The Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugás He regretted that the boxer Roniel Iglesias chose not to leave Cuba because he would have had an excellent career in professional sports in the United States.
“This guy was already a guaranteed world champion. But hey, he decided to stay there. Good luck and I hope he can have some good fights. He has always had a lot of quality,” was Ugás’ comment on the Facebook page CiberCuba Noticias.
Iglesias is one of the Cuban fighters who competes in professional boxing in Mexico on a team under the name “Tamers of Cuba”.
He world welterweight champion reacted upon learning that Roniel Iglesias obtained the fourth victory in professional boxing in Mexico, when on Friday the Pinar del Río defeated his opponent by technical knockout in the 148-pound division.
The ESPN Knockout portal noted that Iglesias had a “devastating performance, with wholesale blows and the Bull (his opponent) ended up very damaged.”
Ugás recalled that he had several fights against Iglesias in Cuba and accepted that in the ring the boxer from Pinar del Río surpassed him more than once.
“We fought four times and it was 4-0 and we fought two national championship finals. With him it was one of the best fights I remember from the amateurs. But yes, in the amateurs he is better than me,” he commented. Yordenis UgásWBA World Champion.
