Pedro Lima (boxer)
Pedro Álvaro Santos de Lima is a Brazilian amateur boxer best known to win the 2007 PanAm welterweight title in 2007.Career
Lima fought in his home country and beat Jaime Cortez, ECU, 13-3, Ricardo Smith, JAM, 12-4, and US southpaw Demetrius Andrade who became world champion later that year in the finals 7-6.
He was the first boxing gold medalist for Brazil in 44 years.
At the world championships he beat Ergazy Murzakarimov 21-9, and Polish Michal Starbala 12-8 but lost to Bakhyt Sarsekbayev and did not qualify for the Olympics.
At the first Olympic qualifier he was upset by unknown John Jackson, at the second he was again upset by a completely unknown in Tureano Johnson.
