| Yoel Finol | |
| Realname: | Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas |
| Height: | 1.67m |
| Weight: | Bantamweight |
| Birth Date: | 1996 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mérida, Venezuela |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 3 |
| Wins: | 3 |
| Ko: | 1 |
| Losses: | 0 |
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]
Rio 2016
Tokyo 2020
Toronto 2015
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]
Finol's elder sister Carolina was married to, and later murdered by former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight world champion Edwin Valero.[5]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Javier Martinez | UD | 6 | 17 Dec 2020 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Carmelo Marmol | 6 | 19 Dec 2019 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jeyson Cervantes | 4 (6), | 6 Jul 2019 |