Yosvany Veitia: The Southpaw Cuban Boxing Sensation
Yosvany Veitía Soto (also listed as Yosbany Veitia) is a Cuban southpaw boxer whose amateur career included world titles, Pan American medals and three Olympic appearances. His best-known international achievements include a 2015 world silver medal, the 2017 world flyweight title and bronze at the 2023 IBA World Championships. These results are recorded by the IBA in 2015, the 2017 championship report and its official 2023 results.
Video note: The preserved embed is titled as Veitía’s 2023 IBA World Championships bout against Türkiye’s Enver Muzaffer. The IBA draw records a 5–0 win for Veitía in that matchup; the same event record lists him as a bronze medalist.
Boxing career and major results
Veitía also won silver in the flyweight division at the 2015 World Championships and gold in 2017. At the Pan American Games, he earned silver medals in 2011, 2015 and 2019. Olympedia’s athlete record lists all three Pan American silvers.
He competed at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. In London, he beat Billy Ward before losing 14–11 to eventual champion Zou Shiming. He reached the quarter-finals at both Rio and Tokyo, losing to Hu Jianguan and Galal Yafai, respectively. The Olympics.com athlete profile confirms his Games appearances; the Olympedia results record covers his Olympic finishes.
Two of Veitía’s amateur wins came against Naoya Inoue, before Inoue turned professional. That accomplishment remains a notable part of Veitía’s amateur record, without relying on outdated pound-for-pound rankings. BoxRec’s amateur record for Inoue lists both losses to Veitía.
Veitía’s professional record is separate from his extensive amateur career. Boxing databases list two professional bouts: a loss to Daniel Ramírez in December 2022 and a loss to Juan Flores Aceves in April 2023, leaving him 0–2. Tapology’s record and Boxerlist’s bout history list those contests.
Veitía’s career is a rare bridge between elite amateur success and a brief professional run. His medals across three World Championships and his repeated Olympic appearances make him one of Cuba’s accomplished modern light-flyweight and flyweight boxers.
Sources
- IBA: 2015 World Championships
- IBA: 2017 World Championships
- IBA: 2023 official draw and results
- Olympedia: Olympic appearances and Pan American medals
- Olympics.com: athlete profile
- BoxRec: Naoya Inoue amateur record
- Tapology: Veitía professional record
- Boxerlist: professional bout history
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
