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Óscar Andres Rivas Torres (born June 6, 1987) is a Colombian heavyweight boxer from Valle del Cauca best known to win the Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games at the age of 19. He also fought at the 2008 Olympics but turned pro in Canada in 2009.
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In Cartagena at the Caribbean Games 2006 the 212 lbs Rivas lost in the first round to Cuban Olympic Bronze medalist Michel López Núñez 4:6 [1]
February 4, 2007 at a PanAm qualifier Rivas scored his biggest win so far by beating two-time American champ Mike Wilson 24:19 in a qualifier in Venezuela but lost to Cuban Robert Alfonso 12:21. In the main event in Rio he beat Gerardo Bisbal 22:8, Didier Bence by walkover (injured) and reached the final but lost to Alfonso once again, this time 4:8.
In Chicago at the World Championships 2007 he stopped Dominican Lequan Carlisle but lost to eventual silver medalist Vyacheslav Glazkov 7:23.
At the first Olympic qualifier in March 2008 he lost to American Michael Hunter jr.; however, in April 2008 he qualified for the 2008 Olympics through the second American qualifier with a 6:5 victory.[1]
At the Olympics he upset Kubrat Pulev 11:5 but lost to world champion and eventual Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle 5:9.
He turned pro in 2009 for Yvon Michel in Canada.