Richar Abril

Richar " Richard" Abril ( born August 10, 1982 in Cuba) is a Cuban professional boxer and current world champion of the WBA lightweight.

Career

As an amateur boxer, he won 286 of 305 fights. In 1996 he was Cuban junior champion, won the 1998 Playa Giron Cup 1999 reached the second place in the Guama Boxing Cup in 2000 and also the second place in the Team Tournament Cuba. Despite its impressive Battle statistics he was never used at major international events, since he is one not faced in his weight class, among others, Mario Kindelán (two -time Olympic champion, three-time World Champion) and Enrique Carrión ( world champion, two-time Vice World Champion) to compelling competition. From 1999 to 2002 he participated in the Cuban championships in the elite class, but where he left always before reaching the semi-finals.

He was in the U.S. professional in 2005 and remained unbeaten in eleven fights. On 27 June 2008, however, he lost on points against Breidis Prescott and on 22 January 2010 on points against Henry Lundy. With five wins in a row against Jose Reyes of Puerto Rico, Miguel Ángel Munguia from Mexico, Julio Camaño from Panama, Sergio Rivera from Mexico and former WBA champion Miguel Acosta, he received 14 April 2012 against a WBA world title chance Brandon Rios, but this was subject to great controversy on points. Not less than 17 unofficial judge of journals and boxing broadcasters had Richard Abril seen as the winner, including those of Ring Magazine and ESPN.

Since Brandon Ríos, however, had exceeded the lightweight limit, he was stripped of the title on the drawing board and awarded Abril. This defended the title in a dirty fight on March 2, 2013 by unanimous decision against undefeated Sharif Bogere from Uganda.