At the 2011 World Championships, he captained the Cuban national team,[2] where he beat number 1 seeded Egor Mekhontsev from Russia on points (21–15) in semi-final, and defeated Adilbek Niyazymbetov from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds by 17–13 finishing score in final, being the 4th World amateur boxing champion boxer from Camagüey.[3] He grasped the gold medal at 2011 Pan American Games in which Cuba national team topped the medal table with 8 golds and 1 silver.[4] He beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the semi-finals and Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino of Brazil in the final on points (22–12).[5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was upset by Falcão Florentino in the quarterfinals in a rematch from the 2011 Pan American Games.[6] At the 2013 World Championships in Almaty, he beat Serge Michel, Oleksandr Ganzulia, Abdelhafid Benchabla and Joe Ward, before again beating Niyazymbetov in the final. On 4 January 2014, Julio Cesar la Cruz was hospitalized after being shot outside of a recreation center in his hometown of Camagüey.[7] In 2015, he again won the gold at the AIBA World Boxing Championships held in Doha.
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In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is La Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Peraza Julio Cesar De La Cruz Peraza born 11 August 1989 1 is a Cuban professional boxer As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2011 2013 2015 2017 and 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships Julio Cesar La CruzCruz at the 2016 OlympicsBornJulio Cesar De La Cruz Peraza 1989 08 11 11 August 1989 age 34 Camaguey CubaOther namesLa SombraStatisticsWeight s HeavyweightHeight1 82 m 5 ft 11 1 2 in Reach78 in 198 cm StanceOrthodoxBoxing recordTotal fights2Wins2Wins by KO2Medal record Men s amateur boxingRepresenting CubaOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro Light heavyweight2020 Tokyo HeavyweightWorld Championships2011 Baku Light heavyweight2013 Almaty Light heavyweight2015 Doha Light heavyweight2017 Hamburg Light heavyweight2021 Belgrade Heavyweight2019 Yekaterinburg Light heavyweightPan American Games2011 Guadalajara Light heavyweight2015 Toronto Light heavyweight2019 Lima Light heavyweight2023 Santiago HeavyweightCentral American and Caribbean Games2014 Veracruz Light heavyweight2018 Barranquilla Light heavyweight2023 San Salvador HeavyweightPan American Championship2017 Tegucigalpa fr Light heavyweight Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional boxing record 3 References 4 External linksAmateur career editAt the 2011 World Championships he captained the Cuban national team 2 where he beat number 1 seeded Egor Mekhontsev from Russia on points 21 15 in semi final and defeated Adilbek Niyazymbetov from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds by 17 13 finishing score in final being the 4th World amateur boxing champion boxer from Camaguey 3 He grasped the gold medal at 2011 Pan American Games in which Cuba national team topped the medal table with 8 golds and 1 silver 4 He beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the semi finals and Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino of Brazil in the final on points 22 12 5 At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was upset by Falcao Florentino in the quarterfinals in a rematch from the 2011 Pan American Games 6 At the 2013 World Championships in Almaty he beat Serge Michel Oleksandr Ganzulia Abdelhafid Benchabla and Joe Ward before again beating Niyazymbetov in the final On 4 January 2014 Julio Cesar la Cruz was hospitalized after being shot outside of a recreation center in his hometown of Camaguey 7 In 2015 he again won the gold at the AIBA World Boxing Championships held in Doha He won the gold medal at the men s light heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics 8 La Cruz sports a 21 3 record in the World Series of Boxing 9 In the 2020 Summer Olympics he gained attention for expressing his support to the Cuban s regime by declaring after his quarterfinal win over a Cuban born Spanish opponent Patria y vida no Patria o muerte venceremos 10 a Fidel Castro s communist slang clarify In 2021 he again won the gold at the men s heavyweight held in Tokyo 11 Professional boxing record edit2 fights 2 wins 0 lossesBy knockout 2 0No Result Record Opponent Type Round time Date Location Notes2 Win 2 0 Juan Rodolfo Juarez TKO 4 6 28 Aug 2022 Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir Quilmes Argentina1 Win 1 0 Deivis Casseres KO 2 6 1 40 20 May 2022 Palenque de la FNSM Aguascalientes MexicoReferences edit Boxing la CRUZ Julio Tokyo 2020 Olympics Olympics com Archived from the original on 27 July 2021 Retrieved 27 July 2021 No rest bite for Cuban squad AIBA 21 October 2011 Retrieved 9 November 2011 Florencio Rodriguez Luis 17 October 2011 Boxers of Camaguey to Ratify their Worth in Pan American Games cadenagramonte cu Archived from the original on 14 June 2012 Retrieved 9 November 2011 Cuba s Panamerican supremacy AIBA 3 November 2011 Retrieved 9 November 2011 Cuba win a total of eight gold medals in Guadalajara AIBA 1 November 2011 Retrieved 9 November 2011 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Julio Cesar La Cruz Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 23 July 2018 Elisinio Castillo 4 January 2014 Cuban Amateur Star WSB Fighter is Shot in Camaguey www boxingscene com Retrieved 4 January 2014 Julio Cesar la Cruz Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 Retrieved 18 August 2016 World Series of Boxing Archived from the original on 3 April 2016 Retrieved 2 September 2017 Patria y vida no Mensaje polemico de boxeador cubano tras ganar su pelea en Tokyo 2020 Tokyo Olympics Julio Cesar la Cruz wins heavyweight final for Cuba s third boxing gold BBC Sport External links editBoxing record for Julio Cesar La Cruz from BoxRec registration required nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Julio Cesar La Cruz nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julio Cesar La Cruz Julio Cesar La Cruz at AIBA org archived archive Julio Cesar La Cruz at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Julio Cesar La Cruz amp oldid 1182868599, wikipedia, 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