Valdemir dos Santos Pereira (born November 15, 1974, in Cruz das Almas, Bahia) is a Brazilian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2006 and held the IBF featherweight title in 2006. As an amateur Pereira represented Brazil at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the featherweight bracket.
Amateur career As an amateur, Pereira fought as a Featherweight for the Brazilian Olympic Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: Defeated James Swan (Australia) Lost to Ramazan Palyani (Turkey)
Professional career Known as "Sertão", Pereira turned pro in 2001 and won the vacant IBF Featherweight Title with a decision victory over Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym in January 2006. He lost the title in his first defense, via disqualification against Eric Aiken later that year, due to excessive low blows. A rematch was scheduled but never materialized. He is now living at Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25Loss24–1Eric Aiken8 (12), 13 May 200624Win24–0Yuri RomanovichUD109 Apr 200623Win23–0Fahprakorb RakkiatgymUD1220 Jan 200622Win22–0Victor Hugo PazUD1023 Jul 200521Win21–0Euclides EspitiaTKO3 (8)28 May 200520Win20–0Whyber GarciaUD1228 Jan 200519Win19–0Pastor Humberto MaurinUD1211 Dec 200418Win18–0Emmanuel Lucero1013 Aug 200417Win17–0Julio Cesar Alganaraz4 (8), 1 May 200416Win16–0Rogers MtagwaTKO8 (10), 3 Jan 200415Win15–0Luis Enrique AdameUD109 Aug 200314Win14–0Oney HellemsTKO2 (10), 15 Mar 200313Win13–0Ronaldo LimaTKO2 (?)16 Feb 200312Win12–0Marcos Badillo613 Dec 200211Win11–0Jose Claudio Da SilvaKO4 (6)24 Aug 200210Win10–0Robert EnriquezTKO4 (6), 3 Aug 20029Win9–0Cirilo Coronel CamposTKO2 (6)18 May 20028Win8–0Sergio Gustavo RodriguezKO2 (8)23 Mar 20027Win7–0Almir Fernandes de OliveiraKO1 (10)26 Feb 20026Win6–0Gutemberg Ferreira621 Dec 20015Win5–0Sebastiao MacarisTKO2 (4)17 Nov 20014Win4–0Julio Cesar SoaresKO2 (?)21 Sep 20013Win3–0Renato PedroKO2 (4)27 Jul 20012Win2–0Jose Acioly de Barros2 (4)23 Jun 20011Win1–0Ronaldo Conceicao4 (4)6 Mar 2001
See also List of world featherweight boxing champions
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