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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Falcão and the second or paternal family name is Florentino.
Esquiva Falcão
Born
Esquiva Falcão Florentino

(1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 34)
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Nationality Brazil
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach73 in (185 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins20
Wins by KO14
Losses0
Draws0
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Middleweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Baku Middleweight
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Medellin Welterweight

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

Amateur career

He became famous in his amateur years 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, where he won the silver medal, becoming the first Brazilian to reach an Olympic boxing final after defeating Soltan Migitinov, Zoltán Harcsa and local hero Anthony Ogogo.[2][3]

His name is literally Portuguese for "dodge\slip", as his amateur boxer father wanted to circumvent the prohibition given for coach instructions during the fight, and guide his son simply by shouting his name.[4]

Professional 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.[5] Falcão's next fight was announced as part of the preliminary card of the Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley rematch event against Publio Pena.[6] 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.[7] Falcão was supposed to face Australian Alex Don, however, Don got injured and was replaced by South Korean Eun-Chang Lee.[8] 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. [9] Esquiva was expected to face Mexican Mike Noriega, but Mike broke his hand due to sparring, but is still considered one of the best Welterweights in the world with a knockout record in Boxing History of fifteen seconds.[10] 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.[11]

By November 2016, Esquiva had amassed an unbeaten record of 15 wins in 15 fights, 12 knockouts with only 3 decisions.

Professional boxing record

21 Wins (15 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[12]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win 21–0 Mexico Jonathan Tavira KO 1 (10), 1:39 2018-07-28 United States Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee, Florida
Win 20–0 France Salim Larbi KO 1 (10), 2:09 2018-03-10 United States StubHub Center, Carson, California
Win 19–0 Spain José Miguel Fandino TKO 7 (8), 2:39 2017-11-03 United States Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida
Win 18–0 Mexico Norberto González UD 8 2017-08-05 United States Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
Win 17–0 Costa Rica Jaime Barboza UD 8 2017-02-17 United States Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas
Win 16–0 Puerto Rico Luis Hernandez UD 8 2016-12-02 United States Save Mart Center, Fresno, California
Win 15–0 Mexico Josué Obando RTD 6 (8), 3:00 2016-10-28 United States Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas
Win 14–0 Mexico Paul Valenzuela Jr. TKO 4 (8), 1:31 2016-05-14 United States Sportsmen's Lodge, Los Angeles, California
Win 13–0 United States Joe McCreedy TKO 5 (8), 1:48 2016-03-19 United States Arena Theatre, Houston, Texas
Win 12–0 United States Hector Muñoz TKO 4 (8), 2:26 2015-12-12 United States Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona
Win 11–0 Hungary Zoltan Papp KO 2 (8), 1:50 2015-09-26 United States Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
Win 10–0 United States Aaron Drake TKO 4 (8), 0:45 2015-06-26 United States State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas
Win 9–0 United States Paul Harness RTD 3 (8), 3:00 2015-05-08 United States Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Win 8–0 United States Omar Rojas UD 6 2015-04-11 United States Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas
Win 7–0 United States Mike Tufariello TKO 2 (6), 2:22 2015-02-28 United States USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida
Win 6–0 United States Lanny Dardar TKO 5 (6), 1:31 2014-12-06 United States Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California
Win 5–0 United States Austin Marcum TKO 2 (6), 1:24 2014-10-04 United States Bahia Shrine Temple, Orlando, Florida Middleweight debut.
Win 4–0 United States Malcolm Terry Jr. KO 2 (6), 0:43 2014-08-09 United States Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California Light Middleweight debut.
Win 3–0 South Korea Eun-Chang Lee UD 6 2014-05-31 Macau CotaiArena, Macau, SAR
Win 2–0 United States Publio Pena UD 6 2014-04-12 United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 1–0 United States Joshua Robertson TKO 4 (6), 2:36 2014-02-15 United States C. Robert Lee Center, Hawaiian Gardens, California Professional boxing debut at Super Middleweight.

References

  1. ^ AIBA Biographies
  2. ^ Kevin Mitchell at the ExCeL Arena (10 August 2012). "London 2012: Boxing bronze for GB after Anthony Ogogo loses semi-final | Sport". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Medzhidov and Falcao Florentino on podium at Olympics - World Series of Boxing". Worldseriesboxing.com. 7 August 2012.
  4. ^ Os 'causos' de Touro Moreno
  5. ^ http://globoesporte.globo.com/boxe/noticia/2014/02/esquiva-falcao-vence-americano-por-nocaute-na-estreia-como-profissional.html#esporte-boxe
  6. ^ http://globoesporte.globo.com/boxe/noticia/2014/03/na-preliminar-de-pacquiao-esquiva-enfrentara-americano-publio-pena.html
  7. ^ http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes,esquiva-falcao-agrada-empresario-em-2-luta-profissional,1153252,0.htm
  8. ^ http://globoesporte.globo.com/boxe/noticia/2014/04/esquiva-falcao-enfrenta-australiano-em-sua-terceira-luta-como-profissional.html
  9. ^ http://atarde.uol.com.br/esportes/noticias/1595777-esquiva-falcao-vence-terceira-luta-no-boxe-profissional
  10. ^ http://globoesporte.globo.com/es/noticia/2014/07/mike-noriega-quebra-mao-e-esquiva-falcao-aguarda-novo-adversario.html#atleta-esquiva-falcao
  11. ^ http://globoesporte.globo.com/boxe/noticia/2014/08/sem-perdao-esquiva-falcao-nocauteia-americano-no-segundo-round.html
  12. ^ Esquiva Falcão. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.
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