{{short description|Spanish kickboxer (born 2001)}} {{Infobox martial artist | name = Alejandro Rivas | native_name = | native_name_lang= | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Alejandro Rivas Concepcion | other_names = El Puma | nationality = {{flagicon|ESP}} Spanish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|2|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = El Puerto de Santa María, Spain | fighting_out_of = Seville, Spain | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.68}} | weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | weight_class = | style = Kickboxing | stance = Orthodox | team = Team Jesus Cabello | trainer = | years_active = | kickbox_win = 48 | kickbox_kowin = | kickbox_loss = 7 | kickbox_koloss = 1 | kickbox_draw = | kickbox_nc = | other = | occupation = | spouse = | relatives = | students = | university = | website = | boxrec = | sherdog = | updated = }}
'''Alejandro "Alex" Rivas Concepcion''' is a Spanish kickboxer currently fighting out of Team Jesus Cabello.
As of May 2019, he was ranked the #3 Strawweight in the world by Combat Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://combatpress.com/2019/05/combat-press-kickboxing-rankings-may-2019/|title=Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: May 2019|first=Zach|last=Aittama|publisher=|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref>
==Biography and career==
In 2018 Rivas became renowned when he got an upset decision win over K-1 featherweight title holder Yuta Murakoshi at only 17 years old. He then faced K-1 Super Bantamweight champion Yoshiki Takei in the quarter-final of the 2019 K-1 World Super Bantamweight Tournament and lost by first-round TKO.
In August 2019, Rivas signed a two-year contract with the ONE Championship organization.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B1dzuW7IlCL/ | title=Instagram }}</ref> He is scheduled to make his promotional debut against ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon in a non-title kickboxing match at ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury on February 26, 2021.
==Titles==
'''Amateur'''
* 2017 WKPF Intercontinental -57 kg Champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpuertodesantamaria.es/contenido/16324/el-alcalde-recibe-a-los-jovenes-boxeadores-portuenses-tras-los-ultimos-titulos-conseguidos#content_pos|title=El alcalde recibe a los jóvenes boxeadores portuenses tras los últimos títulos conseguidos|website=El Puerto de Santa Maria|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref> * * 2015 ISKA Amateur full-contact Europe Champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elpuertoactualidad.es/?p=125398|title=Alejandro Rivas "El Puma", campeón europeo de Full Contact|date=2 June 2015|publisher=|accessdate=16 June 2019|archive-date=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321144205/http://elpuertoactualidad.es/?p=125398|url-status=dead}}</ref> * * 2015 ISKA Amateur K-1 rules Spain Champion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cadizdirecto.com/el-portuense-alejandro-rivas-el-puma-se-proclama-campeon-de-espana-de-kickboxing/|title=El portuense Alejandro Rivas 'El Puma' se proclama campeón de España de Kickboxing|date=30 June 2015|website=Cádiz Directo - Noticias de Cádiz y Provincia - Información Cádiz - Sucesos y Opinión|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref>
== Pro Kickboxing record ==
{{Kickboxing record start|norec=y|title=Pro Kickboxing Record|record=}} |- style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 2019-06-30|| Loss ||align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Yoshiki Takei || K-1 World GP 2019: Super Bantamweight World Tournament, Quarter Finals|| Tokyo, Japan || TKO (2 knockdowns rule) || 1 || |- style="background:#CCFFCC;" | 2018-11-03|| Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Yuta Murakoshi || K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament || Saitama, Japan || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2018-06-09 || Loss ||align=left|{{flagicon|England}} Thai Barlow || Enfusion Newcastle || Newcastle, England || Decision (Extra round) || 4 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2018-03-10 || Loss ||align=left|{{flagicon|Portugal}} Helder Victor || Dynamite Fight Night 32 || Albufeira, Portugal || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2018-01-27 || Loss ||align=left|{{flagicon|Portugal}} Frederico Cordeiro || Brothers League VII || Portugal || Decision|| 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2017-05-27 || Loss ||align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} Manu Gomez || Shocktime Promotions || Spain || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2017-05-06 || Loss ||align=left|{{flagicon|England}} Evan Jays || Muay Thai Grand Prix 2 || London, England || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- | colspan=9 | '''''Legend''''': {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win |border=1px solid #CCFFCC}} {{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss |border=1px solid #FFBBBB}} {{legend2|#c5d2ea|Draw/No contest |border=1px solid #c5d2ea}} {{legend2|White|Notes |border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{end}}
== See also == *List of male kickboxers
==References== {{reflist}}
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