Any info on Juan Hernández Sierra?

[dan_cov]

Only just came across this guy and a search brings up nothing. There is very little footage of this seemingly unknown Cuban despite him having a serious amateur pedigree (2 olympic silvers, 4 golds at the worlds & a bronze, gold x2 @ the Pan ams & 2 golds at the Central American and Caribbean Games)

He beat 6 olympic gold medalists & has wins over Kosta Tyszu, David Reid, Daniel Santos, Ariel Hernandez & Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (an outstanding amateur who has multiple wins over Golovkin) the list is endless

A search on here brings up nothing!
His amateur record and achievements are ridiculous and watching him fight, wow!

Does anybody have more footage of him? This guy was tremendously talented. What a shame there seems to be so little about him available
Evidently he now trains amateurs in Cuba.

[dan_cov]

Amateur record (incomplete)

Olympic Results

1992 (as a welterweight)

Defeated Said Bennajem (France) 6-0
Defeated Jin-Chul Jun (South Korea) RSC 2
Defeated Soren Antman (Sweden) RSC 3
Defeated Anibal Acevedo (Puerto Rico) 11-2
Lost to Michael Carruth (Ireland) 10-13

1996 (as a welterweight)

Defeated József Nagy (Hungary) RSC 2
Defeated Vadim Mezga (Bulgaria) 12-2
Defeated Nurhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 16-8
Defeated Marian Simion (Romania) 20-7
Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) 9-14

2000 (as a Light middleweight)

Defeated Stephan Nzue Mba (Gabon) RSC 3
Defeated Mohamed Salad Marmouri (Tunisia) RSC 3
Lost to Yermakhan Ibrayimov (Kazakhstan) 9-16

World amateur championships

1991 (as a welterweight)

Defeated Javier Martinez (Spain) 43-7
Defeated Ross Thompson (United States) 18-3
Defeated Said Bennajem (France) 19-8
Defeated Stefan Scriggins (Australia) RSC 2
Defeated Andreas Otto (Germany) 22-12

1993 (as a welterweight)

Defeated Alan Wolecki (Scotland) RSC 1
Defeated Orlando Hollis (United States) 19-0
Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 23-4
Defeated Andreas Otto (Germany) 11-4
Defeated Vitalijus Karpaciauskas (Lithuania) 9-3

1995 (as a welterweight)

Defeated Daniel Santos (Puerto Rico) 16-1
Defeated Anders Styve (Norway) 6-2
Defeated Nikola Markovic (Yugoslavia) 6-2
Defeated Andreas Otto (Germany) 7-3
Defeated Oleg Saitov (Russia) 4-2

[Loque-san]

Juan Hernandez Sierra is definitely one of the greatest Cuban amateur boxer of all time with Teofilo Stevenson, Felix Savon, Mario Kindelan, Roberto Balado, Ariel Hernandez, Hector Vinent & Guillermo Rigondeaux.

His amateur achievements are indeed amazing. He also won Gold at the 1987 World Junior Championships, 2 Gold Medals at World Cups and 2 Gold Medals at the Goodwill Games. In his thirteen-year amateur career, he has won everything except an Olympic gold medal despite reaching the Final twice. Not only his style was efficient but it was also beautiful to watch.

He had a "rivalry" with Oleg Saitov, a highly decorated amateur boxer and one of the best amateur to come from Russia. In major tournaments, Hernandez Sierra beat him once (1995 World Championships Final) but lost to him twice (1996 Olympic Games Final & 1997 World Championships Semi-Final).

I give you the link to Hernandez Sierra's 1996 Olympic Final vs Oleg Saitov. The fight was extremely close. I'm sorry I couldn't embed the video. His fight starts at 28:50. You have a list in the video's description. You will also find the fights of Felix Savon, Hector Vinent, Wladimir Klitschko, David Reid, etc. Enjoy!

