Yamaguchi Falcão

Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino
Personal information
Full name Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino
Nationality  Brazil
Born December 24, 1987
São Mateus, Espírito Santo
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Light heavyweight

Yamaguchi Falcão (b. December 24, 1987 - São Mateus, Espírito Santo [1]) is a professional boxer and former amateur boxer from Brazil who won silver at the 2011 Panamerican Games and Bronze at the 2012 Olympics at light heavyweight. He is a southpaw and the brother of Esquiva Falcão.

Career

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat two opponents at middleweight then lost 3:8 to eventual winner Abbos Atoev (UZB).

At the 2010 South American Games he lost to Alex Theran but got a bronze anyway. He moved up afterwards.

Light Heavyweight

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Amine Azzouzi and Carlos Gongora, then lost to Elshod Rasulov. In Guadalajara at the PanAms he beat two opponents then lost to Cuban favorite Julio César la Cruz.

At the Olympic qualifier he beat three opponents including Osmar Bravo who also qualified then lost the final to American southpaw Marcus Browne. All three made the Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics he controversially edged out Sumit Sangwan 15:14, then Meng Fanlong 17:17, countback before besting Cuban world champion Julio César la Cruz 18:15. He was defeated at semi-finals by the Russian favorite Egor Mekhontsev 23:11 and received the bronze medal.[2]

Pro career

On October 2 it was revealed that Falcão signed with Golden Boy Promotions and, hence, that he turns professional.[3] In his debut, he was disqualified alongside Martín Fidel Ríos after the second round. Both fighters traded a few punches after the round ended followed by Ríos spitting on Falcão. The call was seen as excessive by both fighters, whom wanted to keep fighting.[4]

Professional boxing record

6 Wins (2 knockouts, 4 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws, 1 No Contest[5]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win6–0 United States Gerardo Ibarra UD 8 2015-04-30 United States Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win5–0 United States Deartie Tucker UD 6 2015-04-02 United States Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win4–0 United States Raymond Terry KO 1 (6), 1:21 2015-03-12 United States Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win3–0 Argentina Martin Fidel Ríos UD 8 2014-11-15 Brazil Ginásio Municipal Falcão, Praia Grande, São Paulo
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win2–0 Puerto Rico Jesus Cruz TKO 3 (6), 3:00 2014-07-12 United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win1–0 Mexico Francisco Najera UD 4 2014-04-26 United States StubHub Center, Carson, California
NC– Argentina Martin Fidel Ríos NC 3 (4), 0:01 2014-01-25 Brazil Arena Santos, Santos, São Paulo Professional boxing debut at Middleweight.

References

  1. ↑ Place of Birth
  2. ↑ "Olympics boxing: Mekhontcev claims light-heavyweight gold". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Yamaguchi Falcao, Olympic Medalist, Goes Golden Boy - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  4. ↑ Por Thierry GozzerSantos, São Paulo. "Yamaguchi entra com machado, mas confusão deixa luta sem vencedor | globoesporte.com". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  5. ↑ . Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.

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