On This Day In Boxing History

1969: Wilfredo Rivera Was Born!

Wilfredo Rivera

Born: May 4th, 1969

Residence: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Nationality: Puerto Rican

Amateur Record: 51-6

Pro-Debut: April 2nd, 1988

Career: 1988-2005

Division: Welterweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 11″  

Reach: 72″  

Bouts: 43

Rivera worked as a security guard for some time once his boxing career was over. He faced a divorce from his wife and was fired from the job as a security guard, ending up homeless for some time. He lived in his van, a blue Chevrolet Astro, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He was born with a stuttering condition, which led to many prospective employers thinking he is punch drunk.

May 4th

1900: Joe Walcott W25 Mysterious Billy Smith

1910: Harry Lewis KO3 Peter Brown

1925: The Terris-Dundee boxing match was the final event held at the old Madison Square Garden in New York City. Five different sites have been named Madison Square Garden over the years.

1935: Marcel Thil KO14 Vilda Jaks, Paris. Retains World Middleweight Title.

1937: Henry Armstrong TKO4 Frankie Klick

1955: Sugar Ray Robinson W10 Garth Panter

1956: Kevin Rooney was born in New York City

1962: Éder Jofre TKO10 Herman Marques

1963: Sugar Ray Robinson KO3 Maurice Roblet

1967: Joe Frazier W10 George Johnson

1969: Wifredo Rivera was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

1975: Salvador Sánchez age 16 debuts KO3 Al Gardeno

1976: Roberto Durán W10 Saoul Mamby

1980: Leo Randolph KO15 Ricardo Cardona

Michael Spinks W10 Murray Sutherland

1982: Jimmy Gradson KO10 Eddie Melo

Tony Sibson TKO10 Jacques Chinon

Frank Bruno TKO4 Ronald Gibbs

Donald Curry TKO4 Bruce Finch

1984: Chris Eubank TKO5 Greg George

1985: Daniel Zaragoza WDQ7 Freddie Jackson

1990: José Luis Castillo age 16 debuts KO2 Ricardo Contreras

1991: Orlando Canizales KO8 Billy Hardy

James McGirt TKO5 Alfredo Ramirez

1993: Reggie Johnson W12 Wayne Harris

1994: Hiroshi Kawashima W12 Jose Luis Bueno

1996: Fabrice Tiozzo KO6 Leslie Stewart

Marco Antonio Barrera KO3 Jesse Benavides

Mark Johnson KO1 Francisco Tejedor

1997: Arturo Gatti KO8 Calvin Grove

2007: Hugo Cazares KO2 Wilfrido Perez

Attila Kovacs TKO10 Robert Frazier

2012: Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam W12 Max Bursak

Hyun Mi Choi W10 Rocio Castillo

2013: Wladimir Klitschko TKO6 Francesco Pianeta

Christina Hammer W10 Zita Zatyko

Floyd Mayweather Jr W12 Robert Guerrero      

Abner Mares TKO9 Daniel Ponce De Leon

2019: Artur Beterbiev KO5 Radivoje Kalajdzic

Canelo Álvarez W12 Daniel Jacobs

Jerwin Ancajas RTD6 Ryuichi Funai

2024: Canelo Alvarez W12 Jaime Munguía