Julio César la Cruz

Julio César la Cruz
Personal information
Full name Julio César la Cruz Peraza
Nationality  Cuba
Born August 11, 1989 (1989-08-11) (age 22)
Camagüey
Weight 60 kilograms (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Light heavyweight

Julio César la Cruz Peraza (born 11 August 1989) is a Cuban amateur boxer. César la Cruz won the gold medal at Light Heavyweight division at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku.

In the 2011 World Championships, he captained Cuban national team,[1] where he beat number 1 seeded Egor Mekhontsev from Russia on points (21–15) in semi-final, and won Adilbek Niyazymbetov from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds by 17–13 finishing score in final, being the 4th World amateur boxing champion boxer from Camagüey.[2]

He grasped the gold medal at 2011 Pan American Games in which Cuba national team topped the medal table with 8 golds and 1 silver.[3] He beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the semi-finals and Yamaguchi Falcao of Brazil in the final on points (22–12).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "No rest bite for Cuban squad". AIBA. 21 October2011. http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/4237/news.aspx. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  2. ^ Florencio Rodriguez, Luis (17 October 2011). "Boxers of Camagüey to Ratify their Worth in Pan-American Games". cadenagramonte.cu. http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7656:boxers-of-camagueey-to-ratify-their-worth-in-pan-american-games&catid=14:boxing&Itemid=16. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Cuba's Panamerican supremacy". AIBA. 3 November 2011. http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/4269/news.aspx. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 

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1974 – 2011: up to 81 kg

1974: Mate Parlov (YUG)  · 1978: Sixto Soria (CUB)  · 1982: Pablo Romero (CUB)  · 1986: Pablo Romero (CUB)  · 1989: Henry Maske (GDR)  · 1991: Torsten May (GER)  · 1993: Ramón Garbey (CUB)  · 1995: Antonio Tarver (USA)  · 1997: Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS)  · 1999: Michael Simms (USA)  · 2001: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS)  · 2003: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS)  · 2005: Yerdos Zhanabergenov (KAZ)  · 2007: Abbos Atoev (UZB)  · 2009: Artur Beterbiyev (RUS)  · 2011: Julio César la Cruz (CUB)