Yoandris Salinas (born September 20, 1985) is a
Cuba
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n professional boxer from
Ciego de Ávila
Ciego de Ávila () is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The capital city has a population of about 156,322 and the province 430,507.
Geography
Ciego de Ávila lies on the Carretera Central highway a ...
best known to medal repeatedly at flyweight in international amateur tournaments.
Amateur
Salinas sensationally lost in 2005 to 16-year-old
Roniel Iglesias
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He ...
but beat
Andry Laffita
Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He also won a silver medal in the flyweight class, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
...
2006 and 2007 at the national championships and therefore represented Cuba at the
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
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where he lost the final (6:5) to Dominican
Juan Carlos Payano.
In 2006 he won a tournament called "Cuban Olympics" by edging out (smaller) junior flyweight superstar
Zou Shiming
Zou Shiming (; born 18 May 1981) is a Chinese former boxer and two-time Olympic champion. In amateur boxing, he is China's most successful boxer of all time. In the light-flyweight division, he won three consecutive Olympic medals (bronze in 200 ...
from China in the final.
At the
Pan American Games 2007 he lost due to head injury to eventual winner
McWilliams Arroyo
McWilliams Arroyo Acevedo (born December 5, 1985) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer.
Early life
McWilliams was born along his twin brother, McJoe, in the municipality of Ceiba in the northeast coastal region of Puerto Rico's main island. T ...
.
In 2008 he tried the bantamweight division at the national championships but lost early to ''Osieres Hernández''.
In this division he now has Olympic silver medalist
Yankiel León
Yankiel León Alarcón (born 26 April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning the bantamweight silver medal at the 2008 Olympics.
Career
Leon won gold at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2000 as ...
in front of him.
Professional
He turned professional in 2009 at junior-featherweight. He won 20 of his first 21 contests, the only blemish on his record being a draw against Nehomar Cermeno in
Panama City
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in October 2011. He faced Scott Quigg for the WBA super-bantamweight championship in
Manchester
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on 28 September 2013. The fight resulted in a draw.
Professional boxing record
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External links
2006 Caribbean GamesPro record
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Living people
Flyweight boxers
1985 births
Boxers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Cuban male boxers
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games bronze medalists in boxing
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Ciego de Ávila
20th-century Cuban people
21st-century Cuban sportsmen