Yoenis Tellez


Yoenis Tellez is a Cuban professional boxer. He held the WBA interim super-welterweight title in 2025.
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Amateur career

Tellez won national youth titles in 2017 and 2018. Telez defected from Cuba in 2020 to turn professional in Russia. After two fights there, he returned to Cuba before entering the United States in 2022 and joined Ronnie Shields' gym in Houston.

Professional career

Tellez featured on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs Errol Spence where he faced Sergio Garcia. Tellez produced his best performance yet stopping the Spaniard in the third round.
Tellez was scheduled to face Johan Gonzalez at Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, on October 19, 2024. He won the fight via seventh-round technical knockout.
Tellez defeated Julian Williams by unanimous decision for the WBA interim super-welterweight title at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on March 1, 2025.
Back at the Caribe Royale Orlando, he lost the title in his first defense to Abass Baraou, going down to a unanimous decision defeat on August 23, 2025.
At the same venue on December 13, 2025, Tellez return to winning ways when his opponent, Kendo Castaneda, retired at the end of the fifth of their scheduled eight-round bout.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
12Win11–1Kendo CastanedaRTD5, 3:0013 Dec 2025Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.
11Loss10–1Abass BaraouUD1223 Aug 2025Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.Lost WBA interim light-middleweight title
10Win10–0Julian WilliamsUD121 Mar 2025Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.Won vacant WBA interim super-welterweight title
9Win9–0Johan GonzalezTKO7, 1:5719 Oct 2024Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.Retained WBA Continental Latin America light-middleweight title
8Win8–0Joseph JacksonUD1026 Apr 2024Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.Retained WBA Continental Latin America light-middleweight title
7Win7–0Livan NavarroKO10, 1:2115 Dec 2023Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.Won vacant WBA Continental Latin America light-middleweight title
6Win6–0Sergio GarcíaTKO3, 2:0229 Jul 2023T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
5Win5–0Cameron KraelPTS612 May 2023Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.
4Win4–0Alberto DelgadoTKO2 0:3825 Feb 2023Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.
3Win3–0Dario Guerrero-MenesesTKO3 0:275 Nov 2022Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S
2Win2–0Andrey TomashchukTKO3, 0:2731 Oct 2020Red Arena, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
1Win1–0Nikita BorisenkovTKO2, 0:5025 Jun 2020Vegas City Hall, Krasnogorsk, Russia