Alessandro Riguccini
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Alessandro Riguccini (born 25 March 1988 in Florence, Italy) is an Italian boxer, kickboxer and engineer coached by Mexican trainer Fernando Fernandez.
He is undefeated in professional boxing (31 wins, 27 KOs) and was the WBA interim super-lightweight champion in 2025.
In kickboxing, Riguccini has won multiple titles. He became the Wako Pro middleweight full-contact world champion on 19 November, 2010. On 2 July 2011, he also won the Kombat League super welterweight kickboxing world title. Riguccini later won the Wako Pro lightweight title on 24 February 2012. He also held the unified WKA and IKTA super lightweight K1 world titles, winning them on 5 October 2013.
Amateur kickboxing career
Riguccini began kickboxing competitively at the age of 12, with early honours including two Federazione Italiana Wushu-Kung Fu (FIWuK) sanda titles. One of his notable early amateur fights was against Aaram Kuzmenkov of Russia for the CKA sanda amateur world title, where Alessandro lost by a single point. At the end of his amateur career, he reported a record of 96–11–4 out of 111 matches.
Training in Cuba
By the end of his amateur career, Riguccini moved to Cuba to train in boxing with Olympic gold medalist Héctor Vinent Cháron.
Professional career
Kickboxing
After returning from Cuba, Riguccini returned to kickboxing and went professional, attaining a record of 39–2 in kickboxing before earning the chance to vie for the world welterweight title in 2010.
Riguccini vs Chiahou
On 6 March 2010, at Sansepolcro, Italy, Riguccini faced the French champion Ibrahim Chiahou for the Wako Pro welterweight kickboxing world title. Riguccini started well, but by the middle of the match, he found difficulty coping with Chiahou's leg kicks, losing his first world-title bid by decision.
Riguccini vs Boumalek
On 19 November 2010, Riguccini moved up to the middleweight division to fight Rachid Boumalek at the Palamacchia in Livorno for the Wako Pro full-contact world title. Riguccini delivered a ninth-round knockout to win the world title at the young age of 22.
Riguccini vs Ramirez Mendez
On 2 July 2011, Riguccini fought Juan Manuel Ramirez in Turin for the Kombat League kickboxing super-welterweight world title. Riguccini scored a second-round KO to win his second world title in kickboxing.
Riguccini vs Gogic
Subsequently, on 24 February 2012, Riguccini defeated 2007 WAKO world-championships silver medalist Aleksandar Gogic of Serbia to claim the Wako Pro lightweight world title (–62.200 kg). He won by a five-round unanimous decision.
Early boxing career
After only 13 amateur fights (7−3–3), Riguccini decided to become a professional boxer under manager Conti Cavini and made his professional debut on 27 January 2012. He won by unanimous decision against Zoltan Janus Horvat.
Transfer to Mexico
After having terminated his contract with Cavini, Alessandro moved to Mexico on 22 August 2012 to continue his boxing career, establishing himself in Mexico City under Zanfer Promotions where he was coached by Jorge Barrera (brother of Marco Antonio Barrera) at "Barrera Gym", along with others such as Moises Fuentes and Daniel Rosas. On 28 September 2012, he made his Mexican debut by beating Mexican fighter Eduardo Vargas in the second round. Then, on 27 October, he scored a quick first-round knockout against veteran Mexican Leonardo Resendiz, whom he stopped after just 1:57 in what was meant to be his first eight-round bout. Just 18 days after his success against Resendiz, Riguccini scored another KO victory against Gabriel Lopez in the second round; this bout was held at the Ex-Hacienda De Caltengo, Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo. On 5 December, he again won by second-round KO against the strong Hugo "El Poeta" Pacheco at the Municipal Explanada in Tepeji del Rio. Ten days later, on 15 December, he fought against Orlando "Meteorito" Garcia at the Municipal Auditorium in San Juan Zitlaltepec, winning all four rounds.
WBC FECARBOX Title
On 28 December 2012, after only six professional matches, Riguccini faced the 26 year-old Eugenio "Dinamita" Lopez in a 12-round match for the WBC FECARBOX title in the super-featherweight division. The fight ended with a fourth-round KO after Alessandro sent Lopez to the mat with a powerful right uppercut.
