Servílio Sebastião de Oliveira (born May 6, 1948 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian Olympic bronze medalist . In 1968, he became the first Brazilian boxer ever to win an Olympic medal. It occurred at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. An eye injury forced his retirement from professional boxing. He made a comeback and won two bouts in 1977, then re-retired with a record of 19–0.
Boxing trainer He became a boxing trainer for other Brazilian boxers such as Adailton "Precipício" de Jesus and IBF Featherweight Champion Valdemir Pereira.
Exhibitions Oliveira has occasionally come out of retirement to fight exhibitions. The best known of these was the three round exhibition he fought in 1996 with Éder Jofre.
Personal life Oliveira's son Gabriel is the boxing coach of the American Top Team.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes19Win19–0 Gilberto Lopez1025 November 1977 18Win18–0 Felix Gonzalez1029 July 1977 17Win17–0 Rodolfo Rodriguez103 June 1977 16Win16–0 Gilton Salomao102 July 1976 15Win15–0 Tony Moreno103 December 1971 Moreno was disqualified for headbutting Oliveira; the resulting retinal detachment forced Oliveira into retirementCulpa, ostracismo e volta por cima: Servílio relembra luta que venceu há 50 anos, mas que o fez perder a visão direita para sempre14Win14–0 Franco Sperati1017 September 1971 13Win13–0 Jose Cruz Garcia1017 September 1971 12Win12–0 Jean-Claude Lapinte1023 July 1971 11Win11–0 Mario FigueroaKO5 (10)18 June 1971 10Win10–0 Santos SilvaKO8 (10)23 April 1971 9Win9–0 Angel SanchezKO7 (12)18 December 1970 8Win8–0 Nelson Enrique3 (10)4 July 1970 7Win7–0 Osvaldo Maldonado1219 May 1970 6Win6–0 Jorge PereiraKO6 (10)9 April 1970 5Win5–0 Antonio Barbosa1219 February 1970 4Win4–0 Laerson Silva3 (10)24 December 1969 3Win3–0 Jose MatiasKO4 (4)14 November 1969 2Win2–0 Ezau TeixeiraKO2 (4)27 August 1969 1Win1–0 Jossue SuaresPTS4 (4)5 July 1969
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