Claudio Rîșco

Grigore Claudio Rîşco (born August 22, 1978), also known as Claudio Rasco, is a retired Romanian boxer.

Claudio Rîşco
Personal information
Full nameGrigore Claudio Rîşco
Nickname(s)Claudio Rasco
NationalityRomania Romanian
Born (1978-08-22) August 22, 1978
Sighetu Marmaţiei, Maramureş
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classHeavyweight
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Belfast Light Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Tampere Light Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Minsk Light Heavyweight

Amateur

The 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) Rasco won the bronze medal at the European Championships 1998 in Minsk, 2000 the silver medal losing to Russian Aleksandr Lebziak at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won the bronze medal in Belfast.

Pro

Rasco turned pro in Canada to fight as a Heavyweight. He lost his pro debut but upset heavyweight David Cadieux in his pro debut. In 2005 he lost his bid for the Canadian Cruiserweight title against Troy Ross by stoppage and was KOd in 2006 by undefeated German Cruiserweight prospect Marco Huck.

Professional boxing record

13 fights 10 wins 3 losses
By knockout 3 2
By decision 7 1
No. Result Record Opponent Method Round, time Date Location Notes
13 Win 10–3 Barbados Curtis Murray KO 5 (6), 2:20 June 23, 2006 Canada Docks Entertainment Complex, Toronto, Ontario
12 Loss 9–3 Germany Marco Huck KO 7 (8), 2:15 Jan 28, 2006 Germany Tempodrom, Kreuzberg
11 Win 9–2 United States Harold Sconiers TKO 5 (8), 3:00 Nov 12, 2005 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec
10 Win 8–2 United States John Battle UD 8 Oct 15, 2005 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec
9 Win 7–2 United States Sebastian Hill UD 6 Sep 10, 2005 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec
8 Loss 6–2 Canada Troy Ross TKO 8 (10), 1:25 May 28, 2005 Canada Casino Lac Leamy, Hull, Quebec For Vacant CBF Cruiserweight Title
7 Win 6–1 Brazil Daniel Bispo UD 6 April 9, 2005 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec
6 Win 5–1 United States Cliff Nellon UD 6 Mar 12, 2005 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec
5 Win 4–1 United States Larry Robinson UD 4 Feb 26, 2005 Canada Casino Lac Leamy, Hull, Quebec
4 Win 3–1 United States Jesse Corona UD 4 Nov 13, 2004 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec
3 Win 2–1 Canada David Cadieux SD 4 Sep 29, 2004 Canada Club Soda, Montreal, Quebec
2 Win 1–1 Canada Mark Newton KO 3 (4), 1:15 Sep 9, 2004 Canada Fort Garry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1 Loss 0–1 Cameroon Paul Mbongo MD 4 April 17, 2004 Canada Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario Professional debut

References

  • Boxing record for Claudio Rasco from BoxRec (registration required)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grigore Rîşco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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