Oscar Rivas

Name: Oscar Rivas
Alias: Kaboom
Birth Name: Oscar Rivas Torres
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birthplace: Cali, Colombia
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 184cm
Reach: 194cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Marc Ramsay
• Promoter: Yvon Michel

Amateur Highlights

• 2006
  • Central American and Caribbean Games quarter-finalist in Cartagena, Colombia (+91kg):
    • Lost to Michel Lopez (Cuba) 4:6
• 2007
  • Pan-American Games Qualifier Bronze medalist in Barquismeto, Venezuela (+91kg):
    • Defeated Mike Wilson (United States) 24:19
    • Lost to Robert Alfonso (Cuba) 12:21
  • Bolivarian Alternative Games participant in San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela (+91kg):
    • Lost to Damien Sealy (Barbados) RSC 1
  • Giraldo Cordova Cardin Memorial Bronze medalist in Santa Clara, Cuba (+91kg):
    • Lost to Michel Lopez (Cuba) 3:10
  • Pan-American Games Silver medalist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (+91kg):
    • Defeated Geraldo Bisbal (Puerto Rico) 22:8
    • Defeated Didier Bence (Canada) W/O
    • Lost to Robert Alfonso (Cuba) 4:8
  • AIBA World Championships in Chicago, United States (+91kg):
    • Defeated Lequan Carlisle (Dominica) RSC 2
    • Lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) 7:23
  • Colombian National Championships Gold medalist in Bogota (+91kg):
    • Defeated Cesar Sanchez
    • Defeated Leon Mejia RSC 1
• 2008
  • Independence Cup Bronze medalist in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (+91kg):
    • Defeated Gleison Abreu (Brazil) 11:3
    • Lost to Robert Alfonso (Cuba) 3:6
  • American Olympic Qualifications quarter-finalist in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (+91kg):
    • Lost to Michael Hunter (United States) 4:11
  • American Olympic Qualifications Silver medalist in Guatemala City, Guatemala (+91kg):
    • Defeated Marlon Mendoza (Honduras) RSCH 1
    • Defeated Andy Ruiz Jr. (Mexico) 16:4
    • Defeated Gleison Abreu (Brazil) 6:5
    • Lost to Jose Payares (Venezuela) 2:3
  • Pan-American Championships Gold medalist in Cuenca, Ecuador (+91kg):
    • Defeated Damien Sealy (Barbados) RSC 2
    • Defeated Robert Alfonso (Cuba) 3:1
  • Batalla de Carabobo Gold medalist in Valencia, Venezuela (+91kg):
    • Defeated Manuel Mosquera (Ecuador) RSC
    • Defeated Jose Rodriguez (Venezuela)
    • Defeated Orlando Rabi (Cuba) RSC
  • Colombian National Championships Gold medalist in Buenaventura (+91kg):
    • Defeated Isaia Mena
    • Defeated Deivis Julio 3:2
    • Defeated Cesar Sanchez
  • Olympic Games quarter-finalist in Beijing, China (+91kg):
    • Defeated Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) 11:5
    • Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) 5:9

Professional Record

• Defeated 2 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Jeremiah Karpency and Fabio Maldonado.