Yamaguchi Falcão

Yamaguchi Falcão
Personal information
Full name Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1987-12-24) December 24, 1987
São Mateus, Espírito Santo
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Middleweight

Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino (December 24, 1987 in São Mateus, Espírito Santo [1]) is a Brazilian boxer, currently a professional in the World Boxing Council.[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.

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.

Middleweight

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.[3]

Pro career

On October 2 it was revealed that Falcão became a professional by 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

11 Wins (5 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws, 1 No Contest[2]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win11–0 Colombia Devis Cáceres TKO 2 (10), 0:54 2016-07-08 Brazil Mendes Convention Center, Santos, São Paulo Defended the WBC Latino Middleweight Title.
Win10–0 Argentina Jorge Caraballo KO 2 (10), 2:10 2016-03-04 Brazil Mendes Convention Center, Santos, São Paulo Won the WBC Latino Middleweight Title.
Win9–0 Colombia Francisco Cordero RTD 8 (10) 2015-11-14 Brazil Ginásio Municipal Falcão, Praia Grande, São Paulo
Win8–0 Argentina Alberto Gustavo Sanchez UD 8 2015-09-18 Argentina Club Juventud Unida, Mina Clavero, Córdoba
Win7–0 Argentina José Carlos Paz UD 10 2015-06-06 Brazil Arena Santos, Santos, São Paulo
Win6–0 United States Gerardo Ibarra UD 8 2015-04-30 United States Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California
Win5–0 United States Deartie Tucker UD 6 2015-04-02 United States Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California
Win4–0 United States Raymond Terry KO 1 (6), 1:21 2015-03-12 United States Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas
Win3–0 Argentina Martin Fidel Ríos UD 8 2014-11-15 Brazil Ginásio Municipal Falcão, Praia Grande, São Paulo
Win2–0 Puerto Rico Jesus Cruz TKO 3 (6), 3:00 2014-07-12 United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
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. 1 2 Yamaguchi Falcão. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
  3. ↑ "Olympics boxing: Mekhontcev claims light-heavyweight gold". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Yamaguchi Falcao, Olympic Medalist, Goes Golden Boy - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  5. ↑ Por Thierry GozzerSantos, São Paulo. "Yamaguchi entra com machado, mas confusão deixa luta sem vencedor | globoesporte.com". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  6. ↑ http://globoesporte.globo.com/boxe/noticia/2016/03/yamaguchi-nocauteia-argentino-em-dois-rounds-e-conquista-cinturao-latino.html
  7. ↑ http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/ratings?layout=edit&id=145
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