Rigoberto Álvarez Barragán (born January 20, 1978) is a Mexican former
professional boxer
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who competed from 2000 to 2011. Rigo is a former
WBC FECARBOX super middleweight and interim
WBA light middleweight
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Boxing
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champion.
Early life
Álvarez comes from a big boxing family, his brothers are welterweight prospects
Ramón Álvarez,
Ricardo Álvarez and the current Undisputed Super Middleweight champion,
Canelo Álvarez
Santos Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez Barragán (; born 18 July 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three o ...
.
Professional career
Álvarez lost a close decision to William Gare in South Africa for the
World Boxing Foundation
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See also
* List of judo organizations
*List of kickboxing organizations
References
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super middleweight
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Boxing
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title.
In January 2010 he suffered his second loss by TKO to
Marco Antonio Rubio
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Profession ...
for the
WBC Latino
middleweight title.
WBA World Light Middleweight championship
On October 9, 2010 Rigoberto fought
Nobuhiro Ishida
is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is a former WBA interim super welterweight champion who is best known for knocking out James Kirkland in a middleweight bout at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in April 2011. Ishida has so far been promoted ...
of Japan for his interim
WBA Light Middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA ...
Championship. Álvarez defeated Ishida by decision.
Professional boxing record
See also
*
Notable boxing families
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References
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1978 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Boxers from Jalisco
Light-middleweight boxers
Middleweight boxers
Super-middleweight boxers