48-year-old former world champion Acelino “PoPo” Freitas (41-2, 34 KOs), sporting corn rows, returned to the ring Saturday night to demolish 198lb bodybuilder Kleber Bambam in about one minute at the Vibra Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Freitas dropped Bambam with a left hook in the first 15 seconds, then finished him with a barrage of punches including a brutal rabbit punch when Bambam turned his back. Freitas and Bambam used to be friends, but they had a falling out leading to this grudge match.
Money must be tight! Popo looks like he has been eating too much brazilian Mcdonalds burgers with extra fries!
papas fritas adicionales!
At 48 he can still fight.
Outside of serious physical limitations, being able to use your hands after years of training is like riding a bike. Obviously not at an elite level, but that never leaves.
What was Acelino’s weight for this match??
It was a catch weight. Anything he could catch he ate.
Freitas vs Naseem Hamed at heavyweight. Lets make it happen.
YES! Also, where on Earth did this guy do his bodybuilding? I guess the standards of a “bodybuilder” have diminished. Nothing about this guy looked like a “bodybuilder.”
What do these people think, that skills leave once you retire? I guess it’s a good way to raise money either for yourself or for charity. Freitas had a good career and it was easy to see that he would do well in the pros since his amateur days. Good to see that he is well enough to step in the ring regardless of athletic level.
I just watched the ending of this fight. Freitas should have been disqualified. We all know its a BS fight and Freitas would win, but what he did after the knock down is more than unprofessional. The man was down on his knees with his head between the second and third rope looking out of the ring. Freitas looks down, throws one punch down and in front to hit the guy in the face and then one to the back of his head. This is after the guy was clearly down. If this were YouTube boxing I can see an untrained boxer not knowing when to stop, but Freitas is a pro no matter how long he has been out of the ring and could seriously hurt a guy like this.
Was it a professional boxing match?