Valdemir Pereira

Name: Valdemir Pereira
Alias: Sertao
Hometown: Sao Caetano do Sul, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Birthplace: Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 165cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Ivan Patricio Chalot de Oliveira
Manager: Servilio de Oliveira

Professional Career

On January 20, 2006, Pereira won the vacant IBF featherweight title, with a 12-round unanimous decision over Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Olympic Games results

• 2000 fought as a Featherweight for the Brazilian Olympic Team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
  • Defeated James Swan (Australia) 8-4
  • Lost to Ramazan Palyani (Turkey) RSC-OS 3

Amateur Highlights

• 1997 Panamerican Championships participant in Medellin, Colombia as a Bantamweight.
  • Lost to Waldemar Font (Cuba) RSC 5
• 1999 Panamerican Games participant in Winnipeg, Canada as a Featherweight.
  • Defeated Michel Agard (Trinidad & Tobago) RSC 2
  • Lost to Jorge Martinez (Mexico) 5-5+
• 2000 1st America´s Olympic Qualifier Bronze medalist in Tampa, United States, as a Featherweight.
  • Defeated Israel Héctor Enrique Pérez (Argentina) 6-4
  • Defeated Rusbel Gutierrez (Venezuela) 5-2
  • Lost to Jorge Martinez (Mexico) 5-10
• 2000 2nd America´s Olympic Qualifier Bronze medalist in Tijuana, Mexico, as a Featherweight.
  • Defeated Jairo Gonell (Dominican Republic) 12-4
  • Defeated Mark Alexander (Barbados) 9-0
  • Lost to Andres Ledesma (Colombia) 7-8
• 2000 3rd America´s Olympic Qualifier Gold medallist in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a Featherweight (Qualified for the 2000 Olympics).
  • Defeated Mark Alexander (Barbados) 12-4
  • Defeated Israel Galarza (Puerto Rico) 12-4
  • Defeated Edwin Valero (Venezuela) 12-7

Preceded by: Juan Manuel Marquez Stripped

IBF Featherweight Champion 2006 Jan 20 – 2006 May 13

Succeeded by: Eric Aiken