Yoan Pablo Hernández
boxer
Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez (born October 28, 1984) is a Cuban-German former professional boxer who competed between 2005 and 2020. He held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the Ring magazine cruiserweight titles between 2011 and 2015. He is the half-brother of Yoel Romero, a freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist.
Amateur career
Yoan Pablo Hernández started boxing with the Cuban national team at a very young age. He got silver at the Cadet World Championships (under 17) 2001 at 201 lbs/91 kg. He won the heavyweight Junior World Championships in 2002 in Santiago de Cuba but lost twice to countryman Odlanier Solís and was forced to go down in weight. At light heavyweight (178 lbs) in 2003 Hernández won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo where he lost to Ramiro Reducindo.
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was defeated in the second round of the light heavyweight (81 kg) division by Russia's Evgeny Makarenko, a double world champion in the event.
Although he was considered one of the top prospects in Cuban boxing, he defected to Germany, and is now based in Berlin, Germany.
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