Yankiel Rivera
Yankiel Rivera | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Yankiel Rivera Figueroa September 10, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (16 November 2024). "Yankiel Rivera vs Angel Gonzalez joins Paro-Hitchins undercard". FIGHTMAG.
- ^ "Richardson Hitchins defeats Liam Paro: Updates, results and highlights from IBF super lightweight title bout | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Yankiel Rivera-Angelino Cordova interim WBA title fight tops August 23 MVP show". www.boxingscene.com.
- ^ "Yankiel Rivera vs Angelino Cordova leads August 23rd MVP show in Orlando". Bad Left Hook. 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Yankiel Rivera faces Angelino Cordova at MVP 14 in Orlando, FL in August". FIGHTMAG. 20 June 2025.