Yoan Pablo Hernández

Name: Yoan Pablo Hernandez
Alias: Iron Man
Birth Name: Yoan Pablo Hernandez Soarez
Hometown: Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Birthplace: Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 193cm
Reach: 196cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Ulli Wegner

Amateur Career

• 2001 Cuban junior champion at heavyweight
• World Cadet championships as a heavyweight, in competition in Baku, Azerbaijan. Results were:
  • Defeated Dato Dundva (Georgia) points
  • Defeated Rufat Hairbekov (Azerbaijan) points
  • Lost to Siergej Ivanov (Russia) points
• World Junior championships 2002 (Heavyweight) in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Results were:
  • Defeated Justin White (Canada) RTD 1
  • Defeated Vitaly Mikhyeyenko (Ukraine) 31-11.
  • Defeated Stefan Koeber (Germany) RSC 3
  • Defeated Parfait Amougou (Cameroon) RSC 3. (Captured gold medal)
• 2003 knocked out by Odlanier Solis in 3rd round at Cuban amateur heavyweight championship competition.
• 2003 competed as a Light heavyweight at 2003 Pan-American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Results were:
  • Defeated Eduardo Beltran (Ecuador) RSC 1
  • Defeated Argenis Casimiro Nunez (Dominican Republic) RSC 4
  • Lost to Ramiro Reducindo (Mexico) 20-37
• 2004 3rd place at Cuban national Light heavyweight competition, losing to Vladimir Linares Mesquia by RSC 4
• Represented Cuba as a Light heavyweight at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. His results were:
  • 1st round bye:
  • Lost to Evgeny Makarenko (Russia) 18-30
• 2005 Cuban National Champion (Heavyweight)

Professional Career

• Career put on hold pending right knee surgery and recovery time to repair a rupture of the meniscus. The injury is not related to boxing.(2015)[[1]]

Titles Held

• International Boxing Federation Cruiserweight Title (2011-15)
• IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title (2009-10)
• WBC Latino Cruiserweight Title (2007-08)
• WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Title (2007-08)

External Links

• Amateur Record

Preceded by: Steve Cunningham

IBF Cruiserweight Champion 2011 Oct 1 – 2015 Sep Stripped

Succeeded by: Victor Emilio Ramirez