“Athlete Yoenlis Hernandez Feliciano left the national team that participated in the world championship that ended recently in Tashkent. On his return to his native country, during a transplant in Panama, the double champion of the world refused to continue their trip to Havana,” the federation said in a statement. They added that such an act “implies a break with the national team and the breach of contractual obligations for this season and future seasons”.
“This is a serious disciplinary fault, it is in these terms that we inform the fans, full of confidence that others will be able to take its place in the flagship discipline of Cuban sport,” the organization said. athletic.
Recall that Yoenlis Hernandez was the only Cuban to be able to receive the highest distinction at the world championship. In the final in the weight category up to 75 kilograms, a 25-year-old native of the city of Matanzas defeated Brazilian Wanderlei Pereira by unanimous decision of the judges. The Cuban thus became double world champion. At the last world championship, which took place in 2021 in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, he also won gold.
Hernandez also made his professional ring debut with the Cuban team “Domadores”, which returned to professional boxing last year after 60 years. He had two fights in Mexico and won both.
The World Cup, which ended in Tashkent, clearly did not justify the hopes of Cuban fans. Representatives of one of the most successful countries in the world of amateur boxing were able to win only one “gold”. Three more Cuban boxers lost in the final fights, and two – in the semifinals. At the last World Cup in Belgrade, Cuba had 3 “gold” in its piggy bank – the Cubans then won all the finals they reached.
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