| 02/03/2021 – 18:58 (GMT-4)
Prominent Cuban boxer José Luis Hernández died on Tuesday in the municipality of Alquízar, Artemisa province, at the age of 56, the sports website reported JIT.
Hernández was champion of the 67-kilogram division during the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana and represented the Cuban boxing team in multiple international tournaments and World Championships.
“He leaves us a proven Cuban physically, beyond his hips as an exponent of our boxing, which he served with passion and dedication,” INDER President Osvaldo Vento Montiller wrote on Twitter.
The divisions in which Hernández stood out ranged from 63.5, 67 and 71 kilograms, in which he was medaled with all metals at national tournaments such as Playa Girón and Giraldo Córdova Cardín, winning the first in 1988 and 1989. .
In 1987, he won the Gee-Bee tournaments in Helsinki, Finland, after defeating German Torsten Schmitz 4-1 and Feliks Stamm in Warsaw, Poland, when he eliminated Cornel Ladewig, also German, in the first round. .
After retiring in 1990, Hernández continued his relationship with the sport of fists as a physiotherapist and coach in the Cuban preselection.
His main achievement as a coach was the silver medal won by boxer Lorenzo Aragón at the 2004 Athens Olympics, which led him to go to Ecuador as a professional, due to his results.
Hernández’s body will be covered in Alquízar and buried in Guane, Pinar del Río, where the boxer was born. INDER, the Cuban Olympic Committee and the Cuban Boxing Federation expressed their condolences to the family and friends of the beloved boxer.
February was fatal for Cuban sports. In the last few days, the legendary runner from home has died Pedro „Cheíto” José Rodríguez, the Cuban jug Gregorio Américo Pérez Valdés, better known as Gregorio “Mano Negra” Pérez, and Alfredo Quintana, Cuban goalkeeper of the Portuguese handball team Porto.
The three national athletes died at the age of 64, 79 and 32, respectively. Particularly tragic was the early death of the Cuban handball star, whose death ended a good career in the Portuguese league.
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