Friday night in the ring of the San Marcos Fair in the Mexican city of Aguascalienteswill go down in the books more for its historical significance than for its sporting brilliance, since very little could be done by the low-profile boxers who faced the representatives of the Tamers of Cuba in their debut in the professional field.
The island taskIt was summed up in six successes, five of them by technical knockout and the other by unanimous decision.
Namely, the Mayabequense Osvel Caballero Joshman Reyes (3-3, 1 KO) at super lightweight, the Camagüey nativeYoenlis Hernandez was eliminated in the third by Juan Carlos Raygosa (17-21-3) in the super middleweights, and the Pinar del RíoLazaro Alvarez He beat Francisco Mercado (6-2, 2 KOs) on the scorecards in the super lightweights.
In addition, the man from Pinar del RíoRoniel Iglesias he eliminated Brandon Pérez (7-2-1, 2 KOs) in the super welterweights 24 seconds into the second round, the Guantanamo-bornArlen Lopezended in the same first chapter with Fernando Galván (7-5, 2 KOs) in the light heavyweights, and the cruiser from CamagüeyJulius Caesar the Cross In the second leg, he defeated the only non-Mexican opponent that the Cubans faced, the Colombian Deivis Casseres (27-16, 21 KOs).
By the way, for the commitment in Aguascalientes was excluded who many consider the most complete boxer in the current Cuban squad, the world and Olympic champion Andy Cruz, who according to what Acebal said had had a decline in his performance and attitude in the gym.
At the beginning of April, the Cuban sports authorities had announced that the decision to enter professional circuits was preceded by a "deep analysis", which maintains as its focus the objective of strengthening the prominence of Cuban boxing in Olympic and world competitions.
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