Yoel Finol

Yoel Finol
Yoel Finol
	Finol in 2015
Born	Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas; 21 September 1996 (age 27); Mérida, Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuelan
	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
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Venezuela
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
South American Games

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
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

^ "Yoel Finol awarded the Olympic silver medal after the disqualification of Misha Aloian". scorum.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Gabriel Maestre Makes Debut in Force, Crushes Barraza in Two". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Maestre TKOs Chaves in 4". fightnews.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Maestre shined brilliantly at "Maratón Boxística"". wbaboxing.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "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)

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[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.

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