Loren Berto Alfonoso, el cubano sensación del boxeo olímpico

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A pesar de ser campeón mundial de boxeo, el cubano que representa a Azerbaiyán Loren Berto Alfonso saltó a la fama tras vencer al bicampeón olímpico Julio César La Cruz en su primera pelea de los Juegos Olímpicos París 2024.

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00:00Lorenberto Alfonso has signed one of the most incredible stories of the Olympic Games.

00:05He is Cuban, but few knew him in Cuba before defeating the Olympic runner-up

00:09and flag bearer of the Inder delegation in Paris 2024, Julio César Lacruz.

00:14Lorenberto represents Azerbaijan, and his first fight was against his idol Lacruz,

00:20whom he ended up eliminating to steal the dream of his third Olympic gold.

00:24And he did it on his birthday.

00:27Alfonso was born 30 years ago in Pinar del Río, and after emigrating to Azerbaijan with his coach Pedro Roque,

00:34he was already Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2020, where Arlen López beat him in the semifinals.

00:39Then he was proclaimed world champion in 2021, and silver in the last Orbe championship.

00:45Now he has risen to a division and has made history in search of Olympic gold.

00:49A path through which you can find another cougar who left Cuba looking for a better future,

00:54Emmanuel Reyes Plá, the great hope of boxing in Spain.

00:59In these Olympic Games in Paris 2024, Cuban boxers nationalized with other teams

01:05are being the great figures of pugilism.

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