Alejandro Rivas
| Alejandro Rivas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alejandro Rivas Concepcion February 12, 2001 El Puerto de Santa María, Spain |
| Other names | El Puma |
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st) |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Seville, Spain |
| Team | Team Jesus Cabello |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 55 |
| Wins | 48 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 1 |
Alejandro "Alex" Rivas Concepcion is a Spanish kickboxer currently fighting out of Team Jesus Cabello.
As of May 2019, he was ranked the #3 Strawweight in the world by Combat Press.[1]
Biography and career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | Loss |  Yoshiki Takei |
K-1 World GP 2019: Super Bantamweight World Tournament, Quarter Finals | Tokyo, Japan | TKO (2 knockdowns rule) | 1 | ||
| 2018-11-03 | Win | Yuta Murakoshi |
K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament | Saitama, Japan | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2018-06-09 | Loss |  Thai Barlow |
Enfusion Newcastle | Newcastle, England | Decision (Extra round) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| 2018-03-10 | Loss |  Helder Victor |
Dynamite Fight Night 32 | Albufeira, Portugal | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2018-01-27 | Loss | Frederico Cordeiro |
Brothers League VII | Portugal | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2017-05-27 | Loss | Manu Gomez |
Shocktime Promotions | Spain | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2017-05-06 | Loss | Evan Jays |
Muay Thai Grand Prix 2 | London, England | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes | ||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: May 2019". Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ "El alcalde recibe a los jóvenes boxeadores portuenses tras los últimos títulos conseguidos". El Puerto de Santa Maria. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Alejandro Rivas "El Puma", campeón europeo de Full Contact". 2 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "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.