The Most Famous
BOXERS from Brazil
Top 8
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Brazilian Boxers of all time. This list of famous Brazilian Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Éder Jofre (1936 - 2022)
With an HPI of 52.64, Éder Jofre is the most famous Brazilian Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Eder Jofre (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛdeʁ ˈʒofɾi]; 26 March 1936 – 2 October 2022) was a Brazilian professional boxer and architect who was both bantamweight and featherweight world champion. He is considered by many to be the greatest bantamweight boxer of all time. In 2019, he was voted the 16th greatest boxer of all-time, which made him the third greatest living boxer (behind only Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard) by "The International Boxing Research Organization". In 2002, he was named the 19th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. In 1996, he was rated the 9th greatest boxer of the previous 50 years. He is ranked #85 on Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers Of All Time list. In 1992, Jofre was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, and remains the only Brazilian thus honored.
2. Robson Conceição (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 31.95, Robson Conceição is the 2nd most famous Brazilian Boxer. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Robson Donato Conceição (born 25 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight title from July 2024 to November 2024. As an amateur, he became the first Brazilian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Olympics.
3. Esquiva Falcão (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 29.26, Esquiva Falcão is the 3rd most famous Brazilian Boxer. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Esquiva Falcão Florentino (born 12 December 1989) is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and silver at the 2012 Olympics. As a professional boxer, he accumulated a record of 30 straight wins before losing to Vincenzo Gualtieri by a 12-round unanimous decision in a fight for the vacant IBF middleweight title, his first-ever loss.
4. Éverton Lopes (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 24.66, Éverton Lopes is the 4th most famous Brazilian Boxer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Éverton dos Santos Lopes (born August 8, 1988 in Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian professional boxer best known for his sensational 2011 World title win when he was still an amateur. Lopes is also a two-time Olympian, two-time Pan American Games medalist (silver in 2007 and bronze in 2011) and 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medalist.
5. Yamaguchi Falcão (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 23.36, Yamaguchi Falcão is the 5th most famous Brazilian Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino (born 24 January 1988) is a Brazilian professional boxer who has held multiple regional titles in the middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight divisions. In his amateur years, he won silver at the 2011 Panamerican Games and a bronze at the 2012 Olympics at light heavyweight.
6. Janjaem Suwannapheng (b. )
With an HPI of 0.00, Janjaem Suwannapheng is the 6th most famous Brazilian Boxer. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Janjaem Suwannapheng (Thai: จันทร์แจ่ม สุวรรณเพ็ง; born 25 September 2000) is a Thai amateur boxer. She won a medal at the 2023 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
7. Beatriz Ferreira (b. 1992)
With an HPI of 0.00, Beatriz Ferreira is the 7th most famous Brazilian Boxer. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira ([beaˈtɾis feˈʁe(j)ɾɐ]; born 9 December 1992) is a Brazilian professional boxer, who has held IBF lightweight title since April 2024. She won the gold medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, and the 2021 Moscow Military World Games in the up to 60 kg category. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in the women's lightweight event, the best performance by a Brazilian female boxer. Ferreira won the vacant IBF female lightweight title with a technical knockout win over Yanina del Carmen Lescano on 27 April 2024. She is the eldest of three daughters by a fellow boxer, Raimundo Ferreira, known as "Sergipe" and twice Brazilian champion and three times champion of their home state of Bahia. A fan of boxing from childhood, by the age of 15 she was already teaching the fight. As part of the Olympic Experience (Vivência Olímpica in Portuguese) program, Beatriz was the sparring of eventual medalist Adriana Araújo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
8. Wanderson de Oliveira (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 0.00, Wanderson de Oliveira is the 8th most famous Brazilian Boxer. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Wanderson de Oliveira (born 26 March 1997) is a Brazilian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 8 people classified as Brazilian boxers born between 1936 and 1997. Of these 8, 7 (87.50%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Brazilian boxers include Robson Conceição, Esquiva Falcão, and Éverton Lopes. The most famous deceased Brazilian boxers include Éder Jofre. As of April 2024, 5 new Brazilian boxers have been added to Pantheon including Éder Jofre, Éverton Lopes, and Janjaem Suwannapheng.
Living Brazilian Boxers
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Robson Conceição
1988 - Present
HPI: 31.95
Esquiva Falcão
1989 - Present
HPI: 29.26
Éverton Lopes
1988 - Present
HPI: 24.66
Yamaguchi Falcão
1987 - Present
HPI: 23.36
Janjaem Suwannapheng
HPI: 0.00
Beatriz Ferreira
1992 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Wanderson de Oliveira
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Deceased Brazilian Boxers
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Go to all RankingsÉder Jofre
1936 - 2022
HPI: 52.64
Éverton Lopes
1988 - Present
HPI: 24.66
Janjaem Suwannapheng
HPI: 0.00
Beatriz Ferreira
1992 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Wanderson de Oliveira
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
