Rigoberto ÃÂlvarez 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.
ÃÂlvarez comes from a big boxing family, his brothers are welterweight prospects Ramón ÃÂlvarez, Ricardo ÃÂlvarez and the former Undisputed Super Middleweight champion, Canelo ÃÂlvarez.
ÃÂlvarez 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.
On October 9, 2010 Rigoberto fought Nobuhiro Ishida of Japan for his interim WBA Light Middleweight Championship. ÃÂlvarez defeated Ishida by decision.
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