Yoel Finol
Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas is a Venezuelan professional boxer. As an amateur he was awarded the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics after the original silver medalist, Mikhail Aloyan, was disqualified following a failed drugs test.
Amateur career
Olympic results
Rio 2016- Round of 32: Defeated Leonel de los Santos 3–0
- Round of 16: Defeated Muhammad Ali 3–0
- Quarter-finals: Defeated Mohamed Flissi 3–0
- Semi-finals: Defeated by Shakhobidin Zoirov 3–0
- Round of 32: Defeated by Ryomei Tanaka 5–0
Pan American Games result
Toronto 2015- Preliminaries: Defeated PG Tondo 3–0
- Quarter-finals: Defeated Yuberjen Martínez 3–0
- Semi-finals: Defeated by Joahnys Argilagos 2–1
Professional career
Finol made his professional debut on 6 July 2019 against Jeyson Cervantes. Finol knocked his Colombian opponent down twice en route to a fourth-round technical knockout victory.On 19 December 2019, Finol fought for a second time as a professional against Carmelo Marmol. Finol was taken the distance as he won via wide unanimous decision after winning every round on each of the three scorecards. Almost a year after his last fight, Finol returned to the ring against Javier Martinez on 17 December 2020. Finol won a comfortable unanimous decision after dominating his Colombian opponent throughout the bout.
Personal life
Finol's elder sister Carolina was married to, and later murdered by former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight world champion Edwin Valero.Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Javier Martinez | UD | 6 | 17 Dec 2020 | Discoteca Kilymandiaro, Puerto Colombia, Colombia | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Carmelo Marmol | 6 | 19 Dec 2019 | Coliseo Sugar Baby Rojas, Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jeyson Cervantes | 4, 0:26 | 6 Jul 2019 | Coliseo Sugar Baby Rojas, Barranquilla, Colombia |