(NOV 7)  Rosilete dos Santos met with the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, last Friday (November 5th), in Castro (Brazil). The president came to Castro at the invitation of Congresswoman Aline Sleutjes.

Born in Castro and now a resident of São José dos Pinhais, also in Brazil, Rosilete became in 2008 the first woman born in Brazil to win a world boxing title, winning the World Boxing Commission belt. In 2011, she won the WIBA (Women's International Boxing Association) world title, the largest women's boxing organization on the planet. Rosilete stopped fighting in professional boxing in 2013, ending her career with 34 fights, 29 wins and five losses.

Photo Credit:  Courtesy/Rosilete Dos Santos

On Friday, when Rosilete was introduced to the president during a dinner for guests, he said: 'I've already seen your fight.' “Smiling I thanked him and said that I am the first Brazilian world champion and he asked me in the form of an affirmation 'but you're already retired, aren't you?'” said the champion. “It was not a political meeting, I am emeritus champion, world champion, first brazilian women champion and all this is historic. Thank you very much to my fellow countrywoman Aline for this moment and I thank you who have always been with me and know how important this meeting is for me”, said Rosilete.

In 2015, Rosilete and her husband, Macaris do Livramento, another world boxing champion, started the Boxing Center of Excellence project in São José dos Pinhais that offers free boxing classes for children. Macaris also commented on the meeting with Bolsonaro. “Many times we didn't have the money to train and walked to the gym. At lunch we shared a cooked dish. We often think about giving up everything, but our desire to win didn't allow it”, recalled the former boxer. “Friday, in Castro, Rosilete's hometown, the meeting with the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, when Rosilete met the president, he said: 'I've already watched your fight and asked, are you retired now? '. Without political ideology, but without a doubt it was the true recognition of the President of the Republic of Brazil. Thanks to Congresswoman Aline Sleutjes for the invitation and for the opportunity of this meeting”, said Macaris.

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