Yoenlis Hernández’s escape was a hook to the liver for Miguel Díaz-Canel, who the day before congratulated him for having been the only gold medalist and two-time champion in the 75-kilogram category at the Boxing World Cup that was held in the capital. from Uzbekistan. According to the journalist Yordano Carmona, the native of Camagüey “abandoned the Cuban delegation that was returning from Tashkent.”
The communicator shared an image of Hernández with the champion belt and a poster with the 200,000 dollars that he earned as part of the Domadores de Cuba team. “No one wants to stay on the island, not even when they win a prize of 200,000 dollars,” stressed the editor of Cuban Ball.
The escape of this boxer occurred in “Panama, during a technical stopover to Havana”, told on Facebook Ernest the Arrow. “The torch is lit, another one looking for a future professionally.” Full Swing published that this Cuban took the opportunity to “board a flight to Spain”.
Hernández’s departure is “a serious casualty for the Cuban squad, in which he had become one of the main figures and hope of medals in different international events,” public Play Off Magazine.
Hernández said goodbye on Saturday from the mixed zone of the Humo Arena stadium with a dedication after being proclaimed champion. “What was promised is debt, here is the gold medal, which is for Cuba.” This athlete about whom the official media Hit he was full of praise for having won five fights in the event and staying “oblivious to the shocks (decisions)” of the judges, warned that “he had grown a lot as an athlete.”
Hernández’s words seemed to announce his escape, as he did at the time Kevin Brown Bazainjunior world champion in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2012, who fled in March of last year prior to his participation in the Continental Boxing Championship in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
The only champion of the Cuban squad,
Yoenlis Feliciano, left the Cuban delegation that was returning from the Tashkent 2023 Boxing World Cup. Nobody wants to stay in Cuba, not even when they win a prize of $200K dollars. pic.twitter.com/UoBxEBEed6— Yordano Carmona (@YordiMLB) May 16, 2023
billy rodriguez He took advantage of his stay in Mexico in August 2022 to land another blow to the Cuba Tamers. osvel caballerowinner of a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima and a bronze medal at the 2021 Belgrade Boxing World Cup, escaped in November.
They followed Albert González and Carlos Castillo who left the team in Germany, where Cuba had won its first three bronze medals at the Boxing World Cup.
Cuban boxing is going through an alarming crisis. In the last World Boxing Championship, the Olympic medalists Julio César La Cruz, Arlen López, Lázaro Álvarez and Roniel Iglesias They couldn’t even access the medals. The official Hit blamed the judges for the misstep of the Tamers of Cuba in Tashkent.
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