George Arias (born 21 April 1974) is a Brazilian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2016. He challenged once for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2001.
Professional career Arias faced boxers such as Kubrat Pulev, Hughie Fury, Taras Bidenko, Owen Beck, Sinan Şamil Sam and Juan Carlos Gomez. All but Gomez failed to stop Arias.
He started his career at cruiserweight, having a short against WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson in January 2001 losing by a lopsided unanimous decision.
He fought on the undercard of an IBF title match between Chris Byrd vs Evander Holyfield on December 14, 2002, against former NABF champion Fres Oquendo, losing by 11th-round TKO.
On 6 September 2008, Arias faced former Olympic Gold medalist Audley Harrison at the MEN Arena in Manchester, live on Sky Box Office, on the undercard of Amir Khan vs. Breidis Prescott. but lost on points 94 to 98. He only had a 4-day notice to the bout after Martin Rogan had pulled out with injury.
Arias is a former Brazilian and South American heavyweight title holder. As of 2009 he was preparing himself to make an assault toward the world title but this time with the professional help of investors, however this never came to pass and he never received a shot at a world heavyweight title. He works as a personal trainer.
He retired after a 2nd-round TKO defeat at the hand of Zhang Junlong.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes72Loss56–16Zhang JunlongTKO2 (12), 11 Apr 201671Loss56–15Carlos TakamUD828 Nov 201570Loss56–14Kubrat PulevUD817 Oct 201569Loss56–13Hughie FuryPTS1025 Jul 201568Win56–12Leonardo De MouraUD811 May 201567Loss55–12Denis BoytsovUD86 Dec 201466Win55–11Mateus Roberto OsorioKO3 (10), 7 Jun 201465Win54–11Adilson Da Silva SantosKO8 (10)10 May 201464Win53–11Paulo RamosKO1 (10)4 May 201363Win52–11Adilson Da Silva SantosKO2 (10), 19 Jan 201362Win51–11Cesar Estigarribia CaneteTKO1 (10), 29 Jun 201261Win50–11Bruno Lucas Moreira de OliveiraTKO1 (10), 27 Mar 201260Win49–11Lisandro Ezequiel DiazTKO2 (12), 18 Mar 201159Win48–11Roberto MartinsRTD5 (10), 27 Nov 201058Win47–11Emilio Ezequiel ZarateDQ10 (12), 20 Nov 201057Win46–11Saul FarahRTD2 (12), 31 Jul 201056Win45–11Kleber Giovanne Souza PereiraTKO2 (10), 10 Apr 201055Win44–11Ademar Leonardo CorreaKO2 (10), 12 Dec 200954Win43–11Jairo KusunokiUD1221 Mar 200953Win42–11Cesar Gustavo AcevedoTKO4 (12), 8 Nov 200852Loss41–11Audley HarrisonPTS106 Sep 200851Loss41–10Taras BydenkoUD1220 Oct 200750Win41–9Renilson Dos SantosKO1 (10), 31 Aug 200749Win40–9Mauro Aparecido GomesKO2 (10)3 Aug 200748Win39–9Gilton Dos SantosRTD5 (10), 21 Apr 200747Win38–9Valtencir FrancaTKO2 (10)23 Sep 200646Loss37–9Sinan Şamil SamUD128 Apr 200645Win37–8Victor Luis FerreiraTKO3 (10)25 Nov 200544Win36–8Robson Bispo PizaKO2 (10), 29 Oct 200543Win35–8Luiz DelminoTKO2 (10), 24 Sep 200542Loss34–8Juan Carlos GomezKO4 (8), 28 May 200541Win34–7Steffen NielsenKO3 (8), 15 Apr 200540Win33–7Daniel Silva FrankKO3 (10), 7 Dec 200439Win32–7Luiz Aparecido Dos Santos1027 Nov 200338Loss31–7Owen BeckUD1220 Sep 200337Loss31–6Fabrice TiozzoUD88 Mar 200336Loss31–5Fres OquendoTKO11 (12)14 Dec 200235Win31–4Daniel Silva FrankPTS1030 Oct 200134Win30–4Gilton Dos SantosTKO5 (10)22 Mar 200133Loss29–4Johnny NelsonUD1227 Jan 200132Loss29–3Marcelo Fabian DominguezUD104 Nov 200031Win29–2Edegar Da SilvaTKO4 (10), 15 Aug 200030Win28–2Laerte ResendeTKO6 (10)20 Jun 200029Win27–2Pedro Daniel FrancoUD1225 Apr 200028Win26–2Marcos CelestinoKO4 (10)4 Apr 200027Win25–2Laerte ResendeTKO4 (10)29 Feb 200026Win24–2Egidio Amaro Da CostaKO2 (10)8 Feb 200025Win23–2Egidio Amaro Da CostaKO2 (10)23 Dec 199924Win22–2Carlos BarceleteTKO6 (12)31 Aug 199923Loss21–2Oscar Angel GomezTKO10 (12)9 Jul 199922Win21–1Ivan Aparecido RosaPTS1022 Jun 199921Loss20–1Oscar Angel GomezKO8 (12), 30 Mar 199920Win20–0Marcos CelestinoTKO5 (10)2 Feb 199919Win19–0Elmo Mamede De CarvalhoPTS101 Dec 199818Win18–0Miguel Angel Medina BurgosPTS126 Oct 199817Win17–0Elmo Mamede De CarvalhoTKO9 (10)8 Sep 199816Win16–0Luiz Augusto FerreiraUD1030 Jun 199815Win15–0Josemir De OliveiraTKO4 (10)2 Jun 199814Win14–0Miguel Angel Antonio AguirrePTS1221 Apr 199813Win13–0Genival GalvaoKO1 (8)7 Apr 199812Win12–0Hernan Raul Perez RamosPTS1024 Mar 199811Win11–0Carlos Alberto CerdanPTS1024 Jan 199810Win10–0Sergio Daniel MeraniPTS121 Dec 19979Win9–0Antonio Fernando Caldas, Jr.TKO6 (8)28 Oct 19978Win8–0Argemiro Antonio Dos SantosTKO5 (8)31 Aug 19977Win7–0Carlos LezcanoKO3 (8)12 Jun 19976Win6–0Luis Alberto Musa PereyraKO8 (8)27 May 19975Win5–0Victor Luis Britos SamudioKO5 (6)15 Apr 19974Win4–0Robson Silva dos SantosKO2 (6)4 Mar 19973Win3–0Silvano De Castro5 (6)4 Feb 19972Win2–0Fernando Gonzaga412 Nov 19961Win1–0Sergio Lopez1 (4)15 Oct 1996
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