Wellington Vicente: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
Wellington Vicente was a Brazilian professional boxer from Carapicuíba, São Paulo, whose recorded career spanned 1994 to 2012.
A long run across the lighter divisions
Boxerlist records 31 professional bouts for Vicente: 16 wins and 15 losses, with no draws. The record shows fights in Brazil and abroad, including bouts against future world champion Omar Andrés Narváez in Argentina. His bouts took him beyond the Brazilian circuit to opponents in several countries.
Vicente’s career combined regional victories with international challenges against more established opposition.
A world-title challenge in Thailand
On August 30, 1997, Vicente challenged Ratanapol Sor Vorapin for the IBF minimumweight championship in Nong Khai, Thailand. The champion retained his belt with a second-round technical knockout. The IBF title-fight chronology records that result, placing Vicente among the Brazilian boxers who traveled abroad for a world-title opportunity in the lighter divisions.
His later record includes three meetings with Narváez, in 2001, 2004 and 2005, all ending in defeat. Between those appearances, Vicente earned wins over Jose Hamilton Rodrigues and Marco Aurelio Porto in São Paulo. He also boxed in Spain, Uruguay and Germany, showing the geographical range of a career that extended well beyond his early domestic bouts.
The final listed appearance came against Aldimar Silva in São Paulo in March 2012. Reading that endpoint alongside the 1994 debut shows the length of his recorded activity, while the separate world-title entry clarifies the highest championship level he challenged for.
Selected career results
The geographical range is visible in several specific results. Vicente defeated Horacio Fabian Chicagual in Trelew in July 2001, then returned to Argentina to face Narvaez in Buenos Aires that October. Later overseas appearances included a June 2005 decision defeat against Franklin Teran in Spain, a July 2007 decision loss to Caril Herrera in Montevideo and a September 2007 knockout defeat against Brahim Asloum in Rostock. Each was a separate assignment beyond his Brazilian home circuit.
