Claudio Rasco

Claudio Rasco

Personal information
Full name	Grigore Claudio Rîşco
Nationality	Romania
Born	August 22, 1978 (1978-08-22) (age 33) Eud, Sighetu Marmaţiei, Maramureş
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	81 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Light Heavyweight
Medal record World Amateur Championships Bronze 2001 Belfast Light Heavyweight European Amateur Championships Silver 2000 Tampere Light Heavyweight Bronze 1998 Minsk Light Heavyweight

Grigore Claudio Rasco (born August 22, 1978 in Eud, Sighetu Marmaţiei), sometimes written Claudiu Rasku, is a Romanian boxer best known for having won the bronze at the 2001 amateur world championships.

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 2000 Summer Olympics he lost his first match to Sergey Mihaylov. At the World Championships 2001 he won the bronze medal in Belfast.

Pro

Rasco turned pro in Canada as a Cruiserweight but occasionally fought heavyweights. He lost own his pro debut against Paul Mbongo 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.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Claudio Rasco from BoxRec
• sports-reference

Persondata
Name	Rasco, Claudio
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Short description
Date of birth	August 22, 1978
Place of birth	Eud, Sighetu Marmaţiei, Maramureş
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