| Yoan Pablo Hernández | |
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez |
| Rated at | Cruiserweight |
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Born | 28 October 1984 La Habana, Cuba |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Wins by KO | 13 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Medal record | ||
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Yoan Pablo Hernández |
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| Men's Boxing | ||
| Competitor for Cuba | ||
| Pan American Games | ||
| Silver | 2003 Santo Domingo | Light Heavyweight |
Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez (born 28 October 1984 in Havana-Cuba) is a Cuban professional boxer. Hernández has been featured in the top 10 rankings of Ring Magazine at Cruiserweight.[1] He is the current IBF Cruiserweight Champion.
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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 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 fled his homeland for Germany and is now based in Halle, Germany.
2005 Cuban National Champion (Light Heavyweight)
Hernández is a fast but light-punching boxer, presently campaigning at Cruiserweight. On December 29 of 2007, he KOd world title challenger Mohamed Azzaoui for the WBA Fedelatin and WBC Latino title but suffered his first reverse on March 29, 2008 when he lost via 3rd round TKO to ex-champ Wayne Braithwaite of Guyana, after controlling the match for the first two rounds and even knocking Braithwaite down in the 1st round. Hernández got too cocky in the 3rd and decided to shoot it out with him resulting in Braithwaite knocking Hernández down 3 times. Since Hernández' loss he is 8-0 including a wide decision win over prospect Aaron Williams.
On September 19, 2009 Hernández defeated Enad Licina by a wide UD for the IBF Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title, becoming the first Cuban to hold a version of the IBF title since it was created.
On March 13, 2010 Hernández made his first defense of the IBF Inter-Continental title beating Cesar David Crenz by UD.
On February 12, 2011 Hernández won the interim WBA Cruiserweight title by knocking out Steve Herelius.[2] With this latest win he extended his undefeated streak to 10 fights since the defeat to Braithwaite and improved his overall record to 24-1 (13 knockouts).
On October 1, 2011 Hernández defeated Steve Cunningham by sixth round technical decision for the IBF Cruiserweight title. The fight was stopped due to Hernández being cut by an illegal headbutt, though the fight was not without controversy. Hernández knocked Cunningham down with a counter left hook in the first round and seemed to be badly hurt, but referee Mickey Vann decided to let the fight continue after what seemed like a controversial slow count.[3][4] Cunningham made a comeback during the second and third rounds, hitting Hernández with body shots in the second and becoming more aggressive during the third. However the latter round was also marred with controversy as Hernández was hit with an accidental headbutt that caused a cut and that many felt was intentional, with referee Vann not stopping the fight or even giving a warning to Cunningham. During the fourth round both fighters seems about equal, with Cunningham controlling the pace with his jab and Hernández successfully landing a combo. During the fifth round, Hernández accidentally hit Cunningham behind the head when referee Vann attempted to break up a clinch. During the sixth and final round the corner of Hernández as well as the ringside physician inspected the cut caused by Cunningham's headbutt. Afterwards Hernández seemed ready to resume with the round when the referee stoped the fight due to the physician deeming Hernández unfit to continue. The score cards were 57-56 for Cunningham, and 58-55 and 59-54 for Hernández.[5]
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Steve Hérélius |
WBA Cruiserweight Interim Champion February 12 2011 – October 1 2011 Vacated |
Vacant
Title next held by
Denis Lebedev |
| Preceded by Steve Cunningham |
IBF Cruiserweight Champion October 1, 2011 – present |
Incumbent |