Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas (born 21 September 1996) is a Venezuelan

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. As an

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he was awarded a silver medal at the

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after the original silver medalist,

Mikhail Aloyan Mikhail Surenovich Aloyan (russian: Михаил Суренович Алоян; born 23 August 1988) is a Russian professional boxer who challenged for the WBO bantamweight title in 2018. As an amateur flyweight Aloyan won gold medals at the ...

was disqualified following a failed drugs test.

Amateur career

Olympic results

Rio 2016 *Round of 32: Defeated

Leonel de los Santos Leonel de los Santos Nunez (born December 14, 1994) is a boxer from the Dominican Republic. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's flyweight event, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Yoel Finol. He represented the D ...

(Dominican Republic) 3–0 *Round of 16: Defeated

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

(Great Britain) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated

Mohamed Flissi Mohamed Flissi (born 13 February 1990, in Boumerdès) is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He qualified to represent Algeria a ...

(Algeria) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated by

Shakhobidin Zoirov Shakhobidin Zoirov (born 3 March 1993) is an Uzbekistani professional boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2019 World Championships, both in the flyweight division. Amateur career Olympic result Rio 2016 ...

(Uzbekistan) 3–0 Tokyo 2020 *Round of 32: Defeated by Ryomei Tanaka (Japan) 5–0

Pan American Games result

Toronto 2015 *Preliminaries: Defeated PG Tondo (Canada) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated

Yuberjen Martínez Yurberjen Herney Martínez Rivas (born 1 November 1991) is a Colombian boxer. He won a silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In June 2021, he qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

(Colombia) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated by

Joahnys Argilagos Joahnys Oscar Argilagos Perez (born 11 January 1997) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as winning a gold medal at both the 2015 and 2017 World Championships. Argilagos took ...

(Cuba) 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 Edwin Valero (3 December 1981 – 19 April 2010) was a Venezuelan professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2010. He was an list of undefeated boxing world champions, undefeated former world champion in two weight class (boxing), weight classe ...

Professional boxing record

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* 1996 births Living people People from Mérida, Mérida Venezuelan male boxers Olympic boxers for Venezuela Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Olympic silver medalists for Venezuela Flyweight boxers Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-boxing-bio-stub