1996 Olympic Finals Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxdaxJECxhM

1996 Olympic Finals Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwK16aUAJ80

[Loque-san]

Other results:


World Amateur Championships

1997 (as a welterweight):

Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 9-3
Defeated Knanis Tovkonbayev (Uzbekistan) 12-6
Defeated Guillermo Saputo (Argentina) 10-5
Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) 4-5 (Bronze)

1999 (as a welterweight):

Defeated Velichan Gerejchanov (Slovakia) DQ 4
Defeated Larry Mosley (United States) 10-1
Defeated Adrian Suteu (Austria) 10-2
Defeated Leonard Bundu (Italia) 7-5
Defeated Timur Gaydalov (Russia) 5-0 (Gold)


World Junior Championships (Gold):

Defeated Kwon Man Deuk (South Korea) 5-0
Defeated Arpad Szasz (Hungary) RSC 2
Defeated Olaf Trenn (German Democratic Republic) 5-0
Defeated Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) 4-1

[dan_cov]

Juan Hernandez Sierra is definitely one of the greatest Cuban amateur boxer of all time with Teofilo Stevenson, Felix Savon, Mario Kindelan, Roberto Balado, Ariel Hernandez, Hector Vinent & Guillermo Rigondeaux.

His amateur achievements are indeed amazing. He also won Gold at the 1987 World Junior Championships, 2 Gold Medals at World Cups and 2 Gold Medals at the Goodwill Games. In his thirteen-year amateur career, he has won everything except an Olympic gold medal despite reaching the Final twice. Not only his style was efficient but it was also beautiful to watch.

He had a "rivalry" with Oleg Saitov, a highly decorated amateur boxer and one of the best amateur to come from Russia. In major tournaments, Hernandez Sierra beat him once (1995 World Championships Final) but lost to him twice (1996 Olympic Games Final & 1997 World Championships Semi-Final).

I give you the link to Hernandez Sierra's 1996 Olympic Final vs Oleg Saitov. The fight was extremely close. I'm sorry I couldn't embed the video. His fight starts at 28:50. You have a list in the video's description. You will also find the fights of Felix Savon, Hector Vinent, Wladimir Klitschko, David Reid, etc. Enjoy!

1996 Olympic Finals Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxdaxJECxhM

1996 Olympic Finals Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwK16aUAJ80

Awesome. Thank you for the info, I really appreciate it and will add those videos to my favourites now and give them a watch. Just been watching Ariel Hernandez, his fight with Stephen Beets & some highlights. He was phenomenal!

[dan_cov]

Other results:


World Amateur Championships

1997 (as a welterweight):

Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 9-3
Defeated Knanis Tovkonbayev (Uzbekistan) 12-6
Defeated Guillermo Saputo (Argentina) 10-5
Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) 4-5 (Bronze)

1999 (as a welterweight):

Defeated Velichan Gerejchanov (Slovakia) DQ 4
Defeated Larry Mosley (United States) 10-1
Defeated Adrian Suteu (Austria) 10-2
Defeated Leonard Bundu (Italia) 7-5
Defeated Timur Gaydalov (Russia) 5-0 (Gold)


World Junior Championships (Gold):

Defeated Kwon Man Deuk (South Korea) 5-0
Defeated Arpad Szasz (Hungary) RSC 2
Defeated Olaf Trenn (German Democratic Republic) 5-0
Defeated Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) 4-1

Few names I recognise there inc Bundu another very accomplished amateur who fights Frankie Gavin next.
Its a shame Bundu's career has been wasted, he is 39/40 now. He'd better make the most out of his opportunity with Gavin.
I'd love him to pull it off but I fear it maybe too late for him.

[Loque-san]

Awesome. Thank you for the info, I really appreciate it and will add those videos to my favourites now and give them a watch. Just been watching Ariel Hernandez, his fight with Stephen Beets & some highlights. He was phenomenal!

You're welcome. I love these old school videos. I was glad when I found them a few months ago. I guess I got lucky because it's written in Russian(?). It is very rare to have videos of Olympic Boxing Finals in their entirety especially when it was 18 years ago...

[New England]

if golovkin knocked him out you'd call him a bum!


go tweeze rakhim's eyebrows.

[Accountoffline]

Looks like we lost out on what could have been one of the best P4P pros had the dude got into it.

Shame, real shame

[New England]

Looks like we lost out on what could have been one of the best P4P pros had the dude got into it.

Shame, real shame

hes' clearly got the talent and the background, but we can't break out the p4p anointing oil so lightly.


golovkin would stop him in six.