Yankiel Rivera | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Yankiel Rivera Figueroa September 10, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
| 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 |
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