidad he lost to Puerto Rico's Carlos Negron but upset Christopher Downs for the third qualifying spot.

[edit] External links

• Brazilian article, data
• Yahoo