[3] At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat two opponents at middleweight before losing 3:8 to eventual winner Abbos Atoev (UZB).

At the 2012 Olympics, he controversially edged out Sumit Sangwan 15:14, then Meng Fanlong 17:17, on countback before besting Cuban world champion Julio César la Cruz 18:15.

[7] In 2023, at the age of 35, he faced Cuban David Morrell, current super middleweight champion (up to 76.2 kg), in the dispute for the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt.

The Brazilian had less than two weeks to prepare for the fight, where he felt the lack of rhythm against his rival, ten years younger, and fell in the first round.

He was attempting to become the seventh Brazilian to be world boxing champion, joining Éder Jofre, Miguel de Oliveira, Acelino Freitas, Valdemir Pereira, Rose Volantê and Patrick Teixeira.