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Amateur

The Rasco won the bronze medal at the European Championships 1998 in Minsk, 2000 the silver medal losing to Russian

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at the

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. 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

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in his pro debut. In 2005 he lost his bid for the Canadian Cruiserweight title against

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by stoppage and was KOd in 2006 by undefeated German Cruiserweight prospect

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Professional boxing record

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Risco, Claudio 1978 births Living people Romanian expatriates in Canada Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Romania Romanian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Heavyweight boxers People from Sighetu Marmației Sportspeople from Maramureș County