Yunieski Gonzalez (born July 5, 1985) is a

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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

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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 ...

. 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 {{Cuba-boxing-bio-stub