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
editAt 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 also holds two notable wins over Naoya Inoue, ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring, the Boxing Writer's Association of America,[2] The Transnational Boxing Ranking Board, ESPN, and fourth overall by BoxRec.[3][4][5][6]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Yosvany Veitía, segundo boxeador cubano eliminado en boxeo olímpico". Cubaencuentro.com (in Spanish). 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Terence Crawford or Naoya Inoue? And what about Errol Spence Jr.?". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Ratings-The Ring". The Ring. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Terence Crawford Is The BWAA's New No. 1 Pound-For-Pound King". Boxing Writer's Association of America. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Transnational Boxing Rankings Board P4P Rankings". The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "BoxRec Male Pound for Pound Rankings". BoxRec. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Boxing VEITIA Yosbany". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
