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Andy Cruz Gómez (born 12 August 1995) is a Cuban
professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
. He has won two gold medals at the
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, three gold medals at the AIBA World Championships, and a gold medal at the
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.


Amateur career

Cruz has won multiple gold medals as an amateur including an
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medal, two
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medals, and three medals at the AIBA World Championships. Cruz accumulated over 149 amateur bouts and amassed an amateur record of .


Amateur losses

Cruz accumulated only 9 defeats in his 149 amateur bouts. * Frank Zaldivar at the 2011 Cuban Schools Championships (22–13) * Bin Lu at the 2012 AIBA World Youth Championships (16–13) * Yunier Echevarria at the 2012 Cuban National Championships (DQ) * Dulat Bekbauov at the 2013 Pavlyukov Youth Memorial (8–8) *
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at the 2014 Cuban National Championships *
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at the 2015 AIBA World Championships (3–0) * Kevin Hayler Brown at the 2015 Cuban National Championships *
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at the France vs. Cuba Internationals * Delano James at the World Port Boxing


Highlights

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Professional career


Early career

Andy Cruz turned professional at the age of 27, signing a deal with
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. Cruz expressed that in his career as a professional, he will fight no easy opponents and aims to face people who will give him a challenge. On July 15, 2023, Cruz made his professional boxing debut against former two-time world championship challenger
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(35–7–3, 21 KOs) in a 10-round bout at the
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. Cruz won his first minor title in his debut fight by
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, with the judges scoring the bout 100–90, 100–90, and 98–92. Cruz was announced to be defending his IBF International lightweight title against Hector Tanajara Jr. (21–1–1, 6 KOs) on December 9, 2023, in a 10-round bout as an undercard fight for
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. Shortly after the bout was scheduled, Tanajara Jr. withdrew due to an injury. Later, it was announced that former IBO world lightweight champion Jovanni Straffon (26–5–1, 19 KOs) would fight as a replacement if his visa was approved. After Straffon acquired his visa, the fight was confirmed to continue at the
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. Cruz retained his IBF International lightweight title and won the vacant WBA Continental Latin-American lightweight title by
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after the referee stopped the contest in round three, giving Cruz his first stoppage victory as a professional. According to
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, Cruz outclassed Straffon by landing 88 out of his 146 total punches thrown (60.3%), compared to Straffon's 13 out of 76 punches thrown (17.1%). In December 2023, Cruz filed a lawsuit against New Champions Promotions for breach of contract and violation of the Ali Act; however, his main promoter,
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, was mentioned but was not accused of any wrongdoing. Amidst his lawsuit, Cruz was announced to be fighting Brayan Zamarripa (14–2, 5 KOs) for his third professional fight less than twenty-four hours later. The ten-round contest took place as an undercard bout for the main event between
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and Padraig McCrory on February 24, 2024, at the Caribe Royale in
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. Cruz defended his titles against Zamarripa by
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, as the judges all scored the fight 100–90 in favour of Cruz. Cruz's promoter,
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, stated during an interview that he is prepared to make a massive offer for
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as the next opponent for Cruz, or potentially Angel Fierro, if an agreement cannot be reached. It was announced that Cruz was to be defending his IBF International lightweight title against Antonio Moran (30–6–1, 21 KOs) on the undercard for the title fight between
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. Cruz defended his titles by knockout after the referee stopped the contest in round seven after Moran lost control of his footing after a sharp right hand. According to
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, Cruz landed 40% of his total punches and landed 45% of his power punches. A few weeks after the fight, Cruz added 2022 BWAA manager of the year winner Peter Kahn to his team in a co-managerial role. Cruz was scheduled to defend his IBF International lightweight title against Omar Salcido (20–1, 14 KOs) at the
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on January 25, 2025. During the press conference, his promoter,
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, stated that Cruz could use "a couple" more fights before heading for a world title bout. Cruz won by
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, with the two judges scoring the contest 98–92 and the other judge 99–91 to defend his IBF International lightweight title for the fourth consecutive time. After the fight, Cruz rose to second in the IBF lightweight rankings and is in line for a title eliminator rumoured to be against the sixth ranked, Hironori Mishiro.


IBF lightweight title eliminator


Cruz vs. Mishiro

Cruz was scheduled to face Hironori Mishiro (17–1, 6 KOs) in an IBF lightweight title eliminator on June 14, 2025, at
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. It was confirmed that this would be Cruz's first time fighting a twelve-round bout in his career. After
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retired, the
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was upgraded to the new IBF lightweight champion, thus changing the opponent for the world champion to whoever wins inside the eliminator. Cruz won the eliminator by fifth-round
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. Prior to the stoppage, Mishiro was knocked down twice in the third round.


Professional boxing record

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References


External links

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