Luis Antonio Rivera a.k.a. "Yoyo Boing" (born April 9, 1930) is a comedian, actor and television show host, who was also one of the pioneers of Puerto Rican television.

Early years[link]

Rivera was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico and his parents moved to Santurce, a section of San Juan, from Humacao when he was only three years old. After receiving his primary education, Rivera attended the "Escuela Superior Central de Santurce" (Central High School of Santurce). He found a part-time job at a local radio station which opened the doors to a new world for him.^[1]

Rivera became a member of the Drama Department of the University of Puerto Rico. As a drama student, he participated in two of Rene Marques' plays. Having a deep baritone voice he also became a radio presenter. His radio station dramatized comedy sketches, and one of the producers suggested dramatizing Archie comics over the radio. Due to the lack of audiovisual references for the characters at the time, there were no clear cut ways of representing the characters in Spanish, nor there were exact translations for their names. Rivera came up with the name of Yoyo Boing for representing Jughead; the name "Yoyo" sounded close to "Jughead," and the "Boing" part was a gimmick Rivera developed for the character: a vocalized "boing" that he constantly repeated to fill in silence gaps during each episode. Ever since his Archie stint on Puerto Rican radio, Puerto Ricans rarely refer to Rivera using his real name, and usually refer to him by his by-now "nickname".^[1]

Pioneer in Puerto Rican television[link]

1954 was the year that television was born in Puerto Rico. Rivera, together with Tommy Muñiz, Jose Miguel Agrelot and Paquito Cordero was one of the first comedians in Puerto Rican television. In 1960, he starred. alongside Norma Candal (Petunia) in a television comedy called "La Críada Malcríada" (The Rude Maid).^[1] In the 1970s, Rivera starred in own sit-com called "Mi Hippie Me Encanta" (I'm Crazy about My Hippie) broadcast by Telemundo. In the 1980s, Rivera starred in the situation comedies, "Generaciones", (Generations), with Chayanne, "Los Suegros" (The In-Laws) and later in a spin-off of that show called "Los Suegros y Los Nietos" (The In-Laws and the Grandchildren), broadcast by WAPA-TV. Rivera was also the General Manager of radio stations WKBM-AM ("AM 81") and WORO-FM ("Radio Oro", or Golden Radio), the radio branches of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan.^[1]

Later years[link]

In the 1990s, Rivera wrote a book titled "A Reír Con Yoyo" (Let's Laugh with Yoyo) and donated all of the proceeds to an AIDS organization. He was also active in a television show called "Desde Mi Pueblo" ("From My Town") for WIPR-TV (San Juan's channel 6), where he would visit every town and city and show all of the interesting aspects of the featured place. His co-hosts on the program were Deborah Carthy-Deu and Tony Croatto.^[1]

After José Miguel Agrelot's sudden death in 2004, the remaining co-hosts on Agrelot's long-running radio show "Tu Alegre Despertar", (Your Cheerful Wake-Up), Aurora Previdi and María Falcón, asked the radio audience to select a permanent replacement for Agrelot from a round of temporary co-hosts. Rivera won the assignment; given the wishes of Agrelot's family to achieve some closure, the program changed its name to "Contigo en el tapón" ("Along With You In The Traffic Jam") and changed its format slightly. Rivera remains as a popular co-host, filling Agrelot's considerably large shoes. He also hosts a daily program of Puerto Rican music classics at Allegro WIPR-FM.^[1]

Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi wrote a performance novel using the Yoyo Boing nickname as a title with some punctuation added: "Yo-Yo Boing!". Featuring a tinted photo of Rivera with overimposed X-ray specs for the book's jacket, the comic bilingual novel has very little to do with Rivera himself, but does feature a dream sequence inspired by childhood memories of the roles he played.^[1]

2000s[link]

Rivera is currently retired from television but, at times makes special appearances. He was the protagonist of the locally produced movie for television "Santa Clos es Boricua" (Santa Claus is Puerto Rican) which was telecast in Puerto Rico and the United States through Televicentro on December 20, 2004.^[1]

See also[link]

	Puerto Rico portal
	Biography portal

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• Giannina Braschi, author of "Yo-Yo Boing!", the novel.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rivera's bio entry on the Puerto Rican National Foundation for Popular Culture's website

José Antonio Rivera (December 5, 1963-April 4, 2005) was a well known Puerto Rican boxer. He was much better known as El Gallo Rivera or Tonito Rivera, and was a prominent boxer during the decade of the 1980s.

