Wilfredo Rivera pugile

Wilfredo Rivera (born May 4, 1969) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who fought three times for world titles, losing to Pernell Whitaker twice and to Oscar De La Hoya.Rivera was a member of the Puerto Rican men's boxing team that participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was, however, not allowed to participate himself, the Puerto Rican Boxing Federation choosing Hector Arroyo instead to fight at Rivera's weight during those Olympic Games. Rivera wound up his amateur boxing career with a record of 51 wins and 6 losses.Rivera debuted as a professional boxer on May 2, 1988, beating the also debuting Jose Centeno by knockout in San Juan. He then defeated Agustin Silva and Luis Rivera (no relation), the latter as part of an undercard headed by the fight between John John Molina and Juan Laporte at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan on April 29, 1989.Rivera won his next two bouts, both at the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum, before facing future IBF world Lightweight champion Leavander Johnson, 3-0 before their bout, on September 12, 1989, in a battle of undefeated prospects at the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The two remained undefeated after fighting to a draw (tie).After two wins over lower opposition rivals Luis De Jesus (3-7) and Jose Luis De Jesus (1-1, the latter two not the same boxer), Rivera fought a string of hard opponents, including 11-1 Francisco Martinez, a knockout victory for Rivera on June 21, 1991 at Tamiami, Florida; Valentin Ocasio, who was 2-5 but who had lasted the six rounds distance against Félix Trinidad earlier and whom Rivera knocked out on October 30, 1991 in San Juan; 27-12 Idelmar Paisan, a unanimous decision win for Rivera on November 27 at San Juan; fellow Trinidad victim, 17-15 Darren McGrew, knocked out by Rivera on March 12, 1992 in San Juan; and 21-12-3 Amancio Castro, defeated by Rivera on June 13, 1992 at Miami by technical knockout.Next was Delfino Martin, a 13 win, 17 losses trail horse who fought Rivera on Saturday, February 13, 1993 as part of the undercard in which Molina successfully defended his IBF world Junior Lightweight title by outpointing Francisco Segura over 12 rounds at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan. Rivera defeated Martin by unanimous decision.