Melvin Rivas

Name: Melvin Rivas
Alias: Chico
Hometown: Florida, USA
Matchmaker: Record

Notes

• A native of Honduras, Rivas was the son of a professional soccer player in his native land.
• Rivas joined the Marine Corps and promptly chalked up a record of 60-7 as a welterweight. Knee problems forced him to give up a career as a boxer.
• Following his discharge from the service in 1982, Rivas took the advice of a friend and attended Broward Communtiy College. Two years later, he had a degree in business.
• Rivas was a Broward Sheriff's Community Aid security officer at Port Everglades.
• Rivas is the owner of Contenders Boxing Gym in Fort Lauderdale.

Trains / Trained

• Kiryl Relikh
• Leslie Stewart

External Links

• "Contenders Boxing Gym Gains Reputation As Broward's Best" by Fran LaBelle (December 18, 1988)