Professional career[link]

José Antonio Rivera began his professional boxing career on February 26, 1981, after a long and successful amateur boxing career, knocking out Humberto Maldonado in the first round at Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. He posted two more wins in a row, one by knockout, then lost for the first time as a professional, beaten by Herminio Adorno by a decision in five rounds on May 22. Rivera avenged that loss with a first round knockout of Adorno on July 9, in Trujillo Alto.

Rivera won five of his next six bouts before fighting abroad for the first time, losing by a ten round decision to Enrique Sanchez by a ten round decision at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 15, 1982. About one year and a half later, Sanchez lost to Alberto Davila for the WBC world Bantamweight title.

On February 12, 1983, Rivera fought for his first championship, the regional, Puerto Rican Super Bantamweight title. He conquered the belt by beating Orlando Perez by a twelve round decision in Canovanas.

Rivera won his next four fights, including a seventh round knockout victory over Manuel Santos as part of the Wilfredo Gómez-Eladio Santana fight's undercard at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum on December 14 of that year, and his Madison Square Garden debut, a win over Vincent Christian by a fifth round knockout on July 26, 1984, at the Garden's Felt Forum Arena.

In his next fight, Rivera defended his Puerto Rican Super Bantamweight title against fellow Puerto Rican^[1] Juan Veloz, on September 1 in Carolina. The bout was a longawaited fight by Puerto Rican fight fans and press alike; ahead on points after ten rounds, Rivera lost the fight by a knockout in round eleven.

On February 2, 1985, Rivera re-established himself as a top ranked boxer when he knocked out Alberto Mercado in seven rounds as part of one of Victor Callejas' title defense undercards. At stake in that bout was a spot among the IBF's top ten challengers. This time, it was Rivera who staged a comeback, being behind on the judges' scorecards before defeating Mercado.

On July 12, he met Tony Miller in Australia, and the two boxers fought to a ten round draw (tie). On October 5, he beat fringe contender Irving Mitchell in San Juan by a knockout in five rounds to win the WBC continental Americas Featherweight title and position himself as the number one challenger among Featherweights with the IBF.

Rivera next faced a relatively long layoff, while negotiations over contracts for his world title challenge were finalized. Rivera finally got his first shot at becoming world champion on August 30, 1986, in Osan, South Korea, when he faced the IBF world Featherweight champion, Ki-Young Chung. Rivera became world champion by knocking Chung out in ten rounds.

Rivera next faced another long layoff. When his first defense could be finally held. Rivera lost his title when he was knocked out in four rounds by Calvin Grove, on January 23, 1988 in Gamaches, France. Sixteen months passed between the moment that Rivera won the world championship and his first title defense.

Tonito Rivera won his next three bouts before receiving a shot at becoming world champion again. On December 9, 1989, he dropped Kamel Bou Ali, but lost the fight by an eighth round knockout, in Teramo, Italy. That bout was contested for the WBO's vacant world Jr. Lightweight title.

Rivera, much like Marvin Hagler before him, fell in love with Italy. He lived there for the rest of his life, returning to Puerto Rico multiple times for fights. He lost his next fight after the bout with Bou Ali, but rebounded with four straight wins, including a third round knockout over future world champion Giovanni Parisi on November 10, 1990 in Monsano.

On September 14, 1991, Rivera challenged Dingaan Thobela for the WBO world Lightweight title, losing a twelve round decision to Thobela in Johannesburg, South Africa. After winning four more bouts and drawing one, Rivera received another world title shot, this time in a rematch with Parisi, by then the WBO world Lightweight champion, in Rome on September 24, 1993. Rivera was outpointed by Parisi over twelve rounds.

Rivera then embarked on another winning streak, which included a second round knockout over Argentine hopeful Fabian Tejada on March 6, 1995, in Inglewood, California. That same year, on December 15, he returned to the Madison Square Garden to defeat Gerard Gray by a ninth round knockout.

