Profile details
- Born
- 21 Sep 1975
- Birthplace
- Salvador
- Country
- Brazil
- Sport
- Boxing
- Discipline
- Combat
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸WBA World Super Featherweight Champion
- ▸WBO World Junior Lightweight Champion
- ▸WBO World Lightweight Champion
Competition Appearances
2 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·Dancing Brasil 3
- ·Power Couple 1
Statistics
About
Acelino "Popó" de Freitas (Portuguese pronunciation: [asɛˈlĩnu pɔˈpɔ ˈfɾejtɐs]; born September 21, 1975) is a Brazilian politician and a former professional boxer who competed between 1995 and 2017. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO super featherweight title from 1999 to 2004, the WBA (Unified) super featherweight title from 2002 to 2004, and the WBO lightweight title twice between 2004 and 2007. After retiring from boxing, Freitas went into politics, and was elected as a legislator for the state of Bahia, from 2011 to 2014.
Biography adapted from Acelino Freitas on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.