World champion boxer Yoenlis Hernández (Fuentes) leaves the Cuban delegation – SwingCompleto

By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Jazz / @jzas23

The World Boxing Championships concluded this weekend at the Humo Arena in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, with Yonlis Feliciano Hernández of Camaguey the sole representative of the Cuban tamers on top of the podium. 75 kg is reached in 2021.Advertisements

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However, when he returned to the island, the multiple world champion decided to leave the Cuban delegation to seek a better future as a professional boxer.

“Breaking News in Cuban Boxing. Cuba’s Tamers of Cuba, Prospect of Camagüey, Boxer Yonlis Feliciano, who leads Cuba at 75kg, has just left the Cuban delegation. During a technical stop in Havana.”, Read on in a Facebook post by user Ernesto La Flecha

This information was confirmed by Willy Suarez on the prestigious Boxeo Cubano Facebook page. «Now Feliciano is going to be happy in name only.wrote the expert on his networks.

Sources assured this author that the athlete made use of that stopover in Panama and instead of flying to Cuba, he did so in the direction of Spain.

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Yonlis, 25, has been one of the best amateur boxers around the world in recent years and is the island’s only champion to have won a world title in the last two editions of the tournament. In addition, he is 2-0 as a professional, with two fights by KO decision against Mexican rivals. Last Saturday he defeated Wanderley Pereira of Brazil by unanimous decision in the 75kg final.

This Tuesday morning, the boxer’s mother published a post on Facebook announcing her son’s arrival and announcing that the family was waiting for him at the José Martí International Airport in Havana. But apparently Yoenlis had other plans.

The fighter from Camagüey also left the country’s top officials waiting, who publicly congratulated him on social networks this morning for his achievements. Oops…

By the way, in one case, the $200,000 he earned for his gold was not compromised by his personal ability and this decision.