Éverton dos Santos Lopes (born August 8, 1988 in

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) is a Brazilian professional

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best known for his sensational 2011 World title win when he was still an amateur. Lopes is also a two-time Olympian, two-time

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medalist (silver in 2007 and bronze in 2011) and

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bronze medalist.

Career

At the 2006 South American Games the 18-year-old Lopes lost the final to

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. He won the Pan American Junior Championships but lost the quarterfinal at the World Junior Championships 2006 to eventual winner

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, 24:39. In the final of the 2007 Senior Pan American Games he lost to Cuban world champion

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. In 2007, he had two professional MMA fights in Brazil, losing to Alexandre Aranha by Submission and defeating Edmilson Domingos. 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, fighting at lightweight, he was upset by little-known Asylbek Talasbaev 7:9. After this he moved up to light welterweight. At his 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships win he beat Ukrainian

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in the final by a score of 26 - 23. At the 2012 Olympics he ran right into Cuban

and lost 15:18. Lopes has also competed in the sport of MMA, going 1-1.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes, Everton 1988 births Living people Brazilian male boxers Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers of Brazil Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2007 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in boxing AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia 21st-century Brazilian people