Cuban boxer (born 1990)
Erislandy Savón Cotilla (born July 21, 1990) is a Cuban heavyweight amateur boxer . He won the 91 kg/201 lbs title at the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships , the 2009 Pan American Championships at Super Heavyweight and also the AIBA World Boxing Championships 2015 and 2017 in Heavyweight.
Career
Savón who hails from Guantánamo is a nephew of Félix Savón and also a big puncher.
He won the Youth World Championships 2008.[ 1] Osmay Acosta 3:6 and was disqualified in 2009.
Savon won his first senior title at the 2009 PanAmerican Championships against Juan Hiracheta
[ 2] 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships at Super Heavyweight instead of national champion Robert Alfonso , beat two unknowns but lost to the eventual runner-up Roman Kapitonenko in his third bout.[ 3]
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he ran into an even bigger puncher and was stopped by the future champion Magomedrasul Majidov , but qualified for the Olympics. He did not participate in the 2011 Pan American Games . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost his opening match to Anthony Joshua .[ 4]
He won the bronze medal at the men's heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics .[ 5] Lawrence Okolie and Yamil Peralta before losing to Vasily Levit .[ 4]
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1974–1978: over 81 kg 1982–2019: up to 91 kg 2021–present: up to 92 kg
+81 kg (1951–1979) · 91 kg (1983–)
