Pedro Lima (boxer)

Pedro Lima
Personal information
Born (1983-06-29) 29 June 1983
Riachão do Jacuípe, Bahia, Brazil
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's Boxing
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Welterweight

Pedro Álvaro Santos de Lima (born 29 June 1983) is a Brazilian amateur boxer best known to win the 2007 PanAm welterweight (152 lbs) title in 2007.

Career

Lima fought in his home country and beat Ecuadorian Jaime Cortez 13-3, Jamaican Ricardo Smith 12-4, and US southpaw Demetrius Andrade who became world champion later that year in the finals 7-6. He was the first boxing gold medalist for Brazil in 44 years.

At the world championships he beat Ergazy Murzakarimov of Kyrgyzstan 21-9, and Polish Michal Starbala 12-8 but lost to Bakhyt Sarsekbayev and did not qualify (yet) for the Olympics.

At the first Olympic qualifier he was upset by unknown John Jackson, at the second he was again upset by a completely unknown in Tureano Johnson.

Professional boxing record

References

  1. ^ [1]. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2019-08-12.