Rivera would get another world title chance after that bout: on April 13, 1996, he lost to Arthur Gregorian by a knockout in round twelve at Hamburg, Germany, for the WBO's world Lightweight title.

Rivera won one, lost three and drew one of his next five fights. One of those bouts was a first round knockout loss to fringe contender Shannan Taylor of Australia. He also lost to Dyobelis Hurtado, but, on October 25, 1997, he did draw over ten rounds with former WBO world Jr. Welterweight champion, fellow Puerto Rican Sammy Fuentes.

Soon after defeating Johnny Valentin by a first round knockout on September 30, 2002 in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, as part of a tournament named the world television Hispanic tournament, Rivera was diagnosed with an undisclosed disease, having to retire from boxing for good.

Death[link]

After a long battle with his disease, he died on April 4, 2005 of an asthma attack. After death, Rivera made Puerto Rican sports history, becoming the first athlete to have his mortal remains exposed at the Puerto Rican Sports Pavilion. The second athlete to have his mortal remains exposed there was Félix Javier Pérez, a basketball player who was murdered later that year while trying to defend a neighbor from robbers.

Antonio Rivera had a professional boxing record of 36 wins, 13 losses and 3 draws, with 32 wins by knockout.

See also[link]

• List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Antonio Rivera from BoxRec

Rivera
—  Capital city  —
Obelisk of the Plaza Internacional, at the "Frontera de la Paz", cities of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brasil).
Rivera Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 30°54′9″S 55°33′2″W / 30.9025°S 55.55056°W / -30.9025; -55.55056Coordinates: 30°54′9″S 55°33′2″W / 30.9025°S 55.55056°W / -30.9025; -55.55056
Country	Uruguay
Department	Rivera Department
Population (2004)
• Total	64,426
• Demonym	riverense
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	40000
Area code(s)	+598 462

Rivera is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. It is located at the north end of Route 5, on the border with Brazil. The Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento is right across the border, only a street away of it. Together they form an international city of around 200,000 inhabitants.

History[link]

On 7 May 1862 the town Pueblo de Ceballos was created in honour of the Spanish viceroy Pedro de Cevallos,. In July 1867 it took on the official name Rivera and was recognized as a city. The Brazilian town Santana do Livramento already existed just across the border.

In 1943, the Plaza Internacional Rivera-Livramento (see photo) was built to celebrate the Fifth Conference of the Commission Mixta for Mixed Limits and as a hope for the future integration of the two towns, claimed to be the only international square in the world. From 1851 to this day, inhabitants of both communities are free to move in both sides. Customs and checkpoints are located outside the cities.^[1] Today, duty free shops are one of the main economic resources of Rivera.^[2]

Population[link]

In 2004, Rivera had a population of 64,426^[3]

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay^[4] La población riverense se compondría de españoles, italianos, portugueses y principalmente de uruguayos y brasileños que provenían de otros sectores del país.

Consular representation[link]

Brazil keeps an official resident of someone who looks after their events in a different country in Rivera.^{[citation needed]}

Notable local person[link]

• Aparicio Méndez, from Rivera, was President of Uruguay from 1976 to 1981. He was never elected democratically and was chosen by the Military dictatorship.

Transportation[link]

There are regular bus services to Montevideo. A rail service to Tacuarembó has been run intermittently. There is an airport which receives light aircraft and an irregular service by a Brazilian airline to Porto Alegre.

Rivera is served by Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport.

Sports[link]

Inside the city of Rivera, we can find the multi used stadium Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera which holds 28,000 people. It was used in the 1995 Copa America.

In Rivera we can find the Skatepark of Rivera, in Presidente Viera Street

See also[link]

• Rivera Department
• List of diplomatic missions in Uruguay#Consulate in Rivera

References[link]

External links[link]

• INE map of Rivera

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Antonio Nava Castillo (born September 9, 1905, date of death unknown) was a Mexican polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Born in Ixcaquixtla, Puebla, he was part of the Mexican polo team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches in the tournament. Afterwards Nava entered politics and, from 1965–1966, he was the Governor of Puebla.

External links[link]

• profile
• Equipo nacional de Polo - Medallistas de bronce en Berlín 1936 (Spanish)
• XI Juegos Olimpicos Berlin 1936 - Bronce | Equipo de Polo (Spanish)

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