Yordanis Despaigne

Name: Yordanis Despaigne
Birth Name: Yordani Despaigne Herrera
Born: 1980-02-12
Nationality: Cuban
Hometown: Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6′ 1″   /   185cm
Boxing Record: click

Trainer: James (Buddy) McGirt

Yordani Despaigne Herrera is a Cuban boxer who represented Cuba as a Middleweight at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Results were:

• Defeated Jean Pascal (Canada) 36-24
• Defeated Karoly Balzsay (Hungary) 38-25
• Lost to Andre Dirrell (USA) 11-12

World amateur championships results

2003 (as a middleweight)

• Defeated Mamadou Diambang (France) 36-17
• Defeated Tomas Adamek (Czech Republic) 27-20
• Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) 33-13
• Lost to Gennadiy Golovkin Kazakhstan) 26-29 (semifinals)

Despaigne defected from Cuba in the spring of 2009, along with fellow Cubans Guillermo Rigondeaux and Yudel Jhonson, to turn professional.