Alex_Rivas

Alejandro Rivas

Alejandro Rivas

Spanish kickboxer (born 2001)


Alejandro "Alex" Rivas Concepcion is a Spanish kickboxer currently fighting out of Team Jesus Cabello.

Quick Facts Born, Other names ...

As of May 2019, he was ranked the #3 Strawweight in the world by Combat Press.[1]

Biography and career

In 2018 Rivas became renowned when he got an upset decision win over K-1 featherweight title holder Yuta Murakoshi at only 17 years old. He then faced K-1 Super Bantamweight champion Yoshiki Takei in the quarter-final of the 2019 K-1 World Super Bantamweight Tournament and lost by first round TKO.

In August 2019, Rivas signed a two-year contract with the ONE Championship organization.[2] He is scheduled to make his promotional debut against ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon in a non-title kickboxing match at ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury on February 26, 2021.

Titles

Amateur

  • 2017 WKPF Intercontinental -57 kg Champion[3]
  • 2015 ISKA Amateur full-contact Europe Champion[4]
  • 2015 ISKA Amateur K-1 rules Spain Champion[5]

Pro Kickboxing record

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See also


References

  1. Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: May 2019". Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "El portuense Alejandro Rivas 'El Puma' se proclama campeón de España de Kickboxing". Cádiz Directo - Noticias de Cádiz y Provincia - Información Cádiz - Sucesos y Opinión. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

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