Esquiva Florentino

Esquiva Falcão Florentino

Personal information
Full name	Esquiva Falcão Florentino
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Light Middleweight(2014-), Middleweight(2014), Super Middleweight(2014)
Medal record Competitor for  Brazil Olympic Games 2012 London Middleweight World Amateur Championships 2011 Baku Middleweight South American Games 2010 Medellin Welterweight

Esquiva Falcão Florentino (born 12 December 1989 in Vitória, Espírito Santo) is a professional boxer and former amateur boxer from Brazil. The southpaw is the brother of Yamaguchi Falcão and fights at Super Middleweight.

He became famous by winning the Middleweight bronze medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships losing his semi to Ryōta Murata.^[1] He hereby qualified for the 2012 Olympics.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he defeated Soltan Migitinov, Zoltán Harcsa and local hero Anthony Ogogo, reaching the Olympic final for the South American nation.^[2][3]

Pro career

Falcão was supposed to fight Paul Harness in his debut, but Harness got injured only six days before the event and was replaced by Joshua Robertson. In his debut, he knocked out Joshua Robertson on the fourth round.^[4] Falcão's next fight was announced as part of the preliminary card of the Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley rematch event against Publio Pena.^[5] He dominated most of the fight and won by unanimous decision over Publio Pena. Two jugdes scored the fight 60-54, and one scored 60-53.^[6] Falcão was supposed to face Australian Alex Don, however, Don got injured and was replaced by South Korean Eun-Chang Lee.^[7] Falcão defeated Eun-Chang Lee by unanimous decision, the scorecards were 59-55, 59-54 e 58-55, all in favor of Falcão. The fight took place in Macau, China.^[8] Esquiva was expected to face Mexican Mike Noriega, but Mike broke his hand. Noriega is a world-class fighter from Mexicali Baja Ca, Mexico and will be hoped to face Falcao in the future by the fans of the boxing world^[9] Noriega was replaced by the American Malcolm Terry Jr. and Falcão beat him via TKO in the second round after a second knockdown, the fight was stopped by the referee. The first knockdown came in the first round.^[10]

Professional boxing record

12 Wins (9 knockouts, 3 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[11]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	12–0	Hector Muñoz	TKO	4 (8), 2:26	2015-12-12	Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona
Win	11–0	Zoltan Papp	KO	2 (8), 1:50	2015-09-26	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
Win	10–0	Aaron Drake	TKO	4 (8), 0:45	2015-06-26	State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas
Win	9–0	Paul Harness	RTD	3 (8), 3:00	2015-05-08	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Win	8–0	Omar Rojas	UD	6	2015-04-11	Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas
Win	7–0	Mike Tufariello	TKO	2 (6), 2:22	2015-02-28	USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida
Win	6–0	Lanny Dardar	TKO	5 (6), 1:31	2014-12-06	Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California
Win	5–0	Austin Marcum	TKO	2 (6), 1:24	2014-10-04	Bahia Shrine Temple, Orlando, Florida
Win	4–0	Malcolm Terry Jr.	KO	2 (6), 0:43	2014-08-09	Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California	Light Middleweight debut.
Win	3–0	Eun-Chang Lee	UD	6	2014-05-31	CotaiArena, Macau, SAR
Win	2–0	Publio Pena	UD	6	2014-04-12	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	1–0	Joshua Robertson	TKO	4 (6), 2:36	2014-02-15	C. Robert Lee Center, Hawaiian Gardens, California	Professional boxing debut at Super Middleweight.

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