Yosvany Veitía
Yosvany Veitía Soto (also spelled Yosbany, born 12 March 1992) is a Cuban amateur boxer in the light flyweight division who competed at the 2012 Olympics.[1] He is a southpaw.[2]
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| Full name | Yosvany Veitía Soto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 12, 1992 Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Light Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Rolando Acebal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
At the 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships he won Bronze.
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships (results) he beat Birzhan Zhakypov and two unknowns but was stopped by Mongolian defending champion Pürevdorjiin Serdamba. At the 2011 Pan American Games (results) he lost the final to local Joselito Velazquez.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he beat Australian Billy Ward 26:4, then lost to eventual winner Zou Shiming 10:13.
He also holds two notable wins over Naoya Inoue, the world's second best active boxer, pound for pound.
References
- "Yosvany Veitía, segundo boxeador cubano eliminado en boxeo olímpico". Cubaencuentro.com (in Spanish). 2012-08-04.
- "Yosvany Veitía Soto". EcuRed.cu (in Spanish).
External links
- Yosbany Veitia at the International Olympic Committee
- Yosbany Veitia at Rio2016.com at the Wayback Machine (archived August 6, 2016)
- Yosbany Veitía at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Yosbany Veitia at AIBA
- Yosvany Veitia Soto at AIBA London 2012 website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 5, 2013)
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