Yamaguchi Falcão
Born
Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino

(1988-01-24) January 24, 1988[1]
São Mateus, Espírito Santo
NationalityBrazilian
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Super middleweight
Cruiserweight
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Reach74 in (188 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[2]
Total fights28
Wins24
Wins by KO10
Losses2
Draws1
No contests1
Medal record
Olympic games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonLight heavyweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2011 GuadalajaraLight Heavyweight
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 MedellinMiddleweight

Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino (born 24 January 1988) is a Brazilian professional boxer who has held multiple regional titles in the middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight divisions. In his amateur years, he won silver at the 2011 Panamerican Games and a bronze at the 2012 Olympics at light heavyweight.

Early life

Born in São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Falcão is the older brother of professional boxer Esquiva Falcão.[3]

Amateur career

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat two opponents at middleweight before losing 3:8 to eventual winner Abbos Atoev (UZB). At the 2010 South American Games he lost to Alex Theran but got a bronze anyway. Afterwards he moved up in weight. 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, on countback before besting Cuban world champion Julio César la Cruz 18:15. He was defeated in the semi-finals by the Russian favorite Egor Mekhontsev 23:11 and received the bronze medal.[4]

Unlike what his name suggests, he is not of Japanese descent.

Professional career

On October 2, it was revealed that Falcão became a professional, signing with Golden Boy Promotions.[5] 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.[6] However, Falcão won all of his subsequent 11 fights. In the tenth, against Jorge Daniel Caraballo, Falcão won the WBC Latino middleweight title.[7]

In 2023, at the age of 35, he faced Cuban David Morrell, current super middleweight champion (up to 76.2 kg), in the dispute for the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt. He was selected at the last minute to replace the Ghanaian Sena Agbeko, who had documentation problems and was left out of the match. The Brazilian had less than two weeks to prepare for the fight, where he felt the lack of rhythm against his rival, ten years younger, and fell in the first round. He was attempting to become the seventh Brazilian to be world boxing champion, joining Éder Jofre, Miguel de Oliveira, Acelino Freitas, Valdemir Pereira, Rose Volantê and Patrick Teixeira. [8]

Professional boxing record

28 fights 24 wins 2 losses
By knockout 10 1
By decision 14 1
Draws 1
No contests 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
28 Loss 24–2–1 (1) David Morrell KO 1 (12), 2:22 22 Apr 2023 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, US For WBA (Regular) super middleweight title
27 Win 24–1–1 (1) Ernest Amuzu TKO 7 (10), 0:49 11 Dec 2022 Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, US
26 Win 23–1-1 (1) Alex Theran UD 10 29 Oct 2022 Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts, US Retained WBC Latino and NABA super middleweight titles
25 Win 22–1–1 (1) Abel Nicolas Adriel UD 8 17 Oct 2022 Alessi Gym Fitness Center, Tampa, Florida, US
24 Win 21–1–1 (1) Damian Ezequiel Bonelli UD 10 26 Mar 2022 Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, US Won vacant NABA super middleweight title
23 Win 20–1–1 (1) Fernando Ezequiel Farias KO 2 (10), 1:21 19 Feb 2022 Melrose Hall, Melrose, Massachusetts, US Won vacant WBC Latino super middleweight title
22 Win 19–1–1 (1) Jorge Daniel Miranda UD 9 23 Oct 2021 Raposo Shopping, São Paulo, Brazil Won vacant WBA Fedecaribe super middleweight title
21 Win 18–1–1 (1) Gilberto Pereira dos Santos UD 10 21 Aug 2021 Clube Mogiano, Mogi Mirim, Brazil Won vacant WBC Latino super middleweight title
20 Win 17–1–1 (1) Clebson Tubarão TKO 1 (10), 1:24 24 Jul 2021 Ginásio do Coliseu Boxing Club, Guarulhos, Brazil Won vacant Brazilian cruiserweight title
19 Draw 16–1–1 (1) D'Mitrius Ballard MD 10 5 Dec 2019 The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California, US For vacant WBC–NABF middleweight title
18 Loss 16–1 (1) Chris Pearson UD 10 2 May 2019 Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, US For vacant WBC Latino middleweight title
17 Win 16–0 (1) Elias Espadas UD 10 21 Jul 2018 Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
16 Win 15–0 (1) Richard Gutierrez UD 8 31 Mar 2018 Marina Bay Sportsplex, Quincy, Massachusetts, US
15 Win 14–0 (1) Taronze Washington TKO 4 (10), 3:00 12 Aug 2017 A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, US
14 Win 13–0 (1) Morgan Fitch UD 10 5 May 2017 Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
13 Win 12–0 (1) Germán Pérez TKO 1 (10), 0:27 17 Dec 2016 The Forum, Inglewood, California, US
12 Win 11–0 (1) Devis Cáceres TKO 2 (10), 0:54 8 Jul 2016 Mendes Convention Center, Santos, Brazil Retained WBC Latino middleweight title
11 Win 10–0 (1) Jorge Caraballo KO 2 (10), 2:10 4 Mar 2016 Mendes Convention Center, Santos, Brazil Won WBC Latino middleweight title
10 Win 9–0 (1) Francisco Cordero RTD 8 (10), 3:00 14 Nov 2015 Ginásio Municipal Falcão, Praia Grande, Brazil
9 Win 8–0 (1) Alberto Gustavo Sanchez UD 8 18 Sep 2015 Club Juventud Unida, Mina Clavero, Argentina
8 Win 7–0 (1) José Carlos Paz UD 10 6 Jun 2015 Arena Santos, Santos, Brazil
7 Win 6–0 (1) Gerardo Ibarra UD 8 30 Apr 2015 Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, US
6 Win 5–0 (1) Deartie Tucker UD 6 2 Apr 2015 Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, US
5 Win 4–0 (1) Raymond Terry KO 1 (6), 1:21 12 Mar 2015 Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas, US
4 Win 3–0 (1) Martin Fidel Ríos UD 8 15 Nov 2014 Ginásio Municipal Falcão, Praia Grande, Brazil
3 Win 2–0 (1) Jesus Cruz TKO 3 (6), 3:00 12 Jul 2014 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
2 Win 1–0 (1) Francisco Najera UD 4 26 Apr 2014 StubHub Center, Carson, California, US
1 NC 0–0 (1) Martin Fidel Ríos NC 3 (4), 0:01 25 Jan 2014 Arena Santos, Santos, Brazil

References

  1. ↑ Yamaguchi Falcão at Olympedia
  2. ↑ "Boxing record for Yamaguchi Falcão". BoxRec.
  3. ↑ "Place of Birth".
  4. ↑ "Olympics boxing: Mekhontcev claims light-heavyweight gold". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Yamaguchi Falcao, Olympic Medalist, Goes Golden Boy - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Por Thierry GozzerSantos, São Paulo. "Yamaguchi entra com machado, mas confusão deixa luta sem vencedor | globoesporte.com". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Yamaguchi nocauteia argentino em dois rounds e conquista cinturão latino".
  8. ↑ Yamaguchi Falcão leva nocaute e perde disputa do título mundial
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