Future career in Mexico
On 12 January 2013, Riguccini knocked out Mauricio Becerril at 1:13 of the first round. On 29 January, he got a unanimous decision against the Mexican boxer Tomas Sierra in an 8-round fight at the Auditorio Municipal de Benito Juárez, Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo. Then, on 9 February, he defeated the Neftali Perez by KO at 1:15 of the first round at the Expo Feria in Hidalgo. On 19 February, he won by disqualification in the eighth round (of the twelve planned) against the young and strong Oscar Arenas, who came in with a record of 23 wins (20 by KO) and only 5 losses, raising Riguccini's profile.
Back in Italy and return to Kickboxing
After returning to Italy, thanks to his wide experience boxing in Mexico, he decided to try to become a K1-rules world champion. On 5 October 2013, at the "Le Caselle" arena in Arezzo, he scored a first-round KO victory against the Romanian Cosmin "Genghis Khan" Zbranca and won the unified WKA and IKTA K1 super-lightweight world titles.
World K1 title defence
On 20 December 2014, Riguccini retained his world K1 title against the Swiss Fabrizio Figarù in his hometown of Sansepolcro.
Second World K1 title defence
On 20 February 2016, Riguccini retained his K1 world title for the second time against the Kazakh Gennady Liviu Petre in San Giovanni Valdarno.
Degree and return to professional boxing
On 16 June 2016, Riguccini graduated with 110 and honors in computer engineering. Later, on 12 November 2016, he decided to return to Mexico to resume his professional career in boxing, seeking to win world honours. On 10 December 2016, he faced Mario Alberto Mondragon at Guanajuato, winning by knockout at minute 0:19 of the third round after knocking him down for a total of four times throughout the match. On 21 January, he defeated Adrian Reyes by KO at minute 2:42 of the first round, pushing his undefeated record to 13–0. After just two weeks back in the ring in the event "Jackie Nava vs Ana Maria Lozano" organized by Zanfer Promotion beating by KO in the first round (of the six planned) the Mexican Placido Perez Soria. After moving to Guasave (Sinaloa) returns to the ring on 18 March beating by KO effective in the first round (of the ten planned) Hugo Hernandez bringing his record to 15 wins and no losses with 11 KO. Thereafter on 1 April 2017 he beat by KO in the fourth round (of 10 planned) Carlos Lopez reaching the impressive score of 16 victories (of which 12 by KO) and no losses.
World Boxing Federation world and IBF International titles
On 22 April 2017, he had the opportunity to also become a boxing champion, albeit for the minor WBF world lightweight title as well as for the IBF International lightweight title. He faced veteran Jesus Antonio Rios, who came to the match with a record of 36 wins (29 KOs), nine defeats, one draw and one no contest. The match began with difficulties for Riguccini, and after two rounds, two judges had it a draw (19-19) and while his opponent was ahead on the third card (18-20). Towards the middle of the third round, he landed a clean right cross on Rios, which he followed up with a series of hard shots that forced referee Tony Weeks to stop the match and deliver the two titles to Riguccini by TKO.
Less than a month away from winning his boxing titles, Riguccini returned to the ring in a 10-round match against the Mexican Jesus Valenzuela at the Guasave Score Bar in Sinaloa, knocking him out in the second round. On 2 June, he returned to the ring in Sinaloa and beat Mexican boxer Christian Valverde by KO in the second round, bringing his record to 19–0 with 15 KOs.
Alessandro Riguccini vs Edgar Puerta
On 25 November 2017, he took on former two-time WBC Silver champion Edgar Puerta in a 10-round non-title bout, winning by second-round knockout after being knocked down in the first round.
Alessandro Riguccini vs Bryan Romero Castillo
On 24 March 2018, he defeated the Mexican Bryan Romero Castillo, who entered the bout with a record of 20 wins (15 KOs) and only 1 loss. Riguccini knocked his opponent out at 1 minute and 21 seconds of the first round, thus raising his unbeaten record to 21 wins with 17 KOs.
WBC Silver interim welterweight champion
On 27 October 2018, he won the WBC Silver interim welterweight title against the undefeated Andrés Villaman (14-0–1, 10KOs), bringing his record to 22 wins (18 KOs) and no defeats.
On 26 April 2019, he successfully defended his interim title against the Mexican Iván Álvarez Ruiz at the Tuscany Hall in Florence. He won by TKO in the third round after a severe livershot left his opponent unable to defend.
