Yamaguchi Falcão
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino |
| Nationality |
 Brazil
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| Born |
December 24, 1987 São Mateus, Espírito Santo |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Rated at | Middleweight |
Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino (December 24, 1987 in São Mateus, Espírito Santo ) is a Brazilian boxer, currently a professional in the World Boxing Council. In his amateur years, he won silver at the 2011 Panamerican Games and a bronze at the 2012 Olympics at light heavyweight. He is a southpaw and the brother of Esquiva Falcão.
At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat two opponents at middleweight then lost 3:8 to eventual winner Abbos Atoev (UZB).
At the 2010 South American Games he lost to Alex Theran but got a bronze anyway. He moved up afterwards.
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Amine Azzouzi and Carlos Gongora, then lost to Elshod Rasulov. In Guadalajara at the PanAms he beat two opponents then lost to Cuban favorite Julio César la Cruz.
At the Olympic qualifier he beat three opponents including Osmar Bravo who also qualified then lost the final to American southpaw Marcus Browne. All three made the Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics he controversially edged out Sumit Sangwan 15:14, then Meng Fanlong 17:17, countback before besting Cuban world champion Julio César la Cruz 18:15. He was defeated at semi-finals by the Russian favorite Egor Mekhontsev 23:11 and received the bronze medal.
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