“When you see yourself in an event like that -the World Cup of Boxing for Cadets- you only think in moving forward and give everything, in every fight”, he mentions on having remembered his performance in the city of the Neva, where he obtained the only crown won by Cuba (division of over 80 kilograms). “Doing it was not easy because one meets difficult boxers; there are countries that take boys of very much level, like the Russians”.

- Tell me about the fight against the Russian in semifinals: was it the most complicated?

- Teacher Humberto Horta said to me that I had to go out strong, not to leave them take it from me and this was what I did: I went out to mark everything I could. Although I like the combat, I can also concentrate on the attack and bring in with everything, this is something that they always repeat to us: you win with the blows you give.

- In Cuba you stay invincible and in the exterior your balance also turns out to be little less than perfect: how do you do it?

- Every day I work very much at the legs displacement, I exercise everything what I can to have good speed and resistance. I like wraping up the assaults with the same potency with which I kicked off. When you take the rhythm of the fight, you have the resistance and the strength to do it, there is no rival who could defeat you.

- What can we expect now from you?

- The juvenile world title. This is my goal, and of course, “La Finca”, I want to be with my brother in the national team.

Translated by BA in English Language, Manuel Barrera Téllez

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