Pedro Álvaro Santos de Lima (born 29 June 1983 in
Riachão do Jacuípe,
Bahia
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) 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 Jaime Cortez, ECU, 13-3, Ricardo Smith, JAM, 12-4, and US southpaw
Demetrius Andrade
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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 (Kirgizia) 21-9, and Polish Michal Starbala 12-8 but lost to
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
Bakhyt Abdirakhmanuly Sarsekbayev ( kk, Бақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев; born 29 November 1981) is a Kazakhastani amateur boxer who won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Welterweight, and won gold medal at the 200 ...
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
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.
Professional boxing record
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References
External links
Results, PanAm Games
Welterweight boxers
Living people
1983 births
Boxers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Brazilian male boxers
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
21st-century Brazilian people
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