Yoenis Tellez

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

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.

Tellez was scheduled to face Brian Mendoza on March 28, 2026, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He won by unanimous decision.

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