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11 June 2021

Everyone made weight in Aguascalientes & photo gallery

Boxen247.com Fight Weights Alfonso Florez, Andy Cruz, Arlén López, Dainier Peró, Emmanuel Dominguez, Jose Miguel Borego, Julián Fernádez, Julio Cesar La Cruz, Lazaro Alvarez, Mario Diaz, miguel vasquez, Oscar Riojas, Rolando Soto Jr., Roniel Iglesias, Yoel Feliciano, Yosbani Veitía 0

Everyone made weight in Aguascalientes & photo gallery | Boxen247.com

The boxers who will be part of the historic event in Aguascalientes, Mexico this Friday, June 11th, where boxers from the Cuban National Team will fight professional boxers for the first time, all made weight on Thursday, June 10th and are ready to step into the ring.

The main fight of the night will be between former world champion Miguel “Títere” Vásquez and Andy Cruz, former AIBA World Champion on two occasions. However, on the island’s National Team side, names such as Julio Cesar La Cruz, Arlen Lopez, and Roniel Iglesias also attract attention.

Since there are no titles at stake, the regulatory authorities of the fight allowed a small tolerance. The weights were the following:

Heavyweight: Rolando “El Niño” Soto Jr. 272 lbs (6-0, 5KOs) (USA) vs. Dainier Peró 235 lbs (CUB) (Pan American Champion and AIBA World Youth Champion).

Cruiserweight: Julián “Pitbull Jr” Fernádez 203 pounds (MEX) (14-3, 11KOs) vs. Julio César La Cruz 204 pounds (CUB) (2016 Olympic Champion, 2015 AIBA World Champion).

Light Heavyweight: Oscar “Monster” Riojas 177 pounds (USA) (39-9) vs. Arlén López 177 pounds (CUB) (2016 Olympic Champion, 2015 AIBA World Champion).

Super Middleweight: Alfonso Florez 167 pounds (VEN) (8-1, 6KO) vs. Yoel Feliciano 164 pounds (CUB) (Cuban National Champion).

Super Bantamweight: Emmanuel “Veneno” Dominguez 120.7 lbs (MEX) (26-9-2, 18KOs) vs. Yosbani Veitía 122 lbs (CUB) (AIBA 2019 World Champion, and 2011, 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games Silver Medalist).

Featherweight: Mario “Triturador” Diaz 125 pounds (MEX) (18-3, 7 KO) vs. Lazaro Alvarez 126 pounds (CUB) (Bronze Medalist 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, Pan American 2015 and 2019 Champion).

Super Welterweight: Jose Miguel Borego 153 pounds (MEX) (18-3, 16 KOs) vs. Roniel Iglesias 151 pounds (2012 Olympic Champion, 2015 and 2019 Pan American Champion).

Super Lightweight: Miguel “Títere” Vásquez 140 pounds (43-10, 17 KOs) vs. Andy Cruz 138 pounds (AIBA 2015 and 2019 World Champion, and Pan American Champion in 2015 and 2019).

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10 June 2021

Historic boxing event in Aguascalientes June 11

Boxen247.com Amateur Boxing Alfonso Florez, Andy Cruz, Arlén López, Dainier Peró, Emmanuel Dominguez, Jose Miguel Borego, Julian Fernandez, Julio Cesar La Cruz, Lazaro Alvarez, Mario Diaz, miguel vasquez, Oscar Rojas, Rolando Soto Jr., Roniel Iglesias, Yoel Feliciano, Yosbani Veitía 0

Historic boxing event in Aguascalientes June 11 | Boxen247.com

Aguascalientes, Mexico will host the historic moment in which the Cuban Olympic Team will fight for the first time against professional boxers under professional boxing rules on Friday, June 11th. The World Boxing Association (WBA) is looking forward to this event, because it reaffirms its flagship campaign “Boxing is One” that seeks to unite the sport in all its areas.

Alberto Puig, President of the Cuban Boxing Federation, and Gerardo Saldivar, CEO of Golden Ring promotions company are hosting the event and have high expectations for it, which will feature 8 fights.

“I would say that this is a totally historic event, it has never happened in history that an Olympic team faces an all-professional team. Professionals can already participate in all multidisciplinary events, even in the AIBA World and Pan American Championships the doors are totally open to them, but as far as I know, an Olympic team has never fought against a professional team as we will see on the 11th,” said Puig.

The organizers of the event, at the moment, don’t want to think about the future. Their focus is on making sure that everything goes well on June 11th. “I hope it will be a good event, that we will see good boxing. The quality of the Cuban boxers is indisputable, but now they are going to be on the professional side. They are going to enter the professional field and, well, quality boxing is expected. May the best win,” said Saldívar.

The 8 bouts will take place at the Palenque Coliseum during the “Feria Nacional de San Marcos” in Aguascalientes, and will begin at 8:30 p.m. Mexico time and will be broadcast throughout Latin America by EspnKnockout. The card is as follows:

Heavyweight: Rolando “El Niño” Soto Jr. (6-0, 5KOs) (USA) vs. Dainier Peró (CUB) (Pan American Champion and AIBA World Youth Champion).

Cruiserweight: Julian “Pitbull Jr” Fernandez (MEX) (14-3, 11KOs) vs. Julio Cesar La Cruz (CUB) (2016 Olympic Champion, 2015 AIBA World Champion).

Light Heavyweight: Oscar “Monster” Rojas (USA) (39-9) vs. Arlén López (CUB) (2016 Olympic Champion, 2015 AIBA World Champion).

Super Middleweight: Alfonso Florez (VEN) (8-1, 6KOs) vs. Yoel Feliciano (CUB) (Cuban National Champion).

Super Bantamweight: Emmanuel “Veneno” Dominguez (MEX) (26-9-2, 18KOs) vs. Yosbani Veitía (CUB) (AIBA World Champion 2019, Pan American Games silver medalist 2011, 2015 and 2019).

Featherweight: Mario “Triturador” Diaz (MEX) (18-3, 7 KOs) vs. Lazaro Alvarez (CUB) (Olympic Games Bronze medalist 2012 and 2016, Pan American Champion 2015 and 2019).

Super Welterweight: Jose Miguel Borego (MEX) (18-3, 16 KOs) vs. Roniel Iglesias (Olympic Champion 2012, Pan American Champion 2015 and 2019).

Super Lightweight: Miguel “Títere” Vásquez (43-10, 17 KOs) vs. Andy Cruz (AIBA World Champion 2015 and 2019, Pan American champion 2015 and 2019).