Valdemir Pereira

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Valdemir dos Santos Pereira (born November 15, 1974 in Cruz das Almas, Bahia) is a Brazilian boxer in the Featherweight division.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Pereira fought as a Featherweight for the Brazilian Olympic Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney:

Defeated James Swan (Australia)
Lost to Ramazan Palyani (Turkey)

Professional career

Known as "Sertão", Pereira turned pro in 2001 and won the Vacant IBF Featherweight Title with a decision victory over Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym in January 2006. He lost the title in his first defense, via disqualification against Eric Aiken later that year, due to excessive low blows. A rematch was scheduled but never materialized.^[1] He is now living at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

References

↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=tessitore_joe&id=2791116

Preceded by Juan Manuel Márquez Stripped	IBF Featherweight Champion 20 Jan 2006– 13 May 2006	Succeeded by Eric Aiken

External links

Professional boxing record for Valdemir Pereira from BoxRec

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Name	Pereira, Valdemir
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Short description	Brazilian boxer
Date of birth	November 15, 1974
Place of birth
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