Cuba's
Julio Cesar la Cruz in the category of 81kg was chosen on Wednesday by the
American Confederation of International Boxing Association as the best fighter
in the continent in 2013, the second time in his career, Cuba's news
agency Prensa Latina reported.
La Cruz stood out for achieving his second title in amateur
boxing at world championships last October in the city of Almaty,
Kazakhstan
for going undefeated through 25 fights.
The boxer, born in the eastern city of Camaguey, also
dominated the Golden Belt of Romania and the Havana tournament "Cordova
Cardin", besides debuting victorious at the fourth World Series and
amounting five national titles.
This is the second time that La Cruz won the hemispheric
award after getting it in 2011 for his first title in a world championship,
conquered in Baku, Azerbaijan. And in that same year,
the Cuban boxer also won the gold at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
With this new distinction, Cuban fighters continue to
dominate the hemisphere scepter of amateur boxing since it was established by
the Confederation in 2009.
Concerning the women's sector, the annual laurel of the
region fell on the Dominican Yenebier Guillen (75 kg).
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