Joahnys Argilagos

Joahnys Argilagos
Argilagos in 2015
Born	Joahnys Óscar Argilagos Pérez (1997-01-11) 11 January 1997 (age 27) Camagüey, Cuba
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super flyweight
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Reach	65 in (165 cm)
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	10
Wins	9
Wins by KO	4
Losses	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2016 Rio Janeiro Light flyweight World Championships 2015 Doha Light flyweight 2017 Hamburg Light flyweight Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Light flyweight Pan American Championship 2017 Tegucigalpa [fr] Light flyweight

Joahnys Óscar Argilagos Pérez^[a] (born 11 January 1997) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as a gold medal at both the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.^[2][3][4]

Argilagos took up boxing in 2007 at the age of 10.^[5] He is fighting at amateur level for the World Series of Boxing, under the auspices of the (amateur) International Boxing Association. He has won the 2013 AIBA Junior World Championships, the 2015 AMBC American Confederation Boxing Championships, and the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships in light flyweight. He also won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and a bronze at the 2016 Olympics.^[6]

Amateur career

Olympic result

Rio 2016

• Round of 16: Defeated Galal Yafai (Great Britain) 2–1
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Peter Mungai Warui (Kenya) 3–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated by Yuberjen Martínez (Colombia) 2–1

World Championship results

Doha 2015

• Round of 16: Defeated Samuel Carmona (Spain) 3–0
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Brendan Irvine (Republic of Ireland) 3–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated Dmytro Zamotayev (Ukraine) 3–0
• Final: Defeated Vasilii Egorov (Russia) 3–0

Hamburg 2017

• Second round: Defeated Oscar Collazo (Puerto Rico) 3–2
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Salah Ibrahim (Germany) 5–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated Zhomart Yerzhan (Kazakhstan) 5–0
• Final: Defeated Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) 3–2

Pan American Games result

Toronto 2015

• Quarter-finals: Defeated Kevin Arias (Nicaragua) 2–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated Yoel Finol (Venezuela) 2–1
• Final: Defeated by Joselito Velázquez (Mexico) 3–0

Defection

In March 2018, Argilagos failed to appear at a weigh-in during a tournament in Tijuana. It was thought that Argilagos had defected from Cuba to become professional, following the likes of Luis Ortiz, Guillermo Rigondeaux and Yuriorkis Gamboa who had all previously defected from Cuba and later became professional.^[7]

Professional boxing record

10 fights	9 wins	1 loss
By knockout	4	1
By decision	5	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
10	Win	9–1	Mario Hernandez	UD	4	17 Dec 2022	The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S
9	Loss	8–1	Michell Banquez	RTD	6 (10), 3:00	28 Jan 2022	Hialeah Park Race Track, Hialeah, Florida, US
8	Win	8–0	Luis Javier Valdes	KO	1 (6), 0:29	7 Aug 2021	Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
7	Win	7–0	Juan Pablo Meza	UD	8	9 Jul 2021	Airport Hilton, Miami, Florida, US
6	Win	6–0	Ernie Marquez	UD	4	29 Jan 2021	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US
5	Win	5–0	Samuel Gutierrez	TKO	1 (6), 2:19	17 Oct 2020	Manual Artime Community Center Theater, Miami, Florida, US
4	Win	4–0	Erick Alonso Hernandez	TKO	1 (4), 2:58	28 Feb 2020	Southern Junction Nightclub, Irving, Texas, US
3	Win	3–0	Julio Garcia	TKO	2 (4), 1:19	31 Aug 2019	Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
2	Win	2–0	Juan Centeno	SD	6	24 May 2019	Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida, US
1	Win	1–0	Josue Morales	MD	6	3 May 2019	Fort Bend Fairgrounds, Richmond, Texas, US

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Argilagos and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

References

1. "Boxing record for Joahnys Argilagos". BoxRec.
2. "JOAHNYS ARGILAGOS". olympic.org. Retrieved 8 December 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
3. "WSB STARS SHINE AT AIBA WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 IN DOHA". worldseriesboxing.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
4. "Hamburg 2017 WC Results: Cuba Is Back, Dominates the Rest". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
5. "International Boxing Association profile". International Boxing Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
6. "Joahnys Argilagos". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
7. "Cuban boxer Joahnys Argilagos abandoned tournament in Tijuana". efe.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

External links

• Boxing record for Joahnys Argilagos from BoxRec (registration required)
• Joahnys Argilagos at Olympedia (archive)
• Joahnys Argilagos at Olympics.com
• Joahnys Argilagos at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)