Yankiel Rivera
Yankiel Rivera Figueroa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is the only boxer in his country who qualified to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Rivera won bronze at the Pan American Youth Championships in Quito in 2014. He lost to Leandro Blanc in the quarter-finals of the 2016 continental Olympic qualification in Buenos Aires and competed at the 2017 World Boxing Championships in Hamburg, where he lost to the eventual runner-up Jasurbek Latipov in the preliminary round. At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla and also at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, he won a bronze medal in the flyweight division.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.
Professional career
Yankiel Rivera was scheduled to face Angel Gonzalez in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 7, 2024. Rivera won the fight by TKO in the fourth round.WBA interim flyweight championship
Rivera faced Angelino Cordova for the WBA interim flyweight title at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, on August 23, 2025. The fight ended in a majority draw.He got a second chance at the still vacant WBA interim flyweight title against Jonathan González at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 3, 2026. Rivera lost by unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 9 | Loss | 7–1–1 | Jonathan González | UD | 12 | Jan 3, 2026 | Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan, Puerto Rico | For WBA interim flyweight title |
| 8 | Draw | 7–0–1 | Angelino Cordova | 12 | Aug 23, 2025 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | For WBA interim flyweight title | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Angel Gonzalez Jr. | TKO | 4 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 | 8 | Feb 4, 2023 | Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, U.S. | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ramon Velasquez | KO | 3 0:25 | Nov 19, 2022 | Cancha Ruben Zayas Montanez, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jose Antonio Jimenez | 1 1:01 | Sep 24, 2022 | Coliseo Elias Chegwin, Barranquilla, Colombia |