Yoenlis Hernández
Cuban boxer (born 1997)
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Yoenlis Hernández is a Cuban professional boxer. He has held the WBO-NABO middleweight title since March 2026. As an amateur he was a two-time world champion.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | El Diablo | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez Martinez 30 June 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||
| Boxing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur boxing career
Hernández competed at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, winning the gold medal in the middleweight event.[2][3][4][5]
Two years later, at the 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships, he again won the middleweight gold medal to become a two-time world champion.[6][7]
Professional boxing career
In May 2023, Feliciano abandoned the Cuban delegation during a stopover in Panama.[8] After going unbeaten in his first four professional fights, he signed a promotional deal with Dream Bigg Management in July 2024.[9]
Hernández was scheduled to face Kyrone Davis in a super-middleweight bout at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on 31 May 2025.[10][11] He won by unanimous decision.[12][13]
On 12 October 2025 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida, he defeated Ramon De La Cruz Sena via first-round technical knockout.[14][15]
Hernández faced Terrell Gausha for the vacant WBO-NABO middleweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on 28 March 2026. He won by stoppage in the fourth round.[16][17]
In his next fight at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, on 22 August 2026, he defeated Francisco Verón over 10 rounds via majority decision with two of the ringside judges scoring the bout 99–91 and 98–92 respectively in his favour, while the third had it a 95–95 draw.[18][19]
Professional boxing record
| 11 fights | 11 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 9 | 0 |
| By decision | 2 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Francisco Verón | MD | 10 | Aug 22, 2026 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Terrell Gausha | TKO | 4 (10), 1:17 | Mar 28, 2026 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | Won vacant WBO-NABO middleweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Ramon De La Cruz Sena | TKO | 1 (10), 2:59 | Oct 12, 2025 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Kyrone Davis | UD | 10 | May 31, 2025 | Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Angel Ruiz Astorga | KO | 5 (10), 1:06 | Feb 1, 2025 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Bryce Henry | TKO | 8 (10), 1:53 | Oct 11, 2024 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Jose Sanchez Charles | TKO | 2 (8), 1:45 | Sep 14, 2024 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Alejandro Barrera | TKO | 7 (10), 2:57 | Jun 7, 2024 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Alfredo Rodolfo Blanco | KO | 1 (10), 0:23 | Mar 22, 2024 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Juan Sanchez Haro | TKO | 7 (8), 0:37 | Sep 9, 2022 | Uruapan, Mexico | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Juan Carlos Raygosa Perez | KO | 3 (6), 1:13 | May 20, 2022 | Palenque De La FNSM, Aguascalientes, Mexico |
