Erislandy Savón

Erislandy Savón

Personal information
Full name	Erislandy Savón Cotilla
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1990-07-21) July 21, 1990
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Heavyweight
Medal record Representing  Cuba Men's Amateur boxing Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 2015 Doha Heavyweight Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Heavyweight World Youth Championships 2008 Guadalajara Heavyweight

Erislandy Savón Cotilla (born July 21, 1990) is a Cuban amateur heavyweight boxer. He won the 91 kg/201 lbs title at the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships and also the 2009 PanAmerican Championships at Super Heavyweight.

Career

Savón who hails from Guantanamo is a nephew of Félix Savón and also a big puncher. He won the Youth World Championships 2008.^[1] At the National Championships he lost the 91 kg/201 lbs semifinal 2008 to Osmay Acosta 3:6 and was disqualified in 2009.

Savon won his first senior title at the 2009 PanAmerican Championships against Juan Hiracheta ^[2] He was sent to the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships at Super Heavyweight instead of national champion Robert Alfonso, beat two unknowns but lost to the eventual runner-up Roman Kapitonenko in his third bout.^[3]

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he ran into an even bigger puncher and was stopped by the future champion Magomedrasul Majidov, but qualified for the Olympics. He did not participate in the 2011 Pan American Games.

He won the bronze medal at the men's heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4]

References

1. ↑ WorldJuniors 2008
2. ↑ PanAm2009
3. ↑ WorldChamps2009 Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine.
4. ↑ "Erislandy Savon". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.