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yuniel dorticos

'the ko doctor'

Nation

cuba

Date of birth

march 11, 1986 (36 Years Old)

Height

6 ft 3 (191 cm)

Reach

80 in (203 cm)

Wins

25

Losses

2

Ko's

23

yuniel dorticos bio

yuniel dorticos

'the ko doctor'

Nation

cuba

DATE OF BIRTH​

march 11, 1986 (36 Years Old)

Height

6 FT 3 (191 CM)

REACH​

80 IN (203 CM)

wins

25

Losses

2

ko's

23

Titles Won

WBA (interim) world cruiserweight

WBA (regular) world cruiserweight

IBF world cruiserweight

WBA (interim) fedelatin cruiserweight
wbc latino cruiserweight

Titles Won

WBA (interim) world cruiserweight

WBA (regular) world cruiserweight

IBF world cruiserweight

WBA (interim) fedelatin cruiserweight
wbc latino cruiserweight

Background

Dorticos had a successful amateur career as a Cruiserweight despite never winning a Gold medal. He won several bronze and silver medals both nationally and internationally, competing in tournaments such as the Cuban National Championships, the Strandzha Cup and the Cuban Olympiad.

yuniel dorticos background

Accomplishments

Starting his professional career as a Cruiserweight in 2009, Dorticos won several continental titles before challenging for the WBA Cruiserweight title in 2017 during the WBSS held in 2017 and 2018. He fell to Murat Gassiev in the semi-final of the tournament after beings topped in the twelfth round of their match.

In the second series of the WBSS for the Cruiserweight division held from 2018 to 2020, Yuniel Dorticos did much better, reaching all the way to the final but losing by a close majority decision to eventual winner Mairis Briedis in 2020.

Dorticos’ last fight was a stoppage victory over opponent Jesse Bryan in 2021.

Boxing Style

yuniel dorticos boxing style

Yuniel Dorticos has embodied all the aspects a boxer needs to become a world champion, showing a high chin resistance, decent technical skills and all the physical attributes that’s needed to become and stay the top boxer in the division. His most noticeable attribute is his power which has led to the very high KO-rate of 92% he has now.