On 26 October 2019, he made a second successful defence against Venezuelan Juan Ruiz at the Plaza de Toros in Cancún. After a difficult first round, Riguccini managed to land hard shots against Ruiz in the second, continuing to land punishing body blows in the third round, breaking a rib and forcing his opponent to quit on his stool before the fourth round.
On 21 November 2020, after more than a year of inactivity due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Riguccini climbed back into the ring to face Iván Álvarez Ruiz for the second time, defeating him by KO at the beginning of the third round with a powerful right to the solar plexus.
On 19 March 2021, he successfully defended his WBC Silver interim title for the third time against former WBA interim super-lightweight world champion Johan Perez of Venezuela at the Salon SNTE 53 in Guasave, Sinaloa. The first round was cautious, as Riguccini opted to analyze his opponent. At the start of the second round, he hit his opponent's liver with a strong left hook that forced him to the canvas, winning by KO.
A year later, he went back to the ring against veteran Eleazar Valenzuela Carrillo (a former opponent of illustrious boxers such as Miguel Berchelt, Jose Zepeda and Emanuel Navarrete), winning by KO in the third round via a series of blows to the body. He repeated this manner of victory in 8 February 2023 against Rordani Flores, this time after five hard-fought rounds at the end of which Riguccini won by TKO.
WBA Fedecentro super-welterweight title
On 18 May 2024, he won the WBA Fedecentro super-welterweight title by beating the Cuban Rordani Flores at 2:39 of the first round with a left hook to the temple. The match took place at the Palacio de los Eventos of the Hotel Maruma in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
WBA International super-lightweight title
On 15 November 15 2024, he defeated Mexican fighter Patricio Lopez Moreno in the first round of a scheduled 10-round bout, winning the WBA International super-lightweight title. Lopez entered the fight with a record of 31 wins and 5 losses, having previously faced Olympic silver medalist Shakhram Giyasov and WBO world champion Denys Berinchyk, losing to the latter by unanimous decision. This victory secured Riguccini the 15th position in the WBA super-lightweight rankings.
WBA interim super-lightweight world title
In July 2025, Alessandro Riguccini fought in Tirana, Albania, in the most important match of his career thus far against the undefeated Venezuelan Jesús Antonio Correa Pinto, for the WBA interim super-lightweight world title. In front of a packed international crowd at the Tirana Olympic Park, Riguccini prevailed with authority, landing a powerful left hook to the liver that ended the fight in the second round. With this victory, he became the WBA interim champion, bringing his record to 31 wins (27 KOs) and 0 losses.
Professional boxing record
| 31 fights | 31 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 27 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Win | 31–0 | Jesus Correa | TKO | 2 (12) | 2025-07-11 | Tirana Lake Amphitheatre, Tirana, Albania | Won vacant WBA interim super-lightweight title |
| 30 | Win | 30–0 | Patricio Lopez Moreno | TKO | 1 (10) | 2024-11-15 | Palacio de Eventos de Venezuela, Maracaibo, Venezuela | Won vacant WBA International super-lightweight title |
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | Rordani Flores | KO | 1 (10) | 2024-05-18 | Palacio de Eventos de Venezuela, Maracaibo, Venezuela | Won vacant WBA Fedecentro super-welterweight title |
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Eleazar Valenzuela Carrillo | TKO | 5 (10) | 2023-02-08 | Guasave, Mexico | |
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Eleazar Valenzuela Carrillo | KO | 3 (10) | 2022-03-05 | Landeros Gym, Guasave, Mexico | |
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Johan Pérez | KO | 2 (12) | 2021-03-19 | Salon SNTE 53, Guasave, Mexico | Defended WBC Silver interim welterweight title |
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Ivan Alvarez | TKO | 3 (10) | 2020-11-21 | Frontón Palacio Jai Alai, Tijuana, Mexico | |
