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Claudio Rîşco

Claudio Rîşco
Personal information
Full name Grigore Claudio Rîşco
Nickname(s) Claudio Rasco
Nationality Romania Romanian
Born (1978-08-22) August 22, 1978 (age 38)
Sighetu Marmaţiei, Maramureş
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Heavyweight

Grigore Claudio Rîşco (born August 22, 1978), also known as Claudio Rasco, is a retired Romanian boxer.

The very tall 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) Rasco won the bronze medal at the European Championships 1998 in Minsk, 2000 the silver medal losing to Russian Aleksandr Lebziak at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won the bronze medal in Belfast.

Rasco turned pro in Canada to fight as a Heavyweight. He lost his pro debut but upset heavyweight David Cadieux in his pro debut. In 2005 he lost his bid for the Canadian Cruiserweight title against Troy Ross by stoppage and was KOd in 2006 by undefeated German Cruiserweight prospect Marco Huck.


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