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Biography
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.
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.
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.Iglesias won the bout via unanimous decision.
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. 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.
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. The match lasted into the fourth round before Reis was stopped.
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 | Artur Reis | KO | 4 (12), 2:01 | October 7, 2023 | Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany | Retained IBO super-middleweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Andrii Velikovskyi | TKO | 10 (12), 0:58 | December 9, 2022 | Arena Gliwice - Mala Arena, Gliwice, Poland | Won vacant IBO super-middleweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna | KO | 1 (10), 2:05 | September 24, 2022 | Hala Dworca Łódź Fabryczna, Łódź, Poland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Isaac Chilemba | UD | 12 | May 27, 2022 | Hala Gobus, Lublin, Poland | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental and IBO International super-middleweight titles |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Robert Racz | KO | 1 (10), 2:25 | February 19, 2022 | Hala Orbita, Wrocław, Poland | Won vacant IBO World Youth super-middleweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Rafael Sosa Pintos | TKO | 1 (8), 1:12 | December 11, 2021 | Transcolor, Szeligi, Poland | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Bernard Donfack | TKO | 2 (8), 1:18 | February 8, 2020 | EWS Arena, Göppingen, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Rafael Bejaran | KO | 2 (8), 0:23 | November 9, 2019 | Kuppel, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Malkhaz Sujashvili | TKO | 1 (4), 1:05 | September 7, 2019 | 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