Osmay Acosta

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Osmay Acosta Duarte (born April 3, 1985 ) is a Cuban boxer . He won the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , the 2007 Pan American Championships, a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships .

Career

Osmay Acosta was discovered for boxing when he was a boy and is now part of the Cuban amateur boxer training center in Havana . As a 20-year-old, he started in the Cuban senior light heavyweight championship in 2005, but retired in the first round with a point defeat against the experienced Yunier Dorticos . In 2006 he was used at the Central American and Caribbean Championships and was there with a point victory in the final over Julio Payares from Venezuela (13: 9) tournament winner in the heavyweight division.

At the Cuban championship in January 2007, he made his breakthrough at the national level, because he was Cuban heavyweight champion with a point victory over Ismaikel Pérez. There were also further successes at the international level. In 2007 he won the qualifying tournament for the Pan American Games in Barquisimeto / Venezuela . There he beat Adam Willett from the United States safely on points in the final . Also at the Independence Cup 2007 in Santiago de los Caballeros in the cathedral. Rep. The winner was Osmay Acosta. Here he defeated Jorge Quiñones from Ecuador on points (13-0) in the final . At the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , he won over Deivis Julio from Colombia on points (10: 2), over Rafael Lima from Brazil by breaking off in the 2nd round and over José Payares again on points (11: 2) and was thus Heavyweight winner. He could not take part in the 2007 World Cup in Chicago because Cuba did not send a team to Chicago.

At the end of 2007 he received another great honor. He was voted the best Cuban boxer of 2007. Knowing the strength and breadth of the Cuban boxers is a great personal achievement.

2008 also began very successfully for Osmay Acosta. With a point victory in the final battle over Yuniesqui González (16:14) he was again Cuban heavyweight champion. Then he qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in Port of Spain / Trinidad . He won over Anderson Emanuel (10: 6) from Barbados , Sylvera-Jaques Louis from Canada (9: 1) and Deontay Wilder from the United States (12: 1) on points. At the weakly occupied Pan American Championships this year in Cuenca / Ecuador, points wins over Deivis Julio from Colombia (15: 4) and Julio Castillo from Ecuador (8: 3) were enough to win the heavyweight title.

In May 2008 Osmay Acosta took part in the 8th Klitschko Brothers Tournament in Kiev . In his first fight there, he defeated the reigning world champion Clemente Russo from Italy in a duel that was carefully conducted by both sides just by points (4: 2). He then also won over Sergei Piwowarenko from the Ukraine on points (14:12) and was somewhat surprisingly defeated in the final by Ukrainian Oleksandr Ussyk on points (4:10).

Despite this defeat, Osmay Acosta was considered a great Cuban hope at the Beijing Olympics. In Beijing he did not quite live up to these hopes. He won over Olanrewaju Durodola from Nigeria (11: 0) and Helias Pavlidis , Greece (7: 4) on points, but lost in the semifinals against Rachim Ruslanowitsch Tschakchijew from Russia on points (5:10) and therefore had to win the bronze medal to be satisfied.

In December 2008 he won the heavyweight tournament at the World Cup in Moscow . He defeated Evgeni Romanow (15: 4) and Roman Musalimow (21: 3), both from Russia clearly on points, and came in the final to a non-fighting victory over Oleksandr Ussyk. In January 2009, Acosta won the Cuban heavyweight championships for the third time in a row.

At the World Championships in Milan in September 2009 , Acosta won the silver medal after losing in the final to Yegor Mechonzew , Russia . Previously, he had prevailed in points wins against Con Sheehan, Terwel Pulew , Mohamed Arjaoui and John M'Bemba.

In 2010 Acosta was the last Cuban champion and then lost at an international tournament in Debrecen to Yegor Mechonzew , Russia (7: 2), and in Yambol to Sergey Kalchugin, Russia (4: 2). During the year he lost twice to Leinier Perot and once to Erislandy Savón at national level . After this accumulation of defeats, Acosta withdrew from active sport.

International success

(Hs = light heavy weight, S = heavy weight, up to 81 kg or up to 91 kg body weight)

  • 2006, 1st place , Central America. u. Caribbean Championship, S, ahead of Julio Payares, Venezuela ;
  • 2007, 1st place , Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , S, ahead of José Payares, Venezuela, Rafael Lima, Brazil a . Jorge Quinones;
  • 2008, 1st place , Pan America. Championship in Cuenca / Ecuador, S, ahead of Julio Castillo, Ecuador;
  • 2008, bronze medal, OS in Beijing, S, with points wins over Olanrewaju Durodola, Nigeria (11: 0) and Helias Pavlidis, Greece) 7: 4) and a point defeat against Rachim Ruslanowitsch Tschakchijew , Russia (5:10);
  • 2008, 1st place , World Cup in Moscow , S, with point wins over Evgeni Romanow (15: 4) and. Roman Musalimow (21: 3), bde. Russia and a non-fighting victory over Alexander Usik, Ukraine;
  • 2009, 2nd place , World Championships in Milan, S, behind Yegor Mechonzew , Russia

Cuban championships

(Final results)

  • 2007, S, points winner over Ismaikel Pérez,
  • 2008, S, points winner over Yuniesqui González
  • 2009, S, points winner over Pedro Julio Rodríguez
  • 2010, S, points winner over Jose Larduet

swell

  • Box Sport trade journal from 2005 to 2008,
  • Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl"
personal data
SURNAME Acosta, Osmay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acosta Duarte, Osmay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cuban boxer
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1985