Alessandro Riguccini

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

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.^[9] 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.^[11] 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.^[12][13] 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.^[14][15] Ten days later, on 15 December, he fought against Orlando "Meteorito" Garcia at the Municipal Auditorium in San Juan Zitlaltepec, winning all four rounds.^[16]

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.^[17][18]

Future career in Mexico

On 12 January 2013, Riguccini knocked out Mauricio Becerril at 1:13 of the first round.^[19] 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.^[20][21] Then, on 9 February, he defeated the Neftali Perez by KO at 1:15 of the first round at the Expo Feria in Hidalgo.^[22][23] 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.^[24]

World K1 title defence

On 20 December 2014, Riguccini retained his world K1 title against the Swiss Fabrizio Figarù in his hometown of Sansepolcro. ^[28][29]

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. ^[30][31]

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.^[46][47]

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.^{[48][49][50][51]} 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.^[52]

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.^[53]

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.^{[54][55][56][57]}

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.^[58][59]

On 26 April 2019, he successfully defended his interim title against the Mexican Iván Álvarez Ruiz at the Tuscany Hall in Florence.^{[60] [61] [62] [63]} He won by TKO in the third round after a severe livershot left his opponent unable to defend.^{[64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72][73][74]}

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.^{[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82]}

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.^[83][84][85]

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.^{[86][87] [88]}

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.^[89] 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.^[90][91][92]

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.^[93][94]

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.^[95]

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.^[96][97][98]