The Most Famous
BOXERS from Venezuela
This page contains a list of the greatest Venezuelan Boxers. The pantheon dataset contains 326 Boxers, 3 of which were born in Venezuela. This makes Venezuela the birth place of the 30th most number of Boxers behind South Africa and Denmark.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Venezuelan Boxers of all time. This list of famous Venezuelan Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Francisco Rodríguez (1945 - )
With an HPI of 42.96, Francisco Rodríguez is the most famous Venezuelan Boxer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Brito (20 September 1945 – 23 April 2024) was a Venezuelan boxer. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City he won the gold medal in the inaugural men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division, in addition to claiming the gold at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Rodríguez died on 23 April 2024, at the age of 78.
2. Edwin Valero (1981 - 2010)
With an HPI of 40.79, Edwin Valero is the 2nd most famous Venezuelan Boxer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Edwin Valero (3 December 1981 – 19 April 2010) was a Venezuelan professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2010. He was an undefeated former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA super featherweight title from 2006 to 2008 and the WBC lightweight title from 2009 to 2010. A southpaw known for his highly aggressive fighting style and exceptional punching power, Valero remains the only champion in WBC history to win every fight in his career by knockout. In 2010, Valero died by suicide in jail after being arrested on suspicion of killing his wife.
3. Yoel Finol (1996 - )
With an HPI of 21.42, Yoel Finol is the 3rd most famous Venezuelan Boxer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
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.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as boxers born between 1945 and 1996. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living boxers include Francisco Rodríguez and Yoel Finol. The most famous deceased boxers include Edwin Valero. As of April 2022, 1 new boxers have been added to Pantheon including Yoel Finol.
