Authoritative debut: Andy Cruz achieves his first title in professional boxing

After displaying a brilliant career in amateurism, Andy Cruz from Matanzas won his first professional title by unanimously disposing last night of the experienced Mexican Juan Carlos Burgos at the Masonic Temple in Detroit.

The fight, scheduled for ten rounds, witnessed anet dominance of the insular fighter, who took all the rounds and won 100-90 in each of the judges' ballots, thus winning the vacant international lightweight belt of the International Boxing Federation.

The Aztec took the stage in Michigan backed by hiswide road in professionalism (35 successes and seven previous failures), and at the end of the previous year he had stood up for the eight episodes of his duel against one of the best in the category, Keyshawn Davis.

By the way,Davis is an old enemy of the Cuban, who beat him four times during his time in the amateur ranks. Recently, both rivals got into an exchange of words on social networks that Cruz sentenced with a lapidary phrase: "I have nothing to prove to a guy who I have beaten four times."

Before the fight against Burgos, although the bets were favorable to the former Domadores de Cuba,Many experts pointed out that it could be dangerous for it to be launched against a man with more than 300 assaults. at that level of boxing. However, Cruz exercised an authority that made it clear that from now on he needs more qualified adversaries.

Olympic champion and world tri-champion, the almost 28-year-old yumurinoarrived on North American soil in May, after escaping the Island at the end of 2022 heading to the Dominican Republic.

The departure took place after a failed immigration attempt that resulted in hisdefinitive expulsion of sports practice in Cuba.

At the time of leaving the Island, he was consideredthe best pound-for-pound boxer in the Antillean squad, in which several multiple Olympic and universal champions such as Julio César La Cruz, Arlen López and Roniel Iglesias are active.