Yosvany Veitía

Yosvany Veitía
Personal information
Full nameYosvany Veitía Soto
Born (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992
Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba
Sport
CountryCuba
SportBoxing
Event
Light flyweight
Coached byRolando Acebal
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Cuba
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 HamburgFlyweight
Silver medal – second place2015 DohaFlyweight
Bronze medal – third place2013 AlmatyLight flyweight
Bronze medal – third place2023 TashkentBantamweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2011 GuadalajaraLight flyweight
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoFlyweight
Silver medal – second place2019 LimaFlyweight
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 TegucigalpaFlyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2014 VeracruzFlyweight
Youth World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 BakuLight flyweight

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.

Career

At 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 competed in the flyweight division at the 2016 Olympics, beating Achraf Kharroubi in the round of 16 before losing to Hu Jianguan in the quarter finals.

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[2] again at flyweight. This time he beat Sulemanu Tetteh in the round of 16, before losing to Galal Yafai in the quarter final.

He also holds two notable wins over Naoya Inoue, ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring,[3] TBRB,[4] ESPN,[5] and BoxRec.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Yosvany Veitía, segundo boxeador cubano eliminado en boxeo olímpico". Cubaencuentro.com (in Spanish). 4 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Official Boxing Rankings". ringmagazine.com. The Ring. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "P4P – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". tbrb.org. Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Men's boxing P4P rankings: New No. 1; Benavidez on the rise". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "BoxRec: Ratings". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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