Yoenis Tellez
{{short description|Cuban boxer}}
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|birth_place=Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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|nickname=El Bandolero ("The Bandit")
|weight=Light middleweight
|height=5 ft 10 in
|reach=73 in
|style=Orthodox
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Yoenis Tellez is a Cuban professional boxer. He holds the interim WBA super welterweight title since 2025.
Amateur career
Tellez won national youth titles in 2017 and 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://nosmokeboxing.com/boxing/yoenis-tellez-vs-joseph-jackson-april-26/?utm_content=cmp-true|title=Yoenis Tellez vs Joseph Jackson Headlines Stacked Most Valuable Prospects VI Fight Card On April 26|access-date=31 March 2024|language=en}} Telez defected from Cuba in 2020 to turn professional in Russia. After two fights there, he returned to Cuba before entering the United States in 2022 and joined Ronnie Shields' gym in Houston.{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Morgan |title=He defected from Cuba to Houston—and could be boxing's next big thing |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/article/yoenis-tellez-cuba-houston-boxing-star-20187782.php |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=Chron |date=28 Feb 2025 |language=en}}
Professional career
Tellez featured on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs Errol Spence where he faced Sergio Garcia. Tellez produced his best performance yet stopping the Spaniard in the 3rd round.{{Cite news|url=http://www.boxingscene.com/yoenis-tellez-drops-sergio-garcia-hard-stops-him-third-round--176538|title=Yoenis Tellez Drops Sergio Garcia Hard, Stops Him in Third Round|access-date=31 March 2024|language=en}}
Tellez was scheduled to face Johan Gonzalez in Orlando, FL on October 19, 2024.{{cite news |last1=Iskenderov |first1=Parviz |title=Yoenis Tellez vs Johan Gonzalez tops Murtazaliev-Tszyu undercard |url=https://www.fightmag.com/yoenis-tellez-vs-johan-gonzalez-tops-murtazaliev-tszyu-undercard/ |work=FIGHTMAG |date=23 September 2024}} Tellez won the fight via seventh-round TKO.{{cite news |title=Yoenis Tellez Drops Johan Gonzalez Three Times, Scores 7th-round TKO |url=https://boxingnewsonline.net/yoenis-tellez-drops-johan-gonzalez-three-times-scores-7th-round-tko-saavedra-tapia-fight-to-majority-draw-in-action-packed-opener/ |work=boxingnewsonline.net |date=20 October 2024}}
Tellez defeated Julian Williams by unanimous decision for the interim WBA super welterweight title at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on March 1, 2025.{{cite news |last1=Idec |first1=Keith |title=Yoenis Tellez Batters Former 154-Pound Champ Julian Williams, Wins Unanimous Decision On Davis-Roach Undercard |url=https://ringmagazine.com/en/news/yoenis-tellez-batters-former-154-pound-champ-julian-williams-wins-unanimous-decision-on-davis-roach-undercard |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=RingMagazine.com |date=2 March 2025 |language=en}}
Professional boxing record
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!Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |
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| 10
|{{yes2}}Win |10–0 |align=left|Julian Williams |UD |12 |1 Mar 2025 |align=left|{{small|Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.}} |align=left|{{small|Won WBA Interim light-middleweight title}} |
| 9
|{{yes2}}Win |9–0 |align=left|Johan Gonzalez |TKO |7 (10), {{small|1:57}} |19 Oct 2024 |align=left|{{small|Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.}} |align=left|{{small|Retained WBA Continental Latin America light-middleweight title}} |
| 8
|{{yes2}}Win |8–0 |align=left|Joseph Jackson |UD |10 |26 Apr 2024 |align=left|{{small|Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.}} |align=left|{{small|Retained WBA Continental Latin America light-middleweight title}} |
| 7
|{{yes2}}Win |7–0 |align=left|Livan Navarro |KO |10 (10), {{small|1:21}} |15 Dec 2023 |align=left|{{small|Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.}} |align=left|{{small|Won vacant WBA Continental Latin America light-middleweight title}} |
| 6
|{{yes2}}Win |6–0 |align=left|Sergio García |TKO |3 (10), {{small|2:02}} |align=left|{{small|T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}} |align=left| |
| 5
|{{yes2}}Win |5–0 |align=left|Cameron Krael |PTS |6 |12 May 2023 |align=left|{{small|Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.}} |align=left| |
| 4
|{{yes2}}Win |4–0 |align=left|Alberto Delgado |TKO |2 (4) {{small|0:38}} |25 Feb 2023 |align=left|{{small|Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.}} |align=left| |
| 3
|{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |align=left|Dario Guerrero-Meneses |TKO |3 (6) {{small|0:27}} |5 Nov 2022 |align=left|{{small|Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S}} |align=left| |
| 2
|{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |align=left|Andrey Tomashchuk |TKO |3 (6), {{small|0:27}} |31 Oct 2020 |align=left|{{small|Red Arena, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia}} |align=left| |
| 1
|{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |align=left|Nikita Borisenkov |TKO |2 (4), {{small|0:50}} |25 Jun 2020 |align=left|{{small|Vegas City Hall, Krasnogorsk, Russia}} |align=left| |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Boxrec|id=940048}}
- [https://box.live/boxers/yoenis-tellez/ Yoenis Tellez - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings] at [https://Box.Live Box.Live]
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{{s-ttl|title=WBA Continental Latin America
light-middleweight champion
|years=December 15, 2023 – March 1, 2025
Won interim title}}
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Interim title
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