Adonis Rivas

Adonis Rivas, born Adonis Antonio Rivas Ordóñez on 7 December 1972, is a Nicaraguan former professional boxer who competed between 1995 and 2014. A world champion in two weight classes, he held the WBO super flyweight title from 1999 to 2001 and the WBO flyweight title in 2002. He turned professional in 1995 and won the super flyweight belt with a decision over Diego Morales in 1999, defended it twice and lost it to Pedro Alcázar in 2001. Dropping down in weight in 2002, he won a majority decision against Jair Jimenez for the WBO flyweight title and lost it to Omar Andres Narvaez later that year. In 2005 and 2006 he lost a pair of bouts to Jorge Arce for the WBC flyweight title.