Cosme Rivera Yucupicio (born 19 July 1976) is a Mexican

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. He held the WBO– NABO

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title in 1999, the WBC Continental Americas light welterweight title in 2002, the WBA Fedecentro & WBO Latino

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titles in 2006 and the WBC Latino light welterweight title in 2011. He also fought for a unified welterweight world title in 2005.

Career

Rivera initially played

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in his native city of

Huatabampo Huatabampo () is a city in Huatabampo Municipality in the States of Mexico, state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the Gulf of California, near the mouth of the Mayo River, Mexico, Mayo River. It is located at latitude . Huata ...

. He began boxing at the age of 15, sneaking out of the house to train at a local gymnasium. In his three years as an amateur, he only had nine bouts. Rivera had a draw in his professional debut on January 1, 1993 vs. Cachorron Diaz. Rivera got his first title fight on November 22, 1996 vs. Luis Alejandro Ugalde (7-0) in Tijuana, Mexico for the Baja California State Light Welterweight Title, winning by point in 12 rounds. In 2003, he knocked out a previously undefeated James Hare in England.

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* 1976 births Living people Mexican male boxers Light-welterweight boxers Welterweight boxers Boxers from Sonora People from Huatabampo {{Mexico-boxing-bio-stub