Servílio de Oliveira

Servílio Sebastião de Oliveira (born May 6, 1948 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian Olympic bronze medalist . In 1968, he became the first Brazilian boxer ever to win an Olympic medal. It occurred at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. An eye injury forced his retirement from professional boxing. He made a comeback and won two bouts in 1977, then re-retired with a record of 19–0.^[1]

Servílio de Oliveira
Oliveira in Mexico City, 2018
Born	May 6, 1948 (1948-05-06) (age 76) São Paulo, Brazil
Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Boxing record
Total fights	19
Wins	19
Wins by KO	9
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Flyweight

Boxing trainer

He became a boxing trainer for other Brazilian boxers such as Adailton "Precipício" de Jesus and IBF Featherweight Champion Valdemir Pereira.

Exhibitions

Oliveira has occasionally come out of retirement to fight exhibitions. The best known of these was the three round exhibition he fought in 1996 with Éder Jofre.^[2]

Personal life

Oliveira's son Gabriel is the boxing coach of the American Top Team.^[3]

Professional boxing record

19 fights	19 wins	0 losses
By knockout	9	0
By decision	10	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
19	Win	19–0	Gilberto Lopez	UD	10	25 November 1977	Ginásio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
18	Win	18–0	Felix Gonzalez	UD	10	29 July 1977	Ginásio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
17	Win	17–0	Rodolfo Rodriguez	MD	10	3 June 1977	Ginásio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
16	Win	16–0	Gilton Salomao	TD	10	2 July 1976	Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
15	Win	15–0	Tony Moreno	UD	10	3 December 1971	Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
14	Win	14–0	Franco Sperati	RTD	10	17 September 1971	Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
13	Win	13–0	Jose Cruz Garcia	PTS	10	17 September 1971	Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
12	Win	12–0	Jean-Claude Lapinte	PTS	10	23 July 1971	Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
11	Win	11–0	Mario Figueroa	KO	5 (10)	18 June 1971	Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
10	Win	10–0	Santos Silva	KO	8 (10)	23 April 1971	Ginásio do Corinthians, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
9	Win	9–0	Angel Sanchez	KO	7 (12)	18 December 1970	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Won the vacant South American Flyweight title.
8	Win	8–0	Nelson Enrique	UD	3 (10)	4 July 1970	Ginásio da A.D.C. Pirelli, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
7	Win	7–0	Osvaldo Maldonado	UD	12	19 May 1970	Ginásio da A.D.C. Pirelli, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
6	Win	6–0	Jorge Pereira	KO	6 (10)	9 April 1970	Auditório da TV-Excelsior, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
5	Win	5–0	Antonio Barbosa	TD	12	19 February 1970	Auditório da TV-Excelsior, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Won the vacant Brazilian Flyweight title.
4	Win	4–0	Laerson Silva	RTD	3 (10)	24 December 1969	Auditório da TV-Excelsior, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
3	Win	3–0	Jose Matias	KO	4 (4)	14 November 1969	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2	Win	2–0	Ezau Teixeira	KO	2 (4)	27 August 1969	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1	Win	1–0	Jossue Suares	PTS	4 (4)	5 July 1969	São Paulo, Brazil

References

1. Oliveira profile at COB
2. Video on YouTube
3. Guilherme Cruz (August 26, 2020). "Paige VanZant's boxing coach expects 'smooth transition' to bare-knuckle boxing". mmafighting.com.

• databaseOlympics at the Wayback Machine (archived February 22, 2007)

External links

• Boxing record for Servílio de Oliveira from BoxRec (registration required)