Yosvany Veitía
Cuban boxer (born 1992)
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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.[citation needed]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yosvany Veitía Soto |
| Born | 12 March 1992 Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba |
| Sport | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Sport | Boxing |
Event | Light flyweight |
| Coached by | Rolando Acebal |
Medal record | |
Career
At the 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships he won a bronze medal.
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Birzhan Zhakypov and two unknowns but was stopped by Mongolian defending champion Pürevdorjiin Serdamba. At the 2011 Pan American Games he lost the final to local Joselito Velázquez.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he beat Australian Billy Ward 26:4, then lost to eventual winner Zou Shiming 10:13.
He competed in the flyweight division at the 2016 Olympics, beating Achraf Kharroubi in the round of 16 before losing to Hu Jianguan in the quarter finals.
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[2] again at flyweight. This time he beat Sulemanu Tetteh in the round of 16, before losing to Galal Yafai in the quarter final.
He also holds two notable wins over Naoya Inoue, ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring,[3] TBRB,[4] ESPN,[5] and BoxRec.[6]
