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Adailton de Jesus (born August 9, 1978) is a Brazilian boxer in the Featherweight division. He was born in Salvador, Bahia.

Adailton De Jesus
Statistics
Real name	Adailton De Jesus Conçeiçâo
Nickname(s)	Precipicio
Weight(s)	Super featherweight
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1977-09-08) 8 September 1977 (age 44) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	39
Wins	31
Wins by KO	25
Losses	8

Professional career

Known as "Precipício", Adailton turned pro in 2002 in his hometown. Adailton's trainer is Servílio de Oliveira, who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

After four years fighting in Brazil he made his USA debut against Kevin Carmody, he won a majority decision. Since that fight Adailton is making a spectacular career in the USA.

In October 30, 2007, he fought Yuriorkis Gamboa and lost by technical knockout. In his last fight, he lost a controversial Unanimous Decision against Mexican-American Marcos Ramirez for the Vacant IBF Latino Featherweight Title. The fight was held in Kansas City, the hometown of Marcos Ramirez.ESPN announcer Teddy Atlas scored Adailton De Jesus as a two-point winner. Upon hearing the scoring of the judges, Atlas remarked that "... De Jesus should have never even gotten on the plane."[1]

Preceded by Ricardo Silva Vacated	CBBP Featherweight Champion 20 Aug 2004– 20 Aug 2004	Succeeded by Juciel Lima Nascimento

References

External links

• Boxing record for Adailton de Jesus from BoxRec (registration required)

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