{"id":137830,"date":"2026-08-06T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=137830"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:15:27","slug":"yoenli-hernandez-im-the-best-middleweight-in-the-world-right-now-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=137830","title":{"rendered":"Yoenli Hernandez: &#8220;I&#8217;m The Best Middleweight In The World Right Now!&#8221; &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=137830\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=137830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-137831 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/YH-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/YH-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/YH-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/YH.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Undefeated top-rated middleweight star Yoenli \u201cEl Diablo\u201d Hernandez had strong words for the rest of the 160-pound division ahead of his showdown against veteran Argentine contender Francisco Daniel Ver\u00f3n that serves as the co-main event of a PBC Pay-Per-View event available on DAZN and Prime Video taking place Saturday, August 22 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the best middleweight in the world right now,\u201d said Cuba\u2019s Hernandez. \u201cMy hunger for glory, my desire to be champion and win every title\u2014that\u2019s something I don\u2019t see in the rest of the division. Everyone seems to arrive, get the title, and settle. Not me. I\u2019m coming to get the title, keep it, and fight the best. Lately, nobody in my weight class wants to face the best.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Number one-ranked by the WBA and WBO, in addition to being ranked number two by the WBC, Hernandez is the latest amateur prodigy to emerge from Cuba and show world championship potential. After a career-best victory over veteran contender Terrell Gausha in his last bout, Hernandez has spent time training in Orlando ahead of August 22, using the new location to spar with top contenders Yoenis Tellez and David Morrell Jr. Despite his early success, he continues to seek ways to improve across training camps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve focused on polishing the few mistakes I made against Terrell Gausha and Kyrone Davis,\u201d said Hernandez. \u201cWe\u2019re improving, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re focusing on in this camp. I\u2019m just working twice as hard as I did before my last fight to reach my goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The normally reserved Hernandez also shared a direct message for his August 22 opponent Ver\u00f3n, who\u2019s gotten the attention of Hernandez through his comments leading up to fight night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVer\u00f3n says that I am still a &#8216;very amateur&#8217; boxer,\u2019\u201d said Hernandez. \u201cHe thinks that fighting me is like fighting an amateur. He&#8217;s talking too much. It&#8217;s one thing to call the devil, another to see him arrive. I see him saying he&#8217;ll put me in situations no one has put me in before, and I hope he&#8217;s not one of those talkers who doesn\u2019t back up their words inside the ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m going all out, I&#8217;m coming to win. And if he says he&#8217;s going to come forward in the ring, he&#8217;ll have to have more drive than me. And for him to have more drive than me, we&#8217;ll have to see it to believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On August 22, Hernandez will enter the ring on the biggest stage of his young career, competing in the co-main event of a pay-per-view headlined by two of this generation\u2019s most compelling stars in Rolly Romero and Teofimo Lopez. Despite the big names in the main event, Hernandez knows what he has to do to make sure fans remember his performance after fight night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very grateful to be part of such a prestigious card as Rolly vs. Teofimo on August 22,\u201d said Hernandez. \u201cI&#8217;m going to steal the show by giving the Argentine the beating of the year, and show the fans that I am the most complete fighter at 160 pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"360 Conversation With Singer &amp; Songwriter Russ Ballard: Music, 1960&#039;s, Miami Vice, Humanity &amp; More\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pEli_4F6wo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; 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