Things you didn’t know about IBO world champ Osleys Iglesias
After the IBF recently ordered Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Osleys Iglesias to contest the now-vacant super-middleweight championship, many fight fans are left wondering exactly who the Cuban fighter is.
With only 14 fights to his name, all outside the U.S., Iglesias hasn’t fought in front of a big enough audience to have established his name yet, but that could be all about to change if he does indeed fight the Mexican megastar next.
Terence Crawford vacated his undisputed super-middleweight championships after he announced his retirement from the sport in December 2025, scattering his four world titles all around for the top contenders to scramble after.
IBF #1 Iglesias is first in line, then Canelo is the next top contender at #3, but who is he? BBN found out many interesting facts about Osleys below.
Who is Osleys Iglesias?
Osleys Iglesias was born December 12, 1997, in Havana, Cuba, and is currently 28-years-old.
As an amateur, he won four silver medals at middleweight in the Cuban National Championships between 2015 to 2018.
His amateur record is listed at 184 wins – 16 losses.
He is promoted by Camille Estephan of Eye of the Tiger Management and trained by Marc Ramsay in Montreal, Canada.
He became the IBO world super-middleweight champion in December 2022 and has made four successful defences over three years.
He has also won WBA Inter-Continental, IBO International, IBO Youth titles at super-middleweight.
Iglesias is ranked IBF #1 / WBC #7 / WBO #12.
Osleys has a 92.86% KO ratio after stopping 14 of his 15 foes. He has only boxed in 51 rounds, averaging a knockout every 3.64 rounds.
Nine of his KOs have come within rounds one and two.
He has fought in Poland x5 / Germany x4 / Canada x5.
His career-best win came against Vladimir Shishkin in an IBF eliminator in September 2025. Osleys knocked the highly-regarded Russin out in the eighth eound.
He stands at 6’2″ tall (1.89m).
