Yoel Finol

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Finol and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.

Yoel Finol
Finol in 2015
Born	Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 28) El Vigía, Venezuela
Statistics
Weight(s)	Bantamweight
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	3
Wins	3
Wins by KO	1
Losses	0
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Venezuela Olympic Games 2016 Rio Janeiro Flyweight Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Light Flyweight South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Bantamweight

Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas (born 21 September 1996) 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.[1]

Amateur career

Olympic results

Rio 2016

• Round of 32: Defeated Leonel de los Santos (Dominican Republic) 3–0
• Round of 16: Defeated Muhammad Ali (Great Britain) 3–0
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Mohamed Flissi (Algeria) 3–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated by Shakhobidin Zoirov (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 (Colombia) 3–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated by Joahnys Argilagos (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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Professional boxing record

3 fights	3 wins	0 losses
By knockout	1	0
By decision	2	0

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	UD	6	19 Dec 2019	Coliseo Sugar Baby Rojas, Barranquilla, Colombia
1	Win	1–0	Jeyson Cervantes	TKO	4 (6), 0:26	6 Jul 2019	Coliseo Sugar Baby Rojas, Barranquilla, Colombia

References

1. "Yoel Finol awarded the Olympic silver medal after the disqualification of Misha Aloian". scorum.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. "Gabriel Maestre Makes Debut in Force, Crushes Barraza in Two". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
3. "Maestre TKOs Chaves in 4". fightnews.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
4. "Maestre shined brilliantly at "Maratón Boxística"". wbaboxing.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
5. "Olympian Finol: I've Forgiven Edwin Valero For Killing My Sister". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

External links

• Boxing record for Yoel Finol from BoxRec (registration required)