Macaris Antunes do Livramento

Macaris Antunes Do Livramento (born 26 May 1960) is a Brazilian welterweight boxer, southpaw (left-handed), world champion (World Boxing Commission Welterweight Title), Americas champion and Brazilian champion.

Height: 1.70 meters

Record

110 fights - wins 105 - losses 05 - KO victories 78

Personal history

26 May 1960 - Born in Orleans in Santa Catarina state.

1965 - Moves to Curitiba with the family.

1986 - At age 26 starts to train boxing in the Muaithai Academy of Curitiba.

1989 - Following many amateur fights (23 with 21 wins) he turns professional.

1993 - Number 1 in the Brazilian ranking.

10 January 1995 - Fights Luiz Von Graff, then Brazilian champion, and loses on points.

9 March 1996 - Win by KO at the 6th round vs Silvio Orlando de Mello becoming Intercontinental Champion of the Americas.

9 March 1996 - Becomes (World Boxing Commission) world champion winning by KO at the third round vs argentinian Alessandro Walter Baez .

20 January 2002 - After a retirement period comes back and wins the Brazilian belt (CBBP) vs João Pereira.

Titles

• Number 1 in the CBB Brazilian ranking from 1993 to 1995
• Intercontinental Champion of the Americas - 9 March 1995
• World Boxing Commission World champion - 9 March 1996
• Brazilian champion (CBBP) - 27 January 2002

Others

On 17 October 2006, he received an honorary citizenship of Curitiba for being the first boxer from Paraná state to fight for a Brazilian belt, and for later winning a world title (World Boxing Commission).

President of Paraná's state Brazilian Boxing Federation.

Plays himself in the movie Heróis da Liberdade from director Lucas Amberg.

Teaches boxing in his gym with the help of Luiz Von Graff

His site https://web.archive.org/web/20070202051309/http://www.macarisboxe.com.br/

Paraná's state Boxing Federation site http://www.fedprboxe.com.br/%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D

References