Yunieski Gonzalez (born July 5, 1985) is a
Cuba
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who fights in the light heavyweight division. Gonzalez amassed a record of 345–27 while fighting for the Cuban amateur team before moving to
Miami
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in 2010. He made his professional debut later that year with a first round knock-out victory against Ramon Adorno.
Gonzalez suffered his first defeat in July 2015 after a controversial points loss to
Jean Pascal
Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born 28 October 1982) is a Haitian-born Canadian professional boxer. He held the WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title from 2019 to 2021, and previously the WBC, IBO, '' Ring'' magazine and lineal light-heavyweight tit ...
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On August 4, 2015 he was ranked 9th Light Heavyweight by RING magazine.
Professional boxing record
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1985 births
Living people
Defecting sportspeople of Cuba
Light-heavyweight boxers
Cuban male boxers
People from Pinar del Río
Sportspeople from Miami
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