Carlos Rivara (CTE)

Nickname(s) The Beltless Champ, The Nameless Champ Gender: Male Age: 24 Homeland: Venezuela Occupation: formal Professional Boxer Boxer Information Current Weight Class: Bantamweight Height: Approx. 170 cm Style(s) Out-boxer Boxing Record Rank: 6 (WBC) (Retired)

Carlos is a slim man (weighing 53kg or 118 lbs). He wears a white short sleeve shirt with a blue coat, jeans and a pair of brown dress shoes. He has medium length, disheveled black hair, stubble on his face, and blue eyes.

Carlos Rivara is a very charismatic man who, in his prime, was a fantastic boxer known for his flamboyant and confident (almost cocky) demeanor. But behind all of that, he is a sweet man who likes kids, even dressing up like Santa Clause and giving out presents to kids in slums of Japan and Venezuela. But after his war of a boxing match with Joe Yabuki and a devastating loss to José Mendoza, he developed CTE and had to retire. Ever since then, he has been wandering around Japan homeles, alone and delirious. He became a shell of himself. He's far more reserved, confused, and unable to speak without stuttering, but he is still a kind person.

Carlos Rivera is the 6th ranked WBC boxer from Venezuela. He's been dubbed as the "Beltless Champ" due to people thinking that the WBC champion, Jose Mendoza, is avoiding a match with him.

Yōko Shiraki brings Rivera over to Japan to give Joe Yabuki a "new Rikiishi" to reinvigorate the declined boxer. In Japan, Shiraki organizes matches with Carlos against #2 ranked Japanese Boxing Commision (JBC) fighter Koji Nangou, #1 ranked JBC fighter Ryuu Harajima, and JBC Champion Tiger Ozaki.

Carlos ends up looking clumsy and uncoordinated against the Nangou and Harajima, disappointing both his world ranking and his nickname of the beltless champ. However following these two matches he quickly knocks out the Japanese champ, Tiger Ozaki, in one round. His performance in the prior two matches were revealed to be a ruse, a tactic created after previously being avoided in other countries he visited for seeming too dangerous of an opponent. After his quick KO of Ozaki, he announces that before leaving Japan he would like to fight Joe.the two men fight an intense tactical match by the ropes before it turns into a straight forward boxing match where Carlos' speed confuses and overwhelms Joe. Eventually though Rivera tires out from the energy it takes to sustain his high speed, high punch output fighting style and his lightning quick punches slow down, allowing Joe to see his punches and turn the bout into a slugfest until the final bell, thus making Carlos one of only of two fighters to take Joe to a decision (3 counting Leon Smiley). The judges scorecards read 57-56 Carlos, 54-55 Joe, and 55-55 for the final result of a draw.

After the fight with Joe he headed to Mexico City to finalize deals with WBC champion Jose Mendoza for a shot at the title. The bout ended 1 minute and 33 seconds into the first round, with Carlos Rivera suffering a first round knockout. Following the match, Carlos' trainer and manager Robert made the statement "Carlos Rivera did not lose against the champion, Jose Mendoza. He was already broken by an unknown Japanese boxer named Joe Yabuki." confirming to the world that Carlos was left punch drunk after his 12 round war with Joe. Jose offers a rematch but Robert immediately turns it down, stating that Carlos will never be able to step into the ring again.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head. The encephalopathy symptoms can include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia.

Symptoms of CTE, which occur in four stages, generally appear eight to ten years after an individual experiences repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries.

First-stage symptoms are confusion, disorientation, dizziness, and headaches. Second-stage symptoms include memory loss, social instability, impulsive behavior, and poor judgment. Third and fourth stages include progressive dementia, movement disorders, hypomimia, speech impediments, sensory processing disorder, tremors, vertigo, deafness, depression and suicidality.

Additional symptoms include dysarthria, dysphagia, cognitive disorders such as amnesia, and ocular abnormalities, such as ptosis. The condition manifests as dementia, or declining mental ability, problems with memory, dizzy spells or lack of balance to the point of not being able to walk under one's own power for a short time and/or Parkinsonism, or tremors and lack of coordination. It can also cause speech problems and an unsteady gait. Patients with CTE may be prone to inappropriate or explosive behavior and may display pathological jealousy or paranoia.