Éverton Lopes

Éverton Lopes ( born August 8, 1988 in Salvador da Bahia) is a Brazilian boxer in the Light Welterweight. Lopes won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in 2007, the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2013, was world champion in 2011 and winner of the Pan American Championships in 2013 and participants of the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012.

Career

In the youth level ( U19) Lopes participated in the 2006 World Championships in Agadir and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of.

In the same year he pushed through in his first international championships, the South American games. Lopes reached the final and won by a final defeat by Darley Perez, Colombia ( 13:11), the silver medal in the lightweight ( - 60 kg). Also in 2006, Lopes was the first time Brazilian champion at lightweight. He repeated this success in the years 2007, 2009 and 2012.

At the Pan American Games 2007, Lopes won after victories among others in the semifinals over Jose Pedraza, Puerto Rico ( 7:2 ) and a final defeat Yordenis Ugas, Cuba ( 21:8 ), the silver medal. At the world championships in the same year he retired in the first fight against Uranchimeg Munkh - Erdene, Mongolia ( 29:16 ) from. To catch up the so missed qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games, Lopes took part in the 2008 U.S. Olympic qualifying tournaments in Port of Spain and Guatemala City and qualified with a finals in the second tournament for the Olympic Games. At the games Lopes failed in the first fight at Assylbek Talasbajew, Kyrgyzstan ( 9:7 ).

In 2009, Lopes at the American Championships in Mexico City part and fought his way after a victory over Ibrahim Kamal, Canada ( 8:2 ) and a semi-final defeat by Francisco Vargas, Mexico ( 8:6 ), the bronze medal. At the world championships in the same year Lopes finished after beating Ruslan Gasimov, Azerbaijan ( 10:2 ), Hrachik Javakhyan, Armenia ( 10:3 ) and Thomas Stalker, England ( 14:5 ), and a quarter-final defeat against eventual bronze medalist Albert Selimov, Russia ( 17:2 ), the 5th Place.

After Lopes at the 2010 South American Games due to a final defeat by Cesar Villarraga, Colombia (7:3), the silver medal won and 2011 with a final victory over Abdelhak Aatkani, Morocco ( 13:6 ), which won World Military Championships in the light welterweight, he won in the Pan American games 2011, the bronze medal, after a semi-final defeat against Rosniel Iglesias, Cuba ( 18:9 ).

His biggest success came Lopes at the 2011 World Championships. After victories over Syrowatka Michał, Poland ( RSC 3rd), Jeff Horne, Australia ( 22:10 ), Anthony Yigit, Sweden ( 22:10 ), Gyula Kate, Hungary ( AB 3 ), in the semi-final against Vincenzo Mangiacapre, Italy ( 16:7 ) and in the final against Denis Berinchik, Ukraine ( 26:23 ), Lopes won the gold medal in the light welterweight. This he had also qualified directly for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Here he met but already in the first fight on the later Olympic champion Rosniel Iglesias, Cuba, where he was beaten with 18:15 points.

2013 Lopes won the Pan American Championships in Santiago de Chile. In the same year he took part in the World Championships in Almaty, where he claimed victories over Rich Arno Colin, Mauritius (2:1) ), Artem Harutyunyan, Germany (3-0), and Evaldas Petrauskas, Lithuania ( 2-1 ), the reached the semi-finals. In this he faced the Kazakh Merei Akschalow, whom he defeated 2-1 judges' votes.

World Series of Boxing

In the season 2010/2011 Lopes starts for Los Angeles in the World Series of Boxing. During the group stage, he played three fights that he won all of them. In the playoffs, he fought in the semi-final against Merei Akschalow of the Astana Arlans and had to admit defeat this. Los Angeles was eliminated in the semifinals.

• Brazilian
• Boxer ( Brazil)
• Olympian (Brazil )
• Born in 1988
• Man