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]
Yankiel Rivera | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Yankiel Rivera Figueroa September 10, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boxing career edit
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 edit
| 4 fights | 4 wins | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 2 | 0 |
| By decision | 2 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 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 edit
- ^ "Yankiel Rivera will be the sole hope of Puerto Rican boxing at Tokyo 2020". olympics.com.
- ^ "Panamerican Youth Championships 2014". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
- ^ "American Olympic Qualifier 2016". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
- ^ "World Championships 2017". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
- ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games 2018". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
- ^ "Panamerican Games2019" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl.
- ^ "Boxing Road to Tokyo Americas qualifier in Buenos Aires cancelled". Olympics.com.