Changing Cuba may alter the face of boxing What if Cuban amateurs no longer had to defect in order to earn a living as fighters? What would it mean to the children of Cuba, who grow up pursuing the ...

Olympic champion in 2016 and four times a world champion, Julio Cesar La Cruz has his eye on Tokyo 2020 glory. That would take him one step closer to Cuba’s all-time boxing greats Felix Savon and ...

* Cuban and Kazakh to fight for light-heavy gold * Britain gains another medal with super-heavy Joyce. * Cuban-born Sotomayor in the medals for Azerbaijan (Adds details on later fights) By Alan ...

In 1962, Cuba's prime minister Fidel Castro decided to impose a ban on athletes participating as professionals in a