Claudio Rasco

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Medal record
Competitor for Romania
Men’s Boxing
European Amateur Championships
Bronze	1998 Minsk	Light Heavyweight
Silver	2000	Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze	2001 Belfast	Light Heavyweight

Grigore Claudio Rasco, sometimes written Claudiu Rasku (b August 22, 1978), is a Romanian boxer best known for having won the Bronze 2001 at the amateur world championships.

[edit] Amateur

The very tall (1.96 m) Rasco won the Bronze medal at the European Championships 1998 in Minsk , 2000 the silver medal losing to Russian Aleksandr Lebziak 4:7 at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the Olympics he lost his first match to Sergey Mihaylov. At the World Championships 2001 he won the Bronze medal in Belfast.

[edit] Pro

Rasco turned pro in Canada as a Cruiserweight but occasionally fought heavyweights. He lost his own pro debut abgainst Paul Mbongo but upset heavyweight David Cadieux in his pro debut. 2005 he lost his bid for the Canadian Cruiserweight title against Troy Ross in 2005 by stoppage and was KOd in 2006 by undefeated German Cruiserweight prospect Marco Huck.