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.