Everton Lopes
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Éverton dos Santos Lopes (born August 8, 1988 in Salvador de Bahia) is a Brazil
ian amateur boxer
best known to win the lightweight silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games
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. He won the PanAm junior Championships but lost the quarterfinal at the World Junior Championships 2006 to eventual winner Roniel Iglesias 24:39. In the final of the PanAms (seniors) 2007 he lost to Cuban world champ Yordenis Ugas
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He won the 2008 Dominican tournament "Copa Independencia" vs. local Jonathan Batista who had beaten him in the final the year before. At the first Olympic qualifier he lost again to Ugas, at the second he beat fighters like Francisco Vargas
to qualify for Beijing. There he was upset by little-known Asylbek Talasbaev
7:9.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian amateur boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
best known to win the lightweight silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games
Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 20 to July 28. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...
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Career
At the South American Games 2006 the 18-year old lost the final to Darley PerezDarley Pérez
Darley Gregorio Pérez Ballesta is a Colombian pro boxer who had fought at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a lightweight.-Amateur:At the South American Games 2006 he won the gold medal vs Éverton Lopes...
. He won the PanAm junior Championships but lost the quarterfinal at the World Junior Championships 2006 to eventual winner Roniel Iglesias 24:39. In the final of the PanAms (seniors) 2007 he lost to Cuban world champ Yordenis Ugas
Yordenis Ugas
Yordenis Ugás Hernández is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the lightweight 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships at age 19 following Mario Kindelan.-Career:...
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He won the 2008 Dominican tournament "Copa Independencia" vs. local Jonathan Batista who had beaten him in the final the year before. At the first Olympic qualifier he lost again to Ugas, at the second he beat fighters like Francisco Vargas
Francisco Vargas
Francisco Javier Vargas Peláez is a Mexican amateur boxer. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at lightweight.-Amateur career:At the 2006 Central American games, Vargas lost to eventual winner Yordenis Ugas 7:14...
to qualify for Beijing. There he was upset by little-known Asylbek Talasbaev
Asylbek Talasbaev
Asylbek Talasbayev is an amateur boxer from Kyrgyzstan. He qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division where he upset Everton Lopes but lost to Colombia's Darley Pérez....
7:9.