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Juan Ruiz | RTD | 3 (12) | 2019-10-26 | Plaza de Toros, Cancún, Mexico | Defended WBC Silver interim welterweight title |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Ivan Alvarez | KO | 1 (12) | 2019-04-26 | Tuscany Hall, Florence, Italy | Defended WBC Silver interim welterweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Andrés Villaman | TKO | 3 (12) | 2018-10-27 | Gimnasio Oscar 'Tigre' García, Ensenada, Mexico | Won vacant WBC Silver interim welterweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Bryan Romero Castillo | KO | 1 (10) | 2018-03-24 | Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS, Tlalpan, Mexico | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Edgar Puerta | KO | 2 (10) | 2017-11-25 | Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS, Tlalpan, Mexico | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Christian Soto Valverde | TKO | 2 (10) | 2017-06-02 | Salon Eventos Modelo, Guasave, Mexico | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Jesus Valenzuela | TKO | 2 (10) | 2017-05-20 | Score Sport Bar, Guasave, Mexico | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Jesus Antonio Rios | TKO | 3 (12) | 2017-04-22 | Auditorio Ernesto Rufo, Rosarito, Mexico | Won vacant WBF and IBF International lightweight titles |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Carlos Lopez Marmolejo | KO | 4 (10) | 2017-04-01 | Cancha Tecate, Sinaloa de Leyva, Mexico | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Hugo Hernández | TKO | 1 (10) | 2017-03-18 | Score Sport Bar, Guasave, Mexico | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Placido Perez | TKO | 1 (6) | 2017-02-04 | Auditorio Pablo Colin, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Adrian Reyes Tostado | KO | 1 (8) | 2017-01-21 | Club Deportivo Tecate de Bachoco, Guasave, Mexico | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Mario Alberto Mondragon | KO | 3 (10) | 2016-12-10 | Coroneo, Mexico | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Oscar Arenas Maya | DQ | 8 (12) | 2013-02-19 | Expo Feria, Tepeji, Mexico | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Neftali Perez | TKO | 1 (8) | 2013-02-09 | Expo Feria, Tepeji, Mexico | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Tomas Sierra | UD | 8 | 2013-01-29 | Auditorio Municipal de Benito Juárez, Tepeji, Mexico | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Mauricio Becerril | TKO | 1 (6) | 2013-01-12 | Ex-Hacienda De Caltengo, Tepeji, Mexico | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Eugenio Lopez | KO | 4 (12) | 2012-12-28 | Palenque Recinto Ferial, Atlixco, Mexico | Won vacant WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Orlando Garcia Guerrero | UD | 4 | 2012-12-15 | Auditorio Municipal, San Juan Zitlaltepec, Mexico | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Hugo Pacheco | TKO | 2 (8) | 2012-12-05 | Explanada Municipal, Tepeji, Mexico | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Gabriel Lopez | TKO | 2 (8) | 2012-11-14 | Ex-Hacienda De Caltengo, Tepeji, Mexico | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Leonardo Resendiz | TKO | 1 (8) | 2012-10-27 | Auditorio Municipal de Benito Juárez, Tepeji, Mexico | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Eduardo Vargas | TKO | 2 (4) | 2012-09-28 | Arena López Mateos, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Zoltan Horvath | PTS | 6 | 2012-01-27 | Palasport Mario D'Agata - Le Caselle, Arezzo, Italy |
Kickboxing record (incomplete)
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 Wins (43 knockouts), 3 Defeat, 0 Draws | |||||||
| Win | 49-3 | Kazakhstan Gennady Liviu Petre | KO(Body shot) | 2 (5), 1:10 | 2016-02-20 | Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, AR, Tuscany | Defended WKA and IKTA K1 Super Lightweight World titles. |
| Win | 48-3 | Russia Aslan Marabayev | TKO(Body shot) | 3 (3), 1:54 | 2015-09-12 | Italy Ristorante Big Foods, AR, Tuscany | K1 Prestige Fight |
| Win | 47-3 | Switzerland Fabrizio Figarù | KO(Body shot) | 2 (5), 0:26 | 2014-12-20 | Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, AR, Tuscany | Defended WKA and IKTA K1 Super Lightweight World titles. |
| Win | 46-3 | Romania Cosmin Zbranca | TKO(Body shot) | 1 (5), 1:27 | 2013-10-05 | Italy Palasport "Le Caselle", AR, Tuscany | Won WKA and IKTA K1 Super Lightweight World titles. |
| Win | 45-3 | Serbia Aleksandar Gogic | Unanimous decision | 5 (5), 3:00 | 2012-02-24 | Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, AR, Tuscany | Won Wako Pro Kickboxing Lightweight World title. |
