The Cuban boxerJoahnys Argilagos based in the United States since 2018 afterleave a sports delegation on the island, welcomed his mother to American soil this Sunday, after five long years of separation.
“There are no words to express what I feel right now… After 5 long years I can only say 'Thank you, God'”. Welcome to the United States"Argilagos wrote on his social networks, where he accompanied the news with an emotional video of thereunion.
In the images you can see the moment in which the young 27-year-old boxer He merged into a long hug with his mother.
The athlete's announcement was followed on his platforms with dozens of messages of congratulations and support from his followers.
Joahnys Argilagos won two gold medals at world championships in categoriesamateur. She won silver at the Toronto Pan American Games in 2015 and bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
In March 2018, it was learned that Argilagos had escaped from the Cuban delegation that was training in Tijuana, Mexico, ahead of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla. After three months of detention, the boxerwas released and he settled first in Houston, Texas, in the house of Erislandy Lara.
The young manHe debuted in professional boxing in 2019 with two victories by decision and aknock out, but was unable to reach an agreement with any of the major promoters of the moment.
After settling in the United States, the Cuban has participated in at least nine professional fights, of which he lost one that made him completely rethink his career. In December 2022 and after almost a year without fighting, the boxer returned triumphantly under the tutelage of Cuban trainer Ismael Salas.
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