Editing Acelino Freitas (section)

===First World Title===
On August 7, 1999, Freitas knocked out [[WBO]] Junior Lightweight Champion Anatoly Alexandrov in the first round. Soon after, he signed a contract with [[cable TV]] giant [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], which began to [[television|telecast]] Freitas' fights to the United States. Freitas then made five defenses of his world title and had one non-title bout, all of which ended in knockout wins. He then went to London and took only 45 seconds to stop Daniel Alicea in another non-title affair. Freitas then beat the former world champion: [[Al Kotey]], the brother of [[David Kotei|David 'Poison' Kotei]], by a ten-round decision.