By José Alejandro Rodriguez Zas
Last May 3, we publish a note on this websitein which we report on the professional debut of Cuban boxers in a poster that will be held next Friday, May 20, at the Palenque de la Feria de San Marcos, located in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico.
The boxing evening is organized by Golden Ring Promotions and will be attended by six boxers from the Greater Antilles, in bouts scheduled for six rounds each and broadcast live on ESPN KNOCKOUT for all of Latin America.
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Nevertheless, a note published in JIT today reported that the Olympic champion of Tokyo 2020, world champion in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2021 and twice Pan-American champion in Toronto 2015 and Lima 2019, Andy Cruz from Matanzas, dropped out of the Cuba Team that will attend the aforementioned event, to the surprise of many followers of sports on the island, considering that the Yumurino is, for many, the best Cuban boxer today, along with Julio César La Cruz from Camagüey.
“The Cuban federation reported that after training this weekend, the technical group decided to include the world bronze medalist Osvel Caballero as a novelty in relation to the list released at the beginning of the current month,” said the aforementioned JIT note, referring to the Andy’s absence as a result of “last minute adjustments”, without further details being revealed.
This will be a sensitive loss for all the Tamers of Cuba, since Caballero from Mayabeque does not have the history of Andy, although he is Champion of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games and bronze medalist at the most recent World Boxing Championship, held in Belgrade, Serbia, last year 2021.
Despite them, Caballero comes out as the favorite to win the duel in the super featherweight category against the 21-year-old Mexican Joshman Reyes (3-2, 1 KO), who had been initially announced as the opponent of three-time Olympic bronze medalist Lázaro Álvarez. Now the Pinar del Rio will face the 23-year-old Mexican Francis Market (6-1, 2 KOs), in the super lightweight division, Andy Cruz’s expected rival.
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In JIT’s own note, the remaining duels in which the Cubans will participate on Aztec soil were ratified, for their professional debut, highlighting the fight that the two-time Olympic champion from Camagüey will hold Julio César La Cruz against the 31-year-old Colombian cruiser, Deivis Casseres (27-15, 21 KOs).
The other three Cuban boxers will have Mexican professional boxers as rivals:
Super Welterweights: Roniel Iglesias (two-time Olympic gold) vs. Brandon Perez (7-1-1, 2 KOs) 23 years old.
Super medium: Yoenlis Hernandez (world gold) vs. Yoenlis Hernandez (world gold) Gabriel Lopez (10-6-1, 7 KOs) 27 years old.
Semicompletos: Arlen López (often Olympic gold) vs. Fernando Galvan (7-4, 2 KOs) 26 years old.
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The stellar fight of the night will be in charge of the 38-year-old Mexican Philip “Indian” Romero (21-19-1, 15 KOs) and the Venezuelan favorite Jose “Bolivita” Uzcategui (31-4, 26 KOs), 35, in a 10-round fight in the super heavyweight division.
The Cuban team will travel this Sunday, May 15, to Mexico and Swing Completo He will be aware of the result of the Cubans in the cartel, as well as possible abandonment of the delegation, something very recurrent in recent times, especially in Aztec lands.