Garrido Boxing Academy
The Garrido Boxing Academy has received extensive media attention, as well as recognition and awards from international institutions. The Garrido Boxing Academy was chosen as a finalist for the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award at the London School of Economics Urban Age São Paulo Conference. http://www.alfred-herrhausen-society.org/en/870.html and been exhibited and featured on the cover of the Catalogue of the Post-It City Exhibit in Barcelona. Garrido has been the subject of numerous documentaries, including one by director Eliane Caffé shown on the BBC entitled O Louco dos Viadutos (The Madman of the Viaducts) (www.tvcultura.com.br/direcoes/o-louco-dos-viadutos), as well as other publications, including a photograph of the Academy winning the World Express competition.
Nilson Garrido
O Louco dos Viadutos (The madman of the viaducts)
Brazil 2009 Dir. Eliane Caffé
www.tvcultura.com.br/direcoes/o-louco-dos-viadutos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DvCK4ML9vk
http://esporte.uol.com.br/ultimas/multi/2009/05/20/0402326ED0A12346.jhtm?documentario-mostra-projeto-que-ensina-boxe-sob-pontes-pt1-0402326ED0A12346
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7djDlsmTNY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQIyhAP1G_g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWBpjVMgsw0&feature=related