Kelson Carlos Santos Pinto (born November 26, 1976) is a Brazilian former

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and world title challenger. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

Amateur career

Pinto represented his native country in the light welterweight division at the

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. He was eliminated in the second round by

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's eventual gold medalist

Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev Mohammadqodir Abdullaev ( uz, Muhammadqodir Abdullayev; born 15 November 1973), best known as Muhammad Abdullaev, is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBO light-welterweight ti ...

Olympic results

**Defeated Ghulam Shabbir (

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) RSC 4 **Lost to Mohamad Abdulaev (Uzbekistan) RSC 4

Professional career

Pinto turned professional in 2000 and remained undefeated until fighting

Miguel Cotto Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez (born October 29, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight classes, ...

(whom he had defeated as an amateur) for the WBO junior welterweight title in 2004. Cotto defeated him by KO in 2004. In 2005, Pinto lost to veteran

Vince Phillips Vincent Edwards "Vince" Phillips (born July 23, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2007. He held the IBF junior welterweight title from 1997 to 1999, notably scoring an upset victory against then-undefeated ...

References

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* 1976 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Brazil Brazilian male boxers Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games People from Aracaju Sportspeople from Sergipe {{Brazil-boxing-bio-stub