- Andry Laffita
Andry Laffita Fernández (born
March 26 ,1978 inPinar del Rio ) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the silver medal at the2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships inMianyang .Career
In 1996 the flashy southpaw won the world junior championships but kept standing in the shadows of even more others.1997 he lost to
Maikro Romero , 11 times toYan Barthelemi , beat him just once, and to Y.Gamboa.From 1999 to 2001 he was suspended for two years for use of steroids.Laffita rose to prominence only after Olympic champ
Yuriorkis Gamboa couldn't make the weight any more.In Myanyang he upsetSomjit Jongjohor (THA),Violito Payla ,Juan Carlos Payano ,Jérôme Thomas (FRA) and Mirat Sarsenbayev to reach the final. There he lost toLee Ok-Sung .2006 and 2007 he was beaten by compatriot
Yoandri Salinas in the national championships but when Salinas moved up a division he claimed the championship in 2008 vsAlexei Collado .At the Strandya Cup he beatKhalid Saeed Yafai but lost to a local.He qualified for the Olympics by edging out
Braulio Ávila by razor-thin countback decision in the semifinal of the qualifier, a final loss toJuan Carlos Payano was meaningless.World amateur championships results
"'2005 (as a flyweight)
*DefeatedSomjit Jongjohor (Thailand) 16-14
*DefeatedJerome Thomas (France) 29-15
*DefeatedViolito Payla (Philippines) RSCO
*DefeatedJuan Carlos Payano (Dominican Republic) 31-22
*DefeatedMirat Sarsembayev (Kazakhstan) 29-16
*Lost toLee Ok-Sung (South Korea) 22-33 (final match)Olympic results 2008
2008 (as a flyweight)
*1st round bye
*DefeatedKhalid Yafai (Great Britain) 9-3
*DefeatedMcWilliams Arroyo (Puerto Rico) 11-2
*DefeatedGeorgy Balakshin (Russia) 9-8
*Lost toSomjit Jongjohor 2-8 (final match)External links
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2005.html 2005 results]
* [http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/laffita.html Amateur record]
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