Osleys Iglesias

Osleys Iglesias Estrada (born 12 December 1997, Havana, Cuba) is the current IBO Super Middleweight Champion, he is currently ranked No. 11 in the super middleweight rankings by BoxRec.

Amateur career

Osleys Iglesias fought for the 2015 Cuban National Championship and he won against Reinier Pérez in the 1st round, Yainier Abreu in the 2nd round but lost against Arlen López in the finals, this is the same format of opponents and results he had at the 2017 Cuban National Championship, although in the 2016 Cuban National Championship, he beat Osnay Bencosme and Hugo Noriega before losing to Arlen López again. Iglesias fought in the Thailand International Invitational Tournament back in April 2017, he won against Eumir Marcial (Philippines) on the quarter-finals, also won against Erik Alzhanov (Kazakhstan) in the semi-finals but lost against Israil Madrimov (Uzbekistan) on the finals. During the 2018 Cuban National Championships, he got wins over Yusmel Alejandro Ruiz in the 1st round and Yojanler Martinez on the 2nd, but again lost to Arlen Lopéz on the finals.

Amateur boxing record

A summary of Osleys Iglesias' amateur bouts that is recorded on BoxRec.

Professional career

Early career

Iglesias turned professional in 2019, and fighting in Germany for the early days of career, where he picked up wins against Malkhaz Sujashvili, Rafael Bejaran and Bernard Donfack. He began fighting at Poland by late 2021.

Iglesias vs. Pintos

After the Pandemic cooled down for a bit, Iglesias boxed again, fighting the Uruguayan veteran Rafael Sosa Pintos on December 11, 2021, at Szeligi, Poland, the match ended as a 1st-round TKO for Iglesias.

Iglesias vs. Racz

On February 19, 2022, at Wrocław, Poland, Iglesias fought knockout artist Slovakian boxer, Robert Racz for the vacant IBO Youth super middleweight championship, in the 1st Round, Iglesias floored Racz down, ending the match early.

Iglesias vs. Chilemba

After winning the IBO Youth championship, Iglesias fought Isaac Chilemba, who has experienced fighting world class boxers like Dmitry Bivol and Fedor Chudinov for the WBA Inter-continental and IBO International super middleweight titles. The bout went to the distance and gave Iglesias his first ever decision bout as he prevails via unanimous decision.

Iglesias vs. Maderna

After defeating Chilemba, Iglesias was set to fight Azizbek Abdugofurov, however, Abdugofurov pulled out, thus, Iglesias decided to fight Ezequiel Maderna. This isn't the first time Iglesias had a cancelled bout, as he had previously been scheduled to fight Luke Blackledge in Hamburg, Germany on January 25, 2020. In the match against Maderna, Iglesias won via 1st-round KO.

Iglesias vs. Velikovskyi

After victories against experienced boxers Isaac Chilemba and Ezequiel Maderna, Iglesias was given a world title shot against Ukrainian Andrii Velikovskyi for the vacant IBO super middleweight title, the bout nearly went the distance until in round 10, Iglesias floored Velikovskyi en route to a 10th round KO victory, making him the new IBO super middleweight champion.

Iglesias vs. Reus

His first defense of the IBO title was against undefeated (11–0) German boxer Artur Reis in Magdeburg, Germany on October 7, 2023, marking his return on boxing in Germany. The match was able to last up to four rounds before Iglesias made a stunning brutal knockout punch against Reus.

Iglesias vs. Coceres

In March 7, 2024, Iglesias and Coceres remarked their first bout in 2024 together, their bout serving as a co-main for the Steven Butler vs. Steve Rolls card at Montreal Casino, this also marks as Iglesias' debut outside of Europe, on the first round of their scheduled 10-rounds match, Iglesias, standing at over 6-foot towering over Coceres who came fresh from a KO loss against resilient Diego Pacheco, uses his reach as an advantage and later threw a jab followed by a left hook to the temple that put Coceres down en route to a first-round KO (Coceres was not able to stand up). On this bout, the commentators also stated the inaccuracy of BoxRec's initial billed height for Iglesias (5'9), the commentators pointed out Iglesias being over 6-foot tall, and initially thought it was Iglesias' brother at the weigh in, BoxRec now fixed the inaccuracy.
Despite Iglesias remaining the reigning IBO super middleweight champ, the title was not on the line, considering prior to the bout, Coceres was not within the IBO super middleweight rankings.

Professional boxing record

Titles in boxing

Minor world titles

* IBO super middleweight title (168 lbs)

Regional titles

* WBA Inter-continental super middleweight title (168 lbs)
* IBO International super middleweight title (168 lbs)

Youth titles

* IBO Youth super middleweight title (168 lbs)

See also

*List of super middleweight boxing champions
*List of IBO world champions

References

External links

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Living people
Cuban male boxers
Boxers from Havana
Super-middleweight boxers
1997 births