On March 18, 2000, the 24-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (24-0, 24 KOs), faced Javier Jáuregui, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 3 days.
Acelino Freitas made quick work of Javier Jáuregui, stopping the challenger via KO in the 1st. Freitas improves his record to 25-0 (25 KOs)
On January 12, 2002, the 26-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (30-0, 29 KOs), faced a 30-year-old Cuban boxer Joel Casamayor (26-0, 16 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 14 days. Casamayor was on a 26-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 14 days.
Acelino Freitas defeated Joel Casamayor via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Freitas improves his record to 31-0, while Casamayor adds a loss to his record at 26-1.
On March 15, 2003, the 27-year-old WBA (Unified) and WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (32-0, 29 KOs), faced Juan Carlos Ramírez, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 12 days.
Acelino Freitas stopped Juan Carlos Ramírez via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Unified) and WBO super-featherweight titles. Freitas improves his record to 33-0 (30 KOs)
On January 27, 2001, the 25-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (28-0, 28 KOs), faced Orlando Soto, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 11 days.
Acelino Freitas made quick work of Orlando Soto, stopping the challenger via KO in the 1st. Freitas improves his record to 29-0 (29 KOs)
On August 7, 1999, a 23-year-old Acelino Freitas (20-0, 20 KOs) got a shot at the WBO super-featherweight title held by Anatoly Alexandrov.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 5 days.
Acelino Freitas made quick work of Anatoly Alexandrov, stopping the champion via KO in the 1st. Freitas improves his record to 21-0 (21 KOs)
On June 10, 2000, the 24-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (25-0, 25 KOs), faced Lemuel Nelson, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Acelino Freitas made very easy work of Lemuel Nelson, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Freitas improves his record to 26-0 (26 KOs)
On October 26, 1999, the 24-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (21-0, 21 KOs), faced Anthony Martinez, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 19 days.
Acelino Freitas made very easy work of Anthony Martinez, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Freitas improves his record to 22-0 (22 KOs)
On January 15, 2000, the 24-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (23-0, 23 KOs), faced Barry Jones, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 28 days.
Acelino Freitas stopped Barry Jones via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Freitas improves his record to 24-0 (24 KOs)
On September 23, 2000, the 25-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (26-0, 26 KOs), faced Carlos Rios, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days.
Acelino Freitas stopped Carlos Rios via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Freitas improves his record to 27-0 (27 KOs)
On August 9, 2003, the 27-year-old WBA (Unified) and WBO super-featherweight world champion, Acelino Freitas (33-0, 30 KOs), faced Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, in a title defense fight.
Freitas came in to the fight on a 33-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days.
Acelino Freitas stopped Jorge Rodrigo Barrios via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Unified) and WBO super-featherweight titles. Freitas improves his record to 34-0 (31 KOs)