Yoan Pablo Hernández

Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez (born 28 October 1984) is a Cuban professional boxer.

Amateur career

Southpaw 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 Solis and was forced to go down in weight.

At light-heavy(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 of Cuban boxing, he decided to escape at an early age, having little history of boxing in Cuba. He is now based in Halle, Germany.

Amateur highlights

*2001 Cuban junior champion at heavyweight
*World Junior championships as a heavyweight, in competition in Baku, Azerbaijan. Results were:
**Defeated Dato Dundva (Georgia) points
**Defeated Rufat Hairbekov (Azerbaijan) points
**Lost to Siergej Ivanov (Russia) points
*World Junior championships 2002 (Heavyweight) in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Results were:
**Defeated Justin White (Canada) RTD 1
**Defeated Vitaly Mikhyeyenko (Ukraine) 31-11.
**Defeated Stefan Koeber (Germany) RSC 3
**Defeated Parfait Amougou (Cameroon) RSC 3. (Captured gold medal)
*Pan American games 2003 (Light Heavyweight) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
**Defeated Argenis Casimiro Núñez (Dominican Republic) RSC 4
**Lost to Ramiro Reducindo (Mexico (20-37) (won silver medal)
*Represented Cuba as a Light heavyweight at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. His results were:
**1st round bye:
**Lost to Evgeny Makarenko (Russia) 18-30
*2003 knocked out by Odlanier Solis in 3rd round at Cuban amateur heavyweight championship competition.
*2003 competed as a Light heavyweight at 2003 Pan-American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Results were:
**Defeated Eduardo Beltran (Ecuador) RSC 1
**Defeated Argenis Casimiro Núñez (Dominican Republic) RSC 4
**Lost to Ramiro Reducindo (Mexico) 20-37
*2004 3rd place at Cuban national Light heavyweight competition, losing on points to Vladimir Linares Mesquia RSC 42005 Cuban National Champion (Light Heavyweight)

Professional career

Yoan Pablo Hernández is a fast southpaw boxer campaigning at Cruiserweight. He is based in Germany. So far, he has 14 victories with no defeats but showed only little power even though he recently stopped fairly durabable clubfighter Bispo in the first round. In December 29 of 2007, he KOd world title challenger Mohamed Azzaoui for the WBA fedelatin and WBC latino title.In March 29, 2008 he suffered his first defeat, when lost via 3th round TKO to Wayne Braithwaite of Guyana.

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* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/cub/Yoan+Pablo+Hernandez+Suarez/359008 Yahoo! Sports]