Valdemir Pereira
Valdemir dos Santos Pereira (born November 15, 1974 in Cruz das Almas, Bahia) is a Brazilian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2006 and held the IBF featherweight *le in 2006. As an amateur Pereira represented Brazil at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the featherweight bracket.
Contents
- 1 Amateur career
- 2 Professional career
- 3 Professional boxing record
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Amateur career
As an amateur, Pereira fought as a Featherweight for the Brazilian Olympic Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney:
- Defeated James Swan (Australia)
- Lost to Ramazan Palyani (Turkey)
Professional career
Known as "Sertão", Pereira turned pro in 2001 and won the vacant IBF Featherweight *le with a decision victory over Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym in January 2006. He lost the *le in his first defense, via disqualification against Eric Aiken later that year, due to excessive low blows. A rematch was scheduled but never materialized. He is now living at Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
- Boxing record for Valdemir Pereira from BoxRec (registration required)