Osleys Iglesias
Born
Osleys Iglesias Estrada

(1997-12-14) 14 December 1997[1]
NationalityCuban
Statistics
Weight(s)Super Middleweight
Height
  • 1.77 m (5 ft 9½ in)[2]
  • 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights9
Wins9
Wins by KO8
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Men's Amateur boxing
Cuban National Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 CamagueyMiddleweight
Silver medal – second place2016 Santiago de CubaMiddleweight
Silver medal – second place2017 Sancti SpiritusMiddleweight
Silver medal – second place2018 CamagueyMiddleweight
Thailand International Invitational Tournament
Silver medal – second place2017 BangkokMiddleweight

Osleys Iglesias Estrada (born 14 December 1997, Havana, Cuba) is the current IBO Super Middleweight Champion, he is currently ranked #13 in the super middleweight rankings by BoxRec.[4]

Amateur career

Osleys Iglesias fought for the 2015 Cuban National Championship and he won against Reinier Perez in the 1st round, Yainier Abreu in the 2nd round but lost against Arlen López in the finals, this is the same type of opponents and results he had at the 2017 Cuban National Championship, although in the 2016 Cuban National Championship, he beat Osnay Bencosme and Hugo Noriega before losing to Arlen Lopéz again. Iglesias fought in the Thailand International Invitational Tournament back in April 2017, he won against Eumir Marcial (Philippines) on the quarter-finals, also won against Erik Alzhanov (Kazakhstan) in the semi-finals but lost against Israil Madrimov (Uzbekistan) on the finals. During the 2018 Cuban National Championships, he got wins over Yusmel Alejandro Ruiz in the 1st round and Yojanler Martinez on the 2nd, but again lost to Arlen Lopéz on the finals.

Professional career

Early career

Iglesias turned professional in 2019, and fighting in Germany for the early days of career, where he picked up wins against Malkhaz Sujashvili, Rafael Bejaran and Bernard Donfack. He began fighting in Poland during in late 2021.

First Match during the Pandemic

After the Pandemic cooled down for a bit, Iglesias boxed again, fighting the Uruguayan veteran Rafael Sosa Pintos on December 11, 2021, at Szeligi, Poland, the match ended as a 1st-round TKO for Iglesias.

IBO World Youth Super Middleweight Championship

On February 19, 2022, at Wrocław, Poland, Iglesias fought hard-hitting Slovakian boxer, Robert Racz for the vacant IBO Youth World Super middleweight championship, in the 1st Round, Iglesias floored Racz down, ending the match early.[5]

Osleys Iglesias vs Isaac Chilemba

After winning the IBO Youth Championship, Iglesias fought Isaac Chilemba, who has experienced fighting world class boxers like Dmitry Bivol and Fedor Chudinov for the WBA Inter-continental and IBO International Super Middleweight Titles championship.[6] Iglesias won the bout via unanimous decision.[7]

Iglesias vs Maderna

After defeating Chilemba, Iglesias was set to fight Azizbek Abdugofurov, but Abdugofurov pulled out, so Iglesias fought Ezequiel Maderna instead. This isn't the first time Iglesias had a cancelled bout, as he had previously be been scheduled to fight Luke Blackledge in Hamburg, Germany on January 25, 2020.[8] In the match against Maderna, Iglesias won via 1st-round KO, though the result is controversial as the knockout punch clearly landed to the back of Maderna's head.

IBO World Championship

After the successful fights against Isaac Chilemba and Ezequiel Maderna, Iglesias was given a world title shot against Ukrainian Andrii Velikovskyi for the vacant IBO Super Middleweight title, knocking out Velikovskyi in the 10th round, making him the new IBO Super Middleweight Champion.[9]

His first defense of the title was against undefeated German boxer Artur Reis in Magdeburg, Germany on October 7, 2023, marking his return on boxing in Germany.[10] The match lasted into the fourth round before Reis was stopped.[11]

Professional boxing record

9 fights 9 wins 0 losses
By knockout 8 0
By decision 1 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, Time Date Location Notes
9 Win 9–0 Germany Artur Reis KO 4 (12), 2:01 October 7, 2023 Germany Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany Retained IBO super-middleweight title
8 Win 8–0 Ukraine Andrii Velikovskyi TKO 10 (12), 0:58 December 9, 2022 Poland Arena Gliwice - Mala Arena, Gliwice, Poland Won vacant IBO super-middleweight title
7 Win 7–0 Argentina Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna KO 1 (10), 2:05 September 24, 2022 Poland Hala Dworca Łódź Fabryczna, Łódź, Poland
6 Win 6–0 Malawi Isaac Chilemba UD 12 May 27, 2022 Poland Hala Gobus, Lublin, Poland Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental and IBO International super-middleweight titles
5 Win 5–0 Slovakia Robert Racz KO 1 (10), 2:25 February 19, 2022 Poland Hala Orbita, Wrocław, Poland Won vacant IBO World Youth super-middleweight title
4 Win 4–0 Uruguay Rafael Sosa Pintos TKO 1 (8), 1:12 December 11, 2021 Poland Transcolor, Szeligi, Poland
3 Win 3–0 Germany Bernard Donfack TKO 2 (8), 1:18 February 8, 2020 Germany EWS Arena, Göppingen, Germany
2 Win 2–0 Dominican Republic Rafael Bejaran KO 2 (8), 0:23 November 9, 2019 Germany Kuppel, Hamburg, Germany
1 Win 1–0 Georgia (country) Malkhaz Sujashvili TKO 1 (4), 1:05 September 7, 2019 Germany Work Your Champ Arena, Hamburg, Germany

Titles in boxing

Youth titles

IBO Youth World Super Middleweight title

Regional titles

WBA Inter-continental Super Middleweight title IBO International Super Middleweight title

Minor World titles

IBO Super Middleweight title

See also

References

  1. "Champinon.info: Osleys Iglesias". champinon.info. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. "Tapology: Osleys Iglesias Boxer Page". tapology.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  3. "The Ring: New Faces – Osleys Iglesias". ringtv.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  4. "BoxRec: Top 50 active Super Middleweight boxers". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  5. "Osleys Iglesias vs Robert Racz results by Tapology". tapology.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  6. "Isaac Chilemba to face Osleys Iglesias". jewishboxingblog.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  7. "Osleys Iglesias vs Isaac Chilemba results by Tapology". tapology.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  8. "Tapology: Osleys Iglesias Boxer Page". tapology.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  9. "Osleys Iglesias vs. Andrii Velokvskyi results by EuroNews". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  10. "Osleys Iglesias vs. Artur Reis on October 7 in IBO Title Clash". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  11. "Osleys Iglesias takes out Artur Reis in Four Rounds;Retains IBO Title". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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