| Win | 44-3 | Albania Alin Butnariuc | Unanimous decision | 3 (3), 3:00 | 2011-11-19 | Italy Palasport, TS, Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Trieste Fight Night K1 prestige fight -67kg |
| Win | 43-3 | Uruguay Juan Manuel Ramirez | TKO(Body shot) | 2 (5), 0:21(3:00) | 2011-07-02 | Italy Palasport, Turin, Piedmont | Won Kombat League World Kickboxing Light Middleweight title. |
| Win | 42-3 | Morocco Rachid Boumalek | KO(Right straight) | 9 (12), 1:23(2:00) | 2010-11-19 | Italy Palamacchia, Livorno, Tuscany | Won Wako Pro World Full Contact Middleweight title. |
| Win | 41-3 | Mexico Marco Ghibaudo | Unanimous decision | 7 (7), 2:00 | 2010-06-18 | Mexico Palacio Videmar, Mexico City | Won WMMAF International Full Contact Light Middleweight title. |
| Loss | 40-3 | France Ibrahim Chiahou | Split decision | 5 (5), 3:00 | 2010-03-06 | Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, AR, Tuscany | Fight was for Wako Pro World Kickboxing Welterweight title. |
Professional Mixed Martial Arts record
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Wins (1 knockout), 0 Defeat, 0 Draws | |||||||
| Win | 2-0 | Italy Emanuele Valentini | Submission(Armbar) | 2 (3), 0:22(5:00) | 2018-06-14 | Italy Ristorante Green Pub, San Giustino Umbro | −67.0 kg |
| Win | 1-0 | Italy Daniel Bellistri | TKO(Retired) | 1 (3), 3:34(5:00) | 2016-06-24 | Italy Ristorante Green Pub, San Giustino Umbro | −66.5 kg |
Amateur Mixed Martial Arts record
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Win (1 knockout), 0 Defeat, 0 Draws | |||||||
| Win | 1-0 | France Andrei Ruelle | TKO(Retired) | 1 (3), 3:00 | 2007-03-06 | Italy Palazzetto dello Sport, Milan | Italy vs France "Fight 2 Win"−70.0 kg |
Championships and accomplishments
Professional boxing
- WBA interim super-lightweight Champion
- Silver interim welterweight Champion (three title defenses)
- WBA International super-lightweight Champion
- WBA Fedecentro super-welterweight Champion
- IBF International lightweight Champion
- WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight Champion.
- WBF World lightweight Champion
Professional Kickboxing
- Kickboxing Wako Pro kickboxing World lightweight -62.2 kg Champion Wako Pro full contact World middleweight -71.8 kg champion WKA K1 World super lightweight -63.5 kg champion(2 Title Defences 2014,2016). Kombat League kickboxing World super welterweight -69.9 kg champion IKTA K1 World super lightweight -63.5 kg champion(2 Title Defences) WMMAF full contact International super welterweight -69.9 kg champion Wako Pro kickboxing World welterweight -66.8 kg championship runner up
- Sanda CKA sanda 2006 Italian champion -70 kg CKA sanda 2007 Italian champion -70 kg
Amateur Kickboxing
- Sanda CKA sanda 2005 super welterweight Italian junior championship -65 kg FIWuK sanda 2006 super welterweight Italian championship -70 kg FIWuK sanda 2007 super welterweight Italian championship -70 kg CKA sanda 2006 super welterweight World championship -70 kg
See also
- List of male boxers
- List of male kickboxers
- List of male mixed martial artists
External links
- from BoxRec (registration required)
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Regional boxing titles | ||
| VacantTitle last held byOliver Flores | WBC FECARBOX super-featherweight champion December 28, 2012 – 2013 Vacated | VacantTitle next held byAdrian Estrella |
| VacantTitle last held byTommy Coyle | IBF International lightweight champion April 22, 2017 – 2017 Vacated | VacantTitle next held byGianluca Ceglia |
| Inaugural Champion | WBC Silver interim welterweight champion October 27, 2018 – 2021 Vacated | VacantTitle next held byJose Zepeda |
| VacantTitle last held byDerrieck Cuevas | WBA Fedecentro light-welterweight champion May 18, 2024 – 2024 Vacated | Vacant |
| VacantTitle last held bySandor Martin | WBA International super-lightweight champion November 14, 2024 – 2025 Vacated | Vacant |
| Minor World boxing titles | ||
| VacantTitle last held byLevent Cukur | WBF lightweight champion April 22, 2017 – 2018 Vacated | VacantTitle next held byXolisani Ndongeni |
| Interim Major World boxing titles | ||
| VacantTitle last held byIsmael Barroso | WBA interim light-welterweight champion Interim title July 11, 2025 – 2025 Vacated | Vacant |