Yankiel Rivera
Born
Yankiel Rivera Figueroa

(1997-09-10) September 10, 1997
Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Boxing record
Total fights4
Wins4
Wins by KO2
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaFlyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 BarranquillaFlyweight

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]

Professional boxing record

4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By knockout 2 0
By decision 2 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
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.
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