RIVERA FIGUEROA Yankiel

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Fly	2017	Hamburg, GER

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Fly	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Fly	2017	Tegucigalpa, HON

Copa Romana

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Fly	2019	La Romana, DOM

El Doctorcito [Spanish for little doctor, because a person once told him he would become a doctor and the name stuck]. (telemundopr.com, 27 May 2021)

Athlete

Spanish

Carlos Espada [national], PUR; Rolando Valcarcel [personal], PUR

Southpaw (boxrec.com, 08 Feb 2020)

He took up the sport at age 15. (elnuevodia.com, 21 May 2021)

He used to get in fights at school and his father suggested he take up boxing. "My father told me one day that rather than fighting in school, it would be better to fight in the ring. I followed his advice and here I am. I liked boxing from a young age and my father loved it. I liked to fight at school and would start for any reason. It was like that until boxing came into my life, it changed me for the better. I never had any more problems at school and today, I am loved by my teachers and schoolmates." (elnuevodia.com, 21 May 2021; aipsamerica.com, 02 Aug 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to become a professional boxer. (elnuevodia.com, 21 May 2021; aipsamerica.com, 02 Aug 2019)

Puerto Rican boxers Ivan Calderon and Wilfredo Gomez. (aipsamerica.com, 02 Aug 2019)