Esquiva Falcão

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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
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Statistics
Real nameEsquiva Falcão Florentino
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach72+1⁄2 in (184 cm)
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 32)
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights29
Wins29
Wins by KO20
Losses0
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) is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and silver at the 2012 Olympics. His older brother, Yamaguchi Falcão, is also a professional boxer.

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 judges 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.[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] After some time boxing, Esquiva Falcão amassed an undefeated record of 27 wins with 19 KOs, and then faced Russian Artur Akavov, in a fight where he defeated the Russian in the fourth round via RTD, because his opponent likely had a broken nose due to punches landed by Esquiva.[12]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
29 fights 29 wins 0 losses
By knockout 20 0
By decision 9 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
29 Win 29–0 Canada Patrice Volny TD 6 (12) 2:18 20 Nov 2021 United States Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
28 Win 28–0 Russia Artur Akavov RTD 4 (10), 3:00 20 Feb 2021 United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
27 Win 27–0 Brazil Morrama Dheisw de Araujo Santos TKO 1 (10), 2:12 29 Aug 2020 Brazil Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil
26 Win 26–0 Argentina Jorge Daniel Miranda RTD 5 (10), 3:00 29 Feb 2020 Brazil Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil
25 Win 25–0 United States Manny Woods KO 3 (10), 2:16 9 Nov 2019 United States Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California, US
24 Win 24–0 Mexico Jesus Antonio Gutierrez TKO 8 (10), 1:35 19 Jul 2019 United States MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, US
23 Win 23–0 Argentina Jorge Daniel Miranda UD 10 31 Mar 2019 Brazil Portobello Resort & Safari, Mangaratiba, Brazil
22 Win 22–0 Argentina Guido Nicolas Pitto UD 10 20 Oct 2018 United States Park MGM, Paradise, Nevada, US
21 Win 21–0 Mexico Jonathan Tavira KO 1 (10), 1:38 28 Jul 2018 United States Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee, Florida, US
20 Win 20–0 France Salim Larbi KO 1 (10), 2:06 10 Mar 2018 United States StubHub Center, Carson, California, US
19 Win 19–0 Spain José Miguel Fandino TKO 7 (8), 2:43 3 Nov 2017 United States Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida, US
18 Win 18–0 Mexico Norberto González UD 8 5 Aug 2017 United States Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, US
17 Win 17–0 Costa Rica Jaime Barboza UD 8 17 Feb 2017 United States Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, US
16 Win 16–0 Puerto Rico Luis Hernandez UD 8 2 Dec 2016 United States Save Mart Center, Fresno, California, US
15 Win 15–0 Mexico Josué Obando RTD 6 (8), 3:00 28 Oct 2016 United States Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas, US
14 Win 14–0 Mexico Paul Valenzuela Jr. TKO 4 (8), 1:31 14 May 2016 United States Sportsmen's Lodge, Los Angeles, California, US
13 Win 13–0 United States Joe McCreedy TKO 5 (8), 1:48 19 Mar 2016 United States Arena Theatre, Houston, Texas, US
12 Win 12–0 United States Hector Muñoz TKO 4 (8), 2:26 12 Dec 2015 United States Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, US
11 Win 11–0 Hungary Zoltan Papp KO 2 (8), 1:50 26 Sep 2015 United States Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California, US
10 Win 10–0 United States Aaron Drake TKO 4 (8), 0:45 26 Jun 2015 United States State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, US
9 Win 9–0 United States Paul Harness RTD 3 (8), 3:00 8 May 2015 United States Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US
8 Win 8–0 United States Omar Rojas UD 6 11 Apr 2015 United States Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas, US
7 Win 7–0 United States Mike Tufariello TKO 2 (6), 2:22 28 Feb 2015 United States USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, US
6 Win 6–0 United States Lanny Dardar TKO 5 (6), 1:31 6 Dec 2014 United States Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California, US
5 Win 5–0 United States Austin Marcum TKO 2 (6), 1:24 4 Oct 2014 United States Bahia Shrine Temple, Orlando, Florida, US
4 Win 4–0 United States Malcolm Terry Jr. KO 2 (6), 0:43 9 Aug 2014 United States Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California, US
3 Win 3–0 South Korea Eun-Chang Lee UD 6 31 May 2014 Macau CotaiArena, Macau, SAR
2 Win 2–0 United States Publio Pena UD 6 12 Apr 2014 United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
1 Win 1–0 United States Joshua Robertson TKO 4 (6), 2:36 15 Feb 2014 United States C. Robert Lee Center, Hawaiian Gardens, California, US

References[]

  1. ^ "AIBA Biographies". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  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. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. ^ Sanchotene, Adriana Brum, André Pugliesi, Daniel Castellano, Marcos Xavier Vicente e Marco. "Os 'causos' de Touro Moreno". Gazeta do Povo.
  5. ^ GloboEsporte.comCalifórnia, Por. "Esquiva Falcão vence americano por nocaute na estreia como profissional". globoesporte.com.
  6. ^ Vegas, Por GloboEsporte comLas; Unidos, Estados. "Na preliminar de Pacquiao, Esquiva enfrentará americano Pubilo Pena". globoesporte.com.
  7. ^ "Esquiva Falcão agrada empresário em 2ª luta profissional - Esportes". Estadão.
  8. ^ Janeiro, Por GloboEsporte comRio de. "Esquiva Falcão enfrenta australiano em sua terceira luta como profissional". globoesporte.com.
  9. ^ Line, A. TARDE On. "Esquiva Falcão vence terceira luta no boxe profissional". Portal A TARDE.
  10. ^ "Mike Noriega quebra a mão e Esquiva Falcão aguarda novo adversário". globoesporte.com.
  11. ^ GloboEsporte.comGlendale, Por; Unidos, Estados. "Esquiva Falcão cumpre promessa e nocauteia rival no segundo round". globoesporte.com.
  12. ^ "Esquiva Falcão quebra nariz de russo em Las Vegas e chega à 28ª vitória da carreira profissional". ge.

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