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Gilton Dos Santos Rating 1 Brazil
Heavyweight 1991-2004
15 wins / 8 losses / 2 draws / 12 KO
Alias: Olimpico
Hometown: Sao Paulo
Birthplace: Minas Gerais
Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto
After winning 3 fights in early/mid 1991, Dos Santos fought a 10 round draw with Dionisio Nascimento for the Brazilian Cruiserweight Title. He did not fight again til July 1992 when to was KO'd in the 5th round by Jose Carlos Da Silva in another bid for the cruiserweight title. After a knockout win in October 1992, Dos Santo then in 1993 defeated Marcos Celestino, Ivan Aparecido Rosa, Geraldo Messias and finally Jose Eduardo Dos Santos to win the Sao Paulo's State Heavyweight Title. That followed in later 93 and early 1994 a draw and 3 knockout losses including a 9th round TKO to Adilson Rodrigues in a Brazilian HW title fight.
Dos Santos then strung together 5 knockout wins in a row including ones over Edegar Da Silva and Walter Masseroni and capped off with a 2nd round TKO over Geraldo Messias to win the Brazilian HW title. That was in October 1995. The following month, he lost a 10 round decision to Edegar Da Silva. BoxRec then shows no more fights for Dos Santos for 4-1/2 years.
Finally in May 2000 Gilton resurfaces to stop Elmo De Carvalho in the 1st round but then in August that year he's stopped by Aurelio Perez in the 3rd round in a bout for the WBO Latino HW Title. In March 2001 Gilton attempts to reclaim the Brazilian HW Title only to be stopped by George Arias in the 5th round. He then dissappears from the ring again for over 3 years before making a 2nd and last brief comeback knocking out Luiz dos Santos in the 1st round in August 2004 only to be put into final retirement by Carlos Roldan in a November 2004 bout for the vacant UBC HW Title as Roldan won by a 12 round UD.
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