Julio César De La Cruz Peraza, born on 11 August 1989 and known as Julio César la Cruz, is a Cuban boxer from Camagüey. As an amateur he won the Olympic gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2016 Games and a second Olympic gold at the 2020 Games, and he won the world championships in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021. He also won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. In January 2014 he was shot outside a recreation center in his home town and taken to hospital. As a professional he qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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He won the gold medal at the men's light heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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