Óscar Rivas

Óscar Rivas
Data
Birth Name	Óscar Andres Rivas Torres
Fight name	Kaboom
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Colombian
birthday	June 6, 1987
place of birth	Valle del Cauca
style	Left-hand boom
size	1.84 m
Range	1.94 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	27
Victories	26th
Knockout victories	18th
Defeats	1
draw	0
No value	0
Profile in the BoxRec database

Oscar Rivas (* 6. June 1987 in Valle del Cauca , Colombia ) is a Colombian boxer in the heavyweight division .

Amateur career

Rivas took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing . There he defeated the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulew 11: 5 on points and had to admit defeat to Roberto Cammarelle 5: 9 on points in the quarterfinals .

In Rio de Janeiro in 2007 at the Pan American Games Rivas won the silver medal .

Professional career

The rather something small side for a heavyweight (1.84 m) left arm was in late August of 2009 successfully made his debut with the first team when he was in Montreal the American Joe Stofle in the third round technical o. K. defeated .

At the end of September 2017, Rivas competed against Carl Davis Drumond for the North American championship of the NABF association and won by classic knockout in round 1.

The following year he defended this title against Herve Hubeaux and Fábio Maldonado each unanimously on points.

On January 18, 2019, there was a 12-round fight against the American Bryant Jennings at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona , New York . In this fight the North American championship titles of the organizations NABF, NABO and the international one of the IBF were at stake. Rivas emerged as the "winner by technical knockout in lap 12".

On July 20th, there was a clash against Dillian Whyte at the O2 Arena in London. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds, Rivas lost the fight unanimously on points.

Web links

• Óscar Rivas in the BoxRec database