Yuniel Dorticos Pao was born on 11 March 1986 and is a Cuban professional boxer.
25 Facts About Yuniel Dorticos
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Yuniel Dorticos is a two-time former cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2017 to 2018 and the IBF title from 2019 to 2020.
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Yuniel Dorticos placed second three times in a row at the Cuban national championships from 2005- 2007 at light-heavyweight, each time behind Yusiel Napoles.
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Yuniel Dorticos slowly worked his way up the ranks, fighting outmatched opponents.
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Yuniel Dorticos won his first 17 fights by knockout.
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In February 2014, Yuniel Dorticos defeated Hamilton Ventura in his 16th professional fight.
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Yuniel Dorticos was knocked down for the first time in the first round of a bout against Eric Fields.
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Yuniel Dorticos was able to dust himself off and return the knockdown towards the end of that same round.
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Yuniel Dorticos knocked out Fields at 2 minutes 59 seconds in round four.
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Nevertheless, Yuniel Dorticos won a wide unanimous decision.
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Yuniel Dorticos sought fights against Murat Gassiev, Beibut Shumenov, and Denis Lebedev but was ultimately unable to get any of them in the ring.
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Yuniel Dorticos became the mandatory to the WBA's champion Denis Lebedev following a win over Fulgencio Zuniga.
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In turn, the WBA ordered Yuniel Dorticos to fight Youri Kalenga for an interim championship.
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Yuniel Dorticos dropped Kalenga in the second round after a flurry of shots.
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Yuniel Dorticos lost a point at the end of round eight for hitting after the bell.
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In round ten, Yuniel Dorticos landed a flurry a punches on Kalenga, at which point the referee stopped the fight.
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On fight night, Yuniel Dorticos retained his title and advanced to the semi-finals by knocking out Kudryashov in two rounds.
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Yuniel Dorticos successfully executed a pull counter as the bell sounded.
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Yuniel Dorticos ended the contest by knocking out Kudryashov with a right hook.
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Yuniel Dorticos was expected to beat Masternak, and came into the fight as the betting favorite.
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Yuniel Dorticos won the fight by a tenth-round knockout, flooring Tabiti with a well placed right hand, which left him unable to rise from the canvas for several minutes afterwards.
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Yuniel Dorticos was scheduled to face the former WBO cruiserweight titlist Mairis Briedis in the WBSS tournament finals.
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Yuniel Dorticos had a good start to the fight, but flagged as the fight progressed, with Briedis landing the more damaging shots.
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Yuniel Dorticos faced Jesse Bryan on November 20,2021, at the Manual Artime Community Center Theater in Miami, Florida.
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Yuniel Dorticos won the fight by a second-round technical knockout, after knocking Bryan down twice in the first round.