Yankiel Rivera

Yankiel Rivera
Born
Yankiel Rivera Figueroa

(1997-09-10) September 10, 1997 (age 27)
Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Boxing record
Total fights6
Wins6
Wins by KO2
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Flyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Flyweight

Yankiel Rivera Figueroa (born September 10, 1997) is a Puerto Rican flyweight boxer. He is the only boxer in his country who qualified to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Boxing career

Rivera won bronze at the Pan American Youth Championships in Quito in 2014.[2] He lost to Leandro Blanc in the quarter-finals of the 2016 continental Olympic qualification in Buenos Aires[3] and competed at the 2017 World Boxing Championships in Hamburg, where he lost to the eventual runner-up Jasurbek Latipov in the preliminary round.[4] At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla[5] and also at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, he won a bronze medal in the flyweight division.[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American-continental Olympic qualification tournament in Buenos Aires planned for May 2021 was canceled and a qualification based on the continental ranking was decided instead, which secured Rivera a starting place as number 3 in the ranking.[7]

Yankiel Rivera is scheduled to face Angel Gonzalez in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 7, 2024.[8]

Professional boxing record

6 fights 6 wins 0 losses
By knockout 2 0
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
6 Win 6–0 Victor Efrain Sandoval UD 10 Jun 15, 2024 Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu, Manati, Puerto Rico
5 Win 5–0 Andy Dominguez Velasquez UD 10 Feb 24, 2024 Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Christian Robles UD 8 Jun 24, 2023 Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 Fernando Diaz UD 8 Feb 4, 2023 Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 Ramon Velasquez KO 3 (6) 0:25 Nov 19, 2022 Cancha Ruben Zayas Montanez, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
1 Win 1–0 Jose Antonio Jimenez KO 1 (6) 1:01 Sep 24, 2022 Coliseo Elias Chegwin, Barranquilla, Colombia

References

  1. ^ "Yankiel Rivera will be the sole hope of Puerto Rican boxing at Tokyo 2020". olympics.com.
  2. ^ "Panamerican Youth Championships 2014". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
  3. ^ "American Olympic Qualifier 2016". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
  4. ^ "World Championships 2017". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
  5. ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games 2018". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
  6. ^ "Panamerican Games2019" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
  7. ^ "Boxing Road to Tokyo Americas qualifier in Buenos Aires cancelled". Olympics.com.
  8. ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (16 November 2024). "Yankiel Rivera vs Angel Gonzalez joins Paro-Hitchins undercard". FIGHTMAG.