Janiel Rivera: Puerto Rican Boxer and Key Career Results
Janiel “Pototo” Rivera is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Public bout records list him at 18 wins, 9 losses and 3 draws, with 11 knockouts after his May 2022 fight. BoxingScene report · BoxerList record.
Boxing career and major results
On May 24, 2019, Rivera lost a ten-round minimumweight decision to Wilfredo Méndez in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Méndez won by split decision, as recorded in the WBO’s June 2019 ratings explanation. BoxRec bout record · WBO ratings notice · WBO event recap.
On September 5, 2020, Jesse “Bam” Rodríguez stopped Rivera in the first round at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The WBA profile records a first-round result; BoxerList lists the stoppage at 2:03. WBA profile · BoxerList bout record.
Rivera also fought former world champion Ángel “Tito” Acosta on May 12, 2022. Acosta knocked him out at 1:19 of the first round at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. WBA profile · BoxingScene report.
The Méndez fight went the distance and was decided by a split score, while the later bouts against Rodríguez and Acosta ended in the opening round. Those contrasting results make the record more useful than a simple win-loss line: they show Rivera meeting opponents at different stages of his career, including two fights that ended before he could settle into a longer contest.
Sources
Career records and reporting: wboboxing.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
