Rigoberto Álvarez Barragán (born January 20, 1978) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2011. Rigo is a former WBC FECARBOX super middleweight and interim WBA light middleweight champion.
Early life Álvarez comes from a big boxing family, his brothers are welterweight prospects Ramón Álvarez, Ricardo Álvarez and the former Undisputed Super Middleweight champion, Canelo Álvarez.
Professional career Álvarez lost a close decision to William Gare in South Africa for the World Boxing Foundation super middleweight title.
In January 2010 he suffered his second loss by TKO to Marco Antonio Rubio for the WBC Latino middleweight title.
WBA World Light Middleweight championship On October 9, 2010 Rigoberto fought Nobuhiro Ishida of Japan for his interim WBA Light Middleweight Championship. Álvarez defeated Ishida by decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes31Loss 27–4 Anthony MundineUD12 (12)2011-10-19 30Loss27–3 Austin TroutUD12 (12)2011-02-05 29Win27–2 Nobuhiro IshidaSD12 (12)2010-10-09 28Win26–2 Alfredo TrevinoTKO1 (8)2010-07-10 27Win25–2 Mauro RomeroTKO2 (8)2010-06-12 26Loss24–2 Marco Antonio RubioTKO9 (12)2010-01-16 25Win 24–1 Fernando VelaRTD3 (8)2009-10-03 24Loss23–1 William GareUD12 (12)2009-08-07 23Win23–0 Eduardo AyalaRTD6 (8)2009-03-28 22Win22–0 Jose Humberto CorralKO4 (12)2009-01-24 21Win21–0 Erik Rafael EsquivelKO4 (12)2008-10-04 20Win20–0 Felipe RomeroKO3 (12)2008-06-28 19Win19–0 Roberto TenaKO1 (12)2008-05-30 18Win18–0 Juan AlbarranTKO2 (10)2008-04-04 17Win17–0 Alvaro EnriquezTKO2 (10)2007-12-15 16Win16–0 Arturo ElizaldeTKO2 (10)2007-10-19 15Win15–0 Alfredo ContrerasKO1 (8)2007-08-18 14Win 14–0 Francisco SierraKO10 (10)2006-12-15 13Win13–0 Hugo LomeliKO4 (12)2006-10-20 12Win12–0 Armando PatinoKO1 (10)2006-09-22 11Win11–0 Francisco SierraPTS12 (12)2006-04-15 10Win10–0 Juan Carlos SanchezKO1 (8)2006-02-24 9Win9–0 Juan Carlos SanchezKO1 (10)2006-02-04 8Win8–0 Antonio GonzalezPTS10 (10)2005-08-26 7Win 7–0 Roberto CruzPTS8 (8)2004-12-04 6Win6–0 Antonio ContrerasKO1 (4)2002-04-13 5Win5–0 Julian VenegasKO1 (8)2001-06-15 4Win4–0 Jaime EnriquezPTS8 (8)2001-03-16 3Win3–0 Hugo LomeliUD8 (8)2000-11-02 2Win2–0 Jaime EnriquezPTS8 (8)2000-09-08 1Win 1–0 Ismael RodriguezKO1 (8)2000-02-01
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Notable boxing families
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