Esquiva Falcão

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.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Falcão and the second or paternal family name is Florentino.
Esquiva Falcão
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
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights27
Wins27
Wins by KO19
Losses0
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2012 London Middleweight
World Amateur Championships
2011 Baku Middleweight
South American Games
2010 Medellin Welterweight

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, 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]

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