Alessandro Riguccini (born 25 March 1988 in Florence, Italy) is an Italian boxer, kickboxer and engineer coached by Mexican trainer Fernando Fernandez.
[10][11][12] Riguccini began kickboxing competitively at the age of 12, with early honours including two Federazione Italiana Wushu-Kung Fu (FIWuK) sanda titles.
In March 2010 at Sansepolcro (Italy) Riguccini faced the French champion Ibrahim Chiahou for the Wako Pro welterweight kickboxing world title.
[13] In November 2010, Riguccini moved up to the middleweight division to fight Rachid Boumalek at the Palamacchia of Livorno in Italy for the Wako Pro full contact world title.
[26] 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.
[29][30] On 19 February, he beat by disqualification in the eighth round (of the twelve planned), the young and strong Oscar Arenas who presented with a record of 23 wins (20 by KO) and only 5 losses proving to be a boxer of international level.
[37][38] On 16 June 2016 Riguccini graduated with 110 and honors in computer engineering and decided later, on 12 November 2016, to return to Mexico to resume his professional career in boxing in order to achieve important goals also in this sport.
[42][43] 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.
[62][63] On 26 April 2019 he successfully defended the WBC Silver world welterweight title against the Mexican Ivan Alvarez Ruiz at the Tuscany Hall in Florence.
[68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76][77][78] On 26 October 2019 he successfully defended for the second time the WBC Silver welterweight world title he held against Venezuelan Juan Ruiz at the Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico.
[79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86] On 21 November 2020, after more than a year of stoppage due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, he climbs back into the ring in a 10-round match for the second time against Iván Álvarez Ruiz, defeating him by KO at the beginning of the third round with a powerful right straight to the solar plexus.
[87][88][89] On 19 March 2021 he successfully defended his WBC Silver Welterweight title for the third time against former WBA Super Lightweight World Champion, the Venezuelan Johan Perez at the Salon SNTE 53 in Guasave (Sinaloa).
[90][91] [92] About a year later he goes back to the ring against the expert Mexican Eleazar Valenzuela Carrillo (who had already been the opponent of illustrious boxers such as Miguel Berchelt, Jose Zepeda and Emanuel Navarrete) winning by KO in the third round by a series of blows to the body.