Yankiel Rivera

Yankiel Rivera
Born	Yankiel Rivera Figueroa (1997-09-10) September 10, 1997 (age 27) Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Boxing record
Total fights	7
Wins	7
Wins by KO	3
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing   Puerto Rico Pan American Games 2019 Lima Flyweight Central American and Caribbean Games 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 was scheduled to face Angel Gonzalez in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 7, 2024. ^[8] Rivera won the fight by TKO in the fourth round. ^[9]

WBA interim flyweight championship

Rivera is scheduled to face Angelino Cordova for the interim WBA flyweight title in Orlando, FL, on August 23, 2025. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Professional boxing record

7 fights	7 wins	0 losses
By knockout	3	0
By decision	4	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
7	Win	7–0	Angel Gonzalez Jr.	TKO	4 (10) 2:14	Dec 7, 2024	Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico	Retained WBO Inter-Continental flyweight title. Won vacant WBC Silver flyweight title
6	Win	6–0	Victor Efrain Sandoval	UD	10	Jun 15, 2024	Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu, Manati, Puerto Rico	Retained WBC Continental Americas flyweight title. Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental flyweight title
5	Win	5–0	Andy Dominguez Velasquez	UD	10	Feb 24, 2024	Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Won vacant WBC Continental Americas flyweight title
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.
9. "Richardson Hitchins defeats Liam Paro: Updates, results and highlights from IBF super lightweight title bout | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 8 December 2024.
10. "Yankiel Rivera-Angelino Cordova interim WBA title fight tops August 23 MVP show". www.boxingscene.com.
11. "Yankiel Rivera vs Angelino Cordova leads August 23rd MVP show in Orlando". Bad Left Hook. 20 June 2025.
12. "Yankiel Rivera faces Angelino Cordova at MVP 14 in Orlando, FL in August". FIGHTMAG. 20 June 2025.