Pedro Lima (boxer)

Pedro Alvaro Santos de Lima ( born June 29, 1983 in Riachão do Jacuípe, State of Bahia) is a Brazilian boxer.

Career

It was 2003 Brazilian champion in the light welterweight division, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Brazilian welterweight champion, and 2011 and 2013 Brazilian champion at middleweight. He also defeated twice Esquiva Falcão.

In 2005, he retired at the 6th Pan-American Championships in Teresópolis, only in the semifinals of the welterweight against Erislandy Lara and thus won bronze. At the World Championships the same year in Mianyang, however, he resigned from in the second round. In 2006 he achieved a 5th place in the South American Games in Buenos Aires.

He celebrated the biggest continental success in 2007 by winning the gold medal in the welterweight division at the 15th Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. He had it enforced against Jaime Cortez from Ecuador, Ricardo Smith from Jamaica and Demetrius Andrade from the U.S.. At the World Championships the same year in Chicago, he was beaten in the first round against Baqyt Särsekbajew.

For the 2008 Summer Olympics, he could not qualify, because he had to retire in the U.S. elimination fights in Port of Spain and Guatemala City on the places 3 and 5. After victories against Lucien Hewelette, Tureano Johnson, Cristian Peguero and Gustavo Bernardez, he was inferior to John Jackson and in a rematch against Tureano Johnson. In 2009 he took part in the World Championships in Milan, where he was eliminated in the second qualifying round against Balázs Bácskai.

In 2010 he won the gold medal at the 53rd World Military Championships in Jacksonville, USA at middleweight. He defeated while on the way to the title Joan Nilusmas from France, Nurbota Seitbek from Kazakhstan and Peter Müllberg from the Netherlands. The Military World Games 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, he won the 5th place.

Selection of international tournament results

  • May 2011: 2nd place at the 3 Nations Tournament in France
  • June 2009: 3rd place at the Battle of Carabobo in Venezuela tournament, quarter-final win against Gabriel Maestre
  • May 2007: 3rd place at Box -Am tournament in Spain, semi-final defeat against Xavier Noël
  • June 2006: 3rd place at the Golden Belt Tournament in Romania
  • March 2006: 1st place in the Jose " Cheo " Aponte Tournament in Puerto Rico
  • June 2005: 1st place in the Jose " Cheo " Aponte Tournament in Puerto Rico, final victory against Myke Carvalho
International Military Sports Council 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships 2007 Pan American Games 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships Jacksonville (North Carolina)
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