Nicknamed “54 Milagros" (Miracles), Ugas defected from Cuba in 2010, taking a circuitous route from Mexico to Miami, leaving behind his parents and several cousins, and turning pro as a Miami-based welterweight in 2010, going 5-0 with three knockouts over five months. I know I won against Julius Indongo, also, but I don’t remember the score.”Ī post shared by Yordenis Ugas on at 7:49pm PDT ENDURING IN AMERICA I beat Khabib in the semifinals of the World Amateur Championships, 45-21, in 2005, and both Jose Pedraza and Sadam Ali in 2008. “I’ve beaten Francisco Vargas twice, in 2005 and in 2006.
I fought and beat Darlys Perez four times, including in the Pan American Games,” said Ugas. It was an awesome fight, but I always knew Crawford had greatness in him and a bright future in the sport. With ‘Bud’ Crawford, I beat him 27-10 in the 2007 Pan American Games.
Ugas blossomed as an amateur, claiming victories over current and past professional champions Terence Crawford, Darlys Perez, Francisco Vargas, Khabib Allakverdiev, Jose Pedraza, Julius Indongo and Sadam Ali. These are the things that make you who you are in life.” “These are the things that toughen you up when you’re young and prepare you to become a boxer. “I come from a humble family that had no roof over their head or anything,” said Ugas. A post shared by Yordenis Ugas on at 8:41pm PST AN ACCOMPLISHED CUBAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONĪ Cuban bronze medal winner in the 2008 Olympic Games, Yordenis Ugas began boxing at age six 6 as a way of coping with the poverty he endured as a youth.