Yordanis Despaigne Herrera (born February 12, 1980) is a

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professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who, as an

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, has medaled repeatedly in international tournaments as a middleweight.

Career

In Belfast at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won a Bronze medal. After beating

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he lost to Utkirbek Haydarov (UZB) 28-29. In Bangkok 2003 he easily beat Haydarov 33:13 but lost to eventual winner Gennady Golovkin 26:29 and got another Bronze. At the PanAm Games 2003 he edged out American southpaw

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21:20 but was upset in the final by Dominican Juan Ubaldo. At the Olympics 2004 he beat

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and Hungarian

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but lost 11:12 against Andre Dirrell. 2005 he lost in an early round at the national championships but in 2006 he beat the young champion Emilio Correa and regained the Cuban championships. He also won the

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beating among others Argenis Casimiro Núñez in the first round. Despaigne moved up a division and reached the final of the national championships 2008 where he was upset by 18-year-old Julio Cesar La Cruz from Camagüey.

World Cup

* 2005 in Moscow, Russia (middleweight) **Defeated Suriya Prasathinphimai (Thailand) 28–11 **Defeated

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(Romania) RSC-3 **Lost to Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 37–40 **Lost to Matvey Korobov (Russia) 39–53

Professional career

Despaigne defected to the United States along with fellow celebrated Cuban boxers

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and

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in the spring of 2009 and made his professional debut on May 22, 2009.

External links

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World Championships 2001Dirrell fight 2004
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