In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Riasco and the second or maternal family name is Esquivel.
Rigoberto Riasco
Born
Rigoberto Rodrigo Riasco Esquivel
(1953-01-11)11 January 1953
Panama City, Panama
Died
29 August 2022(2022-08-29) (aged 69)
Other names
El Pequeño Veneno ("Little Poison")
Statistics
Weight(s)
Super bantamweight
Height
5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
40
Wins
26
Wins by KO
13
Losses
9
Draws
4
Rigoberto Riasco (11 January 1953 – 29 August 2022)[1] also known as "Little Poison", was a Panamanian professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1982. He was the Lineal and WBC Super bantamweight champion in 1976. Riasco defeated such men as Dong Kyun Yum, Leonel Hernández, Rafael Ortega, Waruinge Nakayama, Luis Ávila, Santos Luis Rivera, Seiji "Flipper" Uehara, and Sanjo Takemori.[2]
^E’ scomparso Rigoberto Riasco, ex campione s.gallo WBC (in Italian)
RigobertoRiasco (11 January 1953 – 29 August 2022) also known as "Little Poison", was a Panamanian professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1982....
division took place in 1976 when the World Boxing Council recognized RigobertoRiasco as its champion when he defeated Waruinge Nakayama in eight rounds...
of the title for failing to make weight. 25 Alexis Argüello (def. RigobertoRiasco) 31 May 1975 – 20 Jun 1977 2 Argüello vacates the title to move up...
No. Name Reign Defenses 1 RigobertoRiasco (def. Philip Waruinge) 3 Apr – 9 Oct 1976 2 2 Royal Kobayashi 9 Oct – 24 Nov 1976 0 3 Yum Dong-Kyun 24 Nov 1976...
April 3 – The first Jr. Featherweight world title bout in history, as RigobertoRiasco knocks out Wainunge Wakayama in ten rounds at Panama City, Panama to...
TKO 6/15 14 Royal Kobayashi WBC Super bantamweight (122) Oct 9, 1976 RigobertoRiasco TKO 8/15 15 Yoko Gushiken WBA Light flyweight (108) Oct 10, 1976 Juan...
October 9, 1976, Kobayashi moved down a weight class and dethroned RigobertoRiasco as the WBC and lineal junior featherweight champion while being watched...
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champion, losing twice, for the WBC's world Super-Bantamweight title to RigobertoRiasco and, later on, for the same organization's Bantamweight one, to Carlos...
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