Acelino Freitas
- January 5, 2024
- Boxer
Quick Facts
Acelino Freitas Biography
| Name | Acelino Freitas |
| Birthday | Sep 21 |
| Birth Year | 1975 |
| Place Of Birth | Brazil |
| Home Town | Salvador |
| Birth Country | Brazil |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Spouse | Elena Freitas |
| Children(s) | Juan Freitas, Igor Freitas, Iago Freitas, Gustavo Freitas, Rafael Freitas, Acelino Freitas Jr. |
Acelino Freitas is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on September 21, 1975 in Brazil, Salvador, Brazil. Former WBO and WBA Super Featherweight Champion, two-time WBO lightweight champion, nicknamed Popo.
He beat Joel Casamayor to take the WBA Super Featherweight title on Juanary 12, 2002.
In a classic boxing confrontation between the Brazilian bomber Freitas (129½) and the Cuban boxer Casamayor (129½), the fighters switched roles midway through their encounter in what was reminiscent of Sugar Ray Leonard’s first historic face-off with Thomas “Hitman” Hearns back in 1981. The scientist Casamayor became the aggressive slugger, while the puncher Freitas turned into the boxer as once again the unpredictable transpired in a mega-fight.
After the Pan American Games he turned into a professional boxer on July 14, 1995, against Adriano Jose Soares. With his win by knockout in the first round that night, Freitas set off a streak of 29 knockout wins in a row, which places as one of the longest knockout wins streak in boxing history. His first 10 wins were against low level competition, but for fight number 11, he took on the much more experienced Edwin Vazquez, knocking him out in the seventh round.
He was married to Elena Freitas from 2001 to 2003.
Acelino Freitas Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Boxer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Acelino Freitas is one of the richest Boxer from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Acelino Freitas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He won a silver medal as an amateur at the Pan American Games in 1995 in Mar del Plata.
He became a member of the Brazilian Republican Party and was named Secretary of Sports in Salvador.
Acelino “Popó” Freitas (Portuguese pronunciation: [asɛˈlĩnu pɔˈpɔ ˈfɾejtɐs] ; born September 21, 1975) is a Brazilian politician and professional boxer. In the sport, he is a former WBO and WBA (Super) super featherweight champion, as well as a two-time WBO lightweight champion. After retiring from boxing, Freitas went into politics, and was elected as a legislator for the state of Bahia, from 2011 to 2014. His nickname, Popó, was given to him by his mother, after the sound that babies make while drinking milk.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 7 in |
Acelino Freitas height 5 ft 7 in Acelino weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Acelino Freitas Dating?
According to our records, Acelino Freitas married to Elena Freitas. As of December 1, 2023, Acelino Freitas’s is not dating anyone.
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Next, he went to Phoenix, to fight Nigerian Daniel Attah, with only the WBO belt on the line, winning a 12-round decision on August 3, 2002. The fight was watched by an estimated 91 million viewers in Brazil.
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Freitas then retained the title in Chicago with a fourth-round knockout of Juan Carlos Ramirez. On August 9, 2003, he and Jorge Barrios engaged in what Showtime commentator Steve Albert called a candidate for fight of the year. Freitas was floored in rounds eight and eleven, but retaliated with a knockdown of his own towards the end of the eleventh, and ended up retaining the title by knockout in round twelve.