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BOXNEWS Boxer Rigoberto Alvarez

Rigoberto Alvarez

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Record 27 (20 ko's) + 4 + 0 = 31
Nick Español
Weight division Super Welterweight (154 lbs)
Positions in ratings 14 - WBC Middleweight (April 2010)
World Title - WBA Super Welterweight (December 2011)
Nationality Mexico   Mexico
Lives & trains Mexico   Mexico, Juanacatl?n
Born Mexico   Mexico,
Profdebut1 Feb 2000
Birthday20 Jan 1978
Height (cm) 180
Stance Orthodox
Boxrec ID 122441

Records list

# Date Opponent Record Location Result
419.10.2011 Australia Anthony Mundine[42-4-0, 25]Australia  Australia, NewcastleL UD 12 (12)more...
305.02.2011 USA Austin Trout[21-0-0, 13]Mexico  Mexico, IrapuatoL UD 12 (12)more...
209.10.2010 Japan Nobuhiro Ishida[22-5-2, 7]Mexico  Mexico, TepicW SD 12 (12)more...
116.01.2010 Mexico Marco Antonio Rubio[44-5-1, 38]Mexico  Mexico, TorreonL TKO 9 (12)more...







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Mundine wins WBA title 19 Oct 2011 22:21

Mundine wins WBA title

Former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine defeated former WBA interim 154lb champion Rigoberto Alvarez by unanimous decision to win the WBA interim super welterweight world title. Mundine (43-4, 25 KOs) took the initiative at all times to Alvarez (27-4, 20 KOs) in twelve rounds and won 114-113, 117-111, 117-111. Mundine, 36, must now fight for the title against undefeated WBA «regular» super welterweight world champion Austin Trout read more ...
Trout to defend in Mexico? 15 Apr 2011 19:46

Trout to defend in Mexico?

Some sources indicate that the Mexican prospect Marco Antonio “Dorado” Reyes might be the next rival for the WBA current super welterweight world champion Austin Trout, who could make his first defense in June in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The same source reports that the contract with Austin Trout is already signed and the event would be presented in Mexico by Promociones del Pueblo read more ...
Trout dethrones Alvarez 6 Feb 2011 23:49

Trout dethrones Alvarez

Mandatory challenger Austin Trout (22-0, 13 KOs) scored a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over WBA interim super welterweight titleholder Rigoberto Alvarez (26-3, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at the Arena Coliseo in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to claim the vacant WBA “regular” super welterweight belt read more ...
Lemieux-Rubio set for April 8 22 Jan 2011 15:40

Lemieux-Rubio set for April 8

It’s official. 22-year-old knockout artist David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KOs), currently ranked #2 in the world by the WBC will face his toughest test to date on April 8th under the shining lights of Montreal’s Bell Centre as he takes on against 30-year-old Mexican slugger and WBC #3 ranked contender Marco Antonio Rubio (49-5-1, 42 KOs) for a chance at becoming the mandatory challenger to the WBC world title read more ...
Alvarez edges Ishida 11 Oct 2010 11:27

Alvarez edges Ishida

Rigoberto Alvarez (26-2, 19 KOs), brother of hot welterweight prospect Saul Alverez, claimed the vacant WBA super welterweight championship by twelve round split decision over current interim beltholder Nobuhiro Ishida (22-6-2, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. read more ...
T. Kameda, Rubio victorious 17 Jan 2010 11:16

T. Kameda, Rubio victorious

In the main event, former world title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (45-5-1, 39 KOs) scored a ninth round TKO over Rigoberto Alvarez (23-2, 17 KOs) to retain his WBC Latin middleweight belt. The all action bout ended with the heavy-handed Rubio battering a defenseless Alvarez on the ropes read more ...
Rubio vs Alvarez Collide on January 16 in Mexico 5 Jan 2010 13:37

Rubio vs Alvarez Collide on January 16 in Mexico

Marco Antonio Rubio (44-4, 38KOs) is looking to make it two in a row since being stopped last February by WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. He returned in October and put away Jose Berrio in one. He comes back on January 16 against Rigoberto Alvarez (23-1, 17KOs) at the Auditorio Centenario in Torreon, Coahuila de Zaragoza in Mexico read more ...