Esquiva Falcão

Esquiva Falcão Florentino (born 12 December 1989) is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and silver at the 2012 Olympics. As a professional boxer, he accumulated a record of 30 straight wins before losing to Vincenzo Gualtieri by a 12-round unanimous decision in a fight for the vacant IBF World Middleweight Champion title, his first-ever loss.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Falcão and the second or paternal family name is Florentino.
Esquiva Falcão
Statistics
Real nameEsquiva Falcão Florentino
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach73+1⁄3 in (186 cm)
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights31
Wins30
Wins by KO20
Losses1
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Middleweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Baku Middleweight
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Medellin Welterweight

Early life

Falcão was born in Vitória, Espírito Santo, and he is the younger brother of professional boxer Yamaguchi Falcão.

Amateur career

He became famous in his amateur years by winning the Middleweight bronze medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships losing his semi to Ryōta Murata.[1] He hereby qualified for the 2012 Olympics, where he won the silver medal, becoming the first Brazilian to reach an Olympic boxing final after defeating Soltan Migitinov, Zoltán Harcsa and local hero Anthony Ogogo.[2][3]

His name is Portuguese for "dodge\slip", as his amateur boxer father wanted to circumvent the prohibition given for coach instructions during the fight, and guide his son simply by shouting his name.[4]

He finished his amateur career with a record of 215 wins and 15 losses.[5]

Professional career

Falcão was supposed to fight Paul Harness in his debut, but Harness got injured only six days before the event and was replaced by Joshua Robertson. In his debut, he knocked out Joshua Robertson in the fourth round.[6] Falcão's next fight was announced as part of the preliminary card of the Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley rematch event against Publio Pena.[7] He dominated most of the fight and won by unanimous decision over Publio Pena. Two judges scored the fight 60–54, and one scored 60–53.[8] Falcão was supposed to face Australian Alex Don, however, Don got injured and was replaced by South Korean Eun-Chang Lee.[9] Falcão defeated Eun-Chang Lee by unanimous decision, the scorecards were 59–55, 59-54 e 58–55, all in favor of Falcão. The fight took place in Macau, China. [10] Esquiva was expected to face Mexican Mike Noriega, but Mike broke his hand due to sparring.[11] Noriega was replaced by the American Malcolm Terry Jr. and Falcão beat him via TKO in the second round after a second knockdown, the fight was stopped by the referee. The first knockdown came in the first round.[12] After some time boxing, Esquiva Falcão amassed an undefeated record of 27 wins with 19 KOs, and then faced Russian Artur Akavov, in a fight where he defeated the Russian in the fourth round via RTD, because his opponent likely had a broken nose due to punches landed by Esquiva.[13]

Falcão fought Vincenzo Gualtieri for the then-vacant IBF middleweight world title on July 1, 2023.[14] Originally Falcão was supposed to fight Michael Zerafa for the title vacated by Gennady Golovkin, but Zerafa opted to pursue a World Boxing Association title fight against Erislandy Lara that opened the opportunity for Gualtieri.[15] He ultimately lost a 12-round decision to Gualtieri, the first loss of his career.

Professional boxing record
31 fights 30 wins 1 loss
By knockout 20 0
By decision 10 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
31 Loss 30–1 Vincenzo Gualtieri UD 12 1 Jul 2023 Uni-Halle, Wuppertal, Germany For vacant IBF middleweight title
30 Win 30–0 Cristian Fabian Ríos UD 10 29 May 2022 Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil
29 Win 29–0 Patrice Volny TD 6 (12) 2:18 20 Nov 2021 Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
28 Win 28–0 Artur Akavov RTD 4 (10), 3:00 20 Feb 2021 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
27 Win 27–0 Morrama Dheisw de Araujo Santos TKO 1 (10), 2:12 29 Aug 2020 Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil
26 Win 26–0 Jorge Daniel Miranda RTD 5 (10), 3:00 29 Feb 2020 Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil
25 Win 25–0 Manny Woods KO 3 (10), 2:16 9 Nov 2019 Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California, U.S.
24 Win 24–0 Jesus Antonio Gutierrez TKO 8 (10), 1:35 19 Jul 2019 MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S.
23 Win 23–0 Jorge Daniel Miranda UD 10 31 Mar 2019 Portobello Resort & Safari, Mangaratiba, Brazil
22 Win 22–0 Guido Nicolas Pitto UD 10 20 Oct 2018 Park MGM, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
21 Win 21–0 Jonathan Tavira KO 1 (10), 1:38 28 Jul 2018 Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S.
20 Win 20–0 Salim Larbi KO 1 (10), 2:06 10 Mar 2018 StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.
19 Win 19–0 José Miguel Fandino TKO 7 (8), 2:43 3 Nov 2017 Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S.
18 Win 18–0 Norberto González UD 8 5 Aug 2017 Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
17 Win 17–0 Jaime Barboza UD 8 17 Feb 2017 Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, U.S.
16 Win 16–0 Luis Hernandez UD 8 2 Dec 2016 Save Mart Center, Fresno, California, U.S.
15 Win 15–0 Josué Obando RTD 6 (8), 3:00 28 Oct 2016 Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas, U.S.
14 Win 14–0 Paul Valenzuela Jr. TKO 4 (8), 1:31 14 May 2016 Sportsmen's Lodge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
13 Win 13–0 Joe McCreedy TKO 5 (8), 1:48 19 Mar 2016 Arena Theatre, Houston, Texas, U.S.
12 Win 12–0 Hector Muñoz TKO 4 (8), 2:26 12 Dec 2015 Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
11 Win 11–0 Zoltan Papp KO 2 (8), 1:50 26 Sep 2015 Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California, U.S.
10 Win 10–0 Aaron Drake TKO 4 (8), 0:45 26 Jun 2015 State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, U.S.
9 Win 9–0 Paul Harness RTD 3 (8), 3:00 8 May 2015 Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
8 Win 8–0 Omar Rojas UD 6 11 Apr 2015 Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas, U.S.
7 Win 7–0 Mike Tufariello TKO 2 (6), 2:22 28 Feb 2015 USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
6 Win 6–0 Lanny Dardar TKO 5 (6), 1:31 6 Dec 2014 Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 Austin Marcum TKO 2 (6), 1:24 4 Oct 2014 Bahia Shrine Temple, Orlando, Florida, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Malcolm Terry Jr. KO 2 (6), 0:43 9 Aug 2014 Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 Lee Eun-chang UD 6 31 May 2014 CotaiArena, Macau, SAR
2 Win 2–0 Publio Pena UD 6 12 Apr 2014 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 Joshua Robertson TKO 4 (6), 2:36 15 Feb 2014 C. Robert Lee Center, Hawaiian Gardens, California, U.S.

References
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  3. "Medzhidov and Falcao Florentino on podium at Olympics - World Series of Boxing". Worldseriesboxing.com. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. Sanchotene, Adriana Brum, André Pugliesi, Daniel Castellano, Marcos Xavier Vicente e Marco. "Os 'causos' de Touro Moreno". Gazeta do Povo.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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