Servílio de Oliveira

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Servílio Sebastião de Oliveira (born May 6, 1948 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian Olympic bronze medalist. In 1968, he became the first Brazilian boxer ever to win an Olympic medal. It occurred at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. An eye injury forced his retirement from professional boxing. He made a comeback and won two bouts in 1977, then re-retired with a record of 19–0.

Boxing trainer

He became a boxing trainer for other Brazilian boxers such as Adailton "Precipício" de Jesus and IBF Featherweight Champion Valdemir Pereira.

Exhibitions

Oliveira has occasionally come out of retirement to fight exhibitions. The best known of these was the three round exhibition he fought in 1996 with Éder Jofre.

Personal life

Oliveira's son Gabriel is the boxing coach of the American Top Team.

Professional boxing record

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