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Total Fights | 31 |
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Wins | 29 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 14 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 14 years and 11 months, Yoan Pablo Hernández fought 31 times with 29 wins and 2 losses.
Hernández retired from professional boxing with a record of 29-2, which included two cruiserweight world-title wins and four successful title defense fights. He had a 45.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 14 of his total 31 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Hernández suffered two knockout losses, both of which were in non-title fights.
His last fight was a 7th round KO defeat to Kevin Johnson on August 22, 2020.
Some of Hernández' best fights and notable victories include wins over Steve Cunningham, Aleksandr Alekseyev, Troy Ross, Firat Arslan, Steve Hérélius, Ali Ismailov, and Mohamed Azzaoui.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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31 | Aug 22, 2020 | 35 | Kevin Johnson | Loss | KO7 |
30 | Aug 16, 2014 | 29 | Firat Arslan | Win * | SD |
29 | Nov 23, 2013 | 29 | Aleksandr Alekseyev | Win * | TKO10 |
28 | Sep 15, 2012 | 27 | Troy Ross | Win * | UD |
27 | Feb 4, 2012 | 27 | Steve Cunningham | Win * | UD |
26 | Oct 1, 2011 | 26 | Steve Cunningham | Win * | TD |
25 | Feb 12, 2011 | 26 | Steve Hérélius | Win | KO7 |
24 | Dec 18, 2010 | 26 | Ali Ismailov | Win | KO1 |
23 | Jun 5, 2010 | 25 | Zack Page | Win | UD |
22 | Mar 12, 2010 | 25 | César David Crenz | Win | UD |
21 | Oct 17, 2009 | 24 | Enad Ličina | Win | UD |
20 | May 9, 2009 | 24 | Aaron Williams | Win | UD |
19 | Feb 28, 2009 | 24 | Micky Steeds | Win | KO5 |
18 | Oct 25, 2008 | 23 | Michael Simms | Win | MD |
17 | Aug 30, 2008 | 23 | Santiago De Paula | Win | TKO5 |
16 | Jun 7, 2008 | 23 | Stefan Raaff | Win | RTD3 |
15 | Mar 29, 2008 | 23 | Wayne Braithwaite | Loss | TKO3 |
14 | Dec 29, 2007 | 23 | Mohamed Azzaoui | Win | KO3 |
13 | Oct 27, 2007 | 22 | Ismail Abdoul | Win | UD |
12 | Aug 18, 2007 | 22 | Daniel Bispo | Win | KO1 |
11 | Jun 23, 2007 | 22 | Thomas Hansvoll | Win | KO1 |
10 | Apr 14, 2007 | 22 | Hector Alfredo Avila | Win | UD |
9 | Dec 16, 2006 | 22 | Jason Curry | Win | KO1 |
8 | Sep 23, 2006 | 21 | Jean Claude Bikoi | Win | UD |
7 | May 13, 2006 | 21 | Carl Gathright | Win | KO1 |
6 | Apr 8, 2006 | 21 | Ervin Slonka | Win | RTD3 |
5 | Mar 4, 2006 | 21 | Aleksejs Kosobokovs | Win | UD |
4 | Dec 10, 2005 | 21 | Aleksejs Kosobokovs | Win | DQ |
3 | Nov 12, 2005 | 21 | Mounir Chibi | Win | UD |
2 | Sep 10, 2005 | 20 | Vladislav Druso | Win | KO1 |
1 | Sep 3, 2005 | 20 | David Vicena | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Yoan Pablo Hernández (Iron Man) is a 39-year old retired Cuban professional boxer. He was born in Pinar del Río, Cuba on October 28, 1984. He is a former cruiserweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 2005 to 2020.
Hernández made his professional boxing debut against David Vicena at the age of 20 on September 3, 2005, defeating Vicena via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 13 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 7 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on October 1, 2011 after 25 professional fights, against Steve Cunningham for the cruiserweight IBF title. He defeated Cunningham via 6 round technical decision to become the cruiserweight champion of the world.
Hernández has won two world titles at cruiserweight. For all the details about Hernández' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Hernández had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against American boxer Kevin Johnson on August 22, 2020. Hernández lost the fight via 7th round KO. It's been 3 years, 8 months, and 4 days since this fight.
Hernández had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and four successful title defenses. He won all five of these fights.
Yoan Pablo Hernández fought for cruiserweight world titles in two fights and won both the times. In total, he won two cruiserweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 4, 2012 | Steve Cunningham | Cruiserweight | The Ring* | UD |
Oct 1, 2011 | Steve Cunningham | Cruiserweight | IBF | TD |
Yoan Pablo Hernández had four cruiserweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Aug 16, 2014 | Firat Arslan | Cruiserweight | IBF, The Ring | SD |
Nov 23, 2013 | Aleksandr Alekseyev | Cruiserweight | IBF, The Ring | TKO |
Sep 15, 2012 | Troy Ross | Cruiserweight | IBF, The Ring | UD |
Feb 4, 2012 | Steve Cunningham | Cruiserweight | IBF | UD |
Hernández fought a total of 31 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the cruiserweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
October 1, 2011: Hernández wins his first world title by defeating Steve Cunningham via 6 round technical decision. He is now the IBF cruiserweight world champion.
February 4, 2012: Hernández wins The Ring cruiserweight title from Steve Cunningham, by beating Cunningham via 12 round unanimous decision.
Hernández knocked out 14 of his 31 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 45.2%. Of his total 29 wins, 14 of them were via KO (48.3%).
Hernández' first world-title win was the IBF belt at cruiserweight. He defeated Steve Cunningham via 6 round technical decision to win the title.
Hernández won two world titles at cruiserweight.
Hernández had 4 successful title defense fights.