Yamaguchi Falcão
Yamaguchi Falcão | |
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| Born | Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino December 24, 1987 |
| Nationality |  Brazil |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Middleweight |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Reach | 74 in (188 cm) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 19 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Wins by KO | 7 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino (December 24, 1987 in São Mateus, Espírito Santo [1]) is a Brazilian boxer, currently a professional, and a former holder of the World Boxing Council Latino Middleweight Title.[2] In his amateur years, he won silver at the 2011 Panamerican Games and a bronze at the 2012 Olympics at light heavyweight. He is a southpaw and the brother of Esquiva Falcão.
Amateur 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. Afterwards he moved up in weight. 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, on 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.[3]
Unlike what his name suggests, he is not of Japanese descent.
Professional career
On October 2 it was revealed that Falcão became a professional, signing with Golden Boy Promotions.[4] 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.[5] However, Falcão won all of his subsequent 11 fights. In the tenth, against Jorge Daniel Caraballo, Falcão got the World Boxing Council Latino Middleweight title.[6] He is currently ranked 21st in the overall WBC Middleweight ranking.[7]
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ "Place of Birth".
- ^ a b Yamaguchi Falcão. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
- ^ "Olympics boxing: Mekhontcev claims light-heavyweight gold". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Yamaguchi Falcao, Olympic Medalist, Goes Golden Boy - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Por Thierry GozzerSantos, São Paulo. "Yamaguchi entra com machado, mas confusão deixa luta sem vencedor | globoesporte.com". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Yamaguchi nocauteia argentino em dois rounds e conquista cinturão latino".
- ^ Admin. "World Boxing Council". wbcboxing.com.
External links
- Living people
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic boxers of Brazil
- 1987 births
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Espírito Santo
- Brazilian male boxers
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games