The Cuban Osvel Caballero, world bronze medalist, achieved this Friday his second victory in the professional boxingaccording to media reports on the island.
The Antillean won by technical knockout in the third round against the Venezuelan Pedro Pineda, in a fight included in a poster held in the city of Barranquilla, in Colombia.
The judge on the ring stopped the actions of the lawsuit held at the Elias Chegwi Coliseum, in that city, when the Cuban connected “a hook to the liver followed by a flurry of blows,” according to Gerardo Saldívar, president of the Golden Ring Promotions company. that manages the presence of the Domadores de Cuba franchise in rented boxing.
The director considered as fair and timely the arrest of the lawsuit, agreed to eight acts in the 130-pound division, and added that Caballero exhibited “tremendous physique”, according to a report of the website Hit.
Statements by Cuban Osvel Caballero after his second victory in the #boxing professional.
He defeated Venezuelan Pedro Pineda by technical knockout in round three. #Cuba #CubanBoxing #TamersOfCuba https://t.co/tlpW9AiuUG pic.twitter.com/WVLNz5SRz8— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) July 30, 2022
Initially a fight was scheduled between Osvel and the local Luis Díaz, but he could not meet the regulated body weight.
Given these circumstances, and because Pineda (8 wins, 4 setbacks and a draw as a professional) had been left without a challenger due to an injury to his rival, the organizers of the evening they agreed to the change to ensure the presentation of the Cuban and the Venezuelan.
The office recalls that with this new success there are already nine consecutive ones signed by the Cuban boxers who fight under the protection of the Island Federation, since their return to professional boxing, which occurred at the end of last May in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes.
There, six boxers, including Caballero himself, swept all their opponents, in most of the fights before the agreed time.
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On that occasion, Osvel defeated the local Joshman Reyes on the fast track when two rounds of the six agreed on that occasion remained to be celebrated.
“The goal was met. Coach Rolando Acebal prepared the plan very well and I’m happy with the result”, commented the winning boxer, quoted by Hit.
Before this fight, the Cuban Lázaro Álvarez had also added his second win in rented boxing. He did so by disposing of the Argentine Torres by unanimous vote, in a billboard held last week in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Since Cuba retook his official presence in this type of boxingafter the agreement signed by the federation of the Island and the Mexican promoter Golden Ring Promotions, their fighters have been convincingly successful in all their presentations, although the rivals faced have not been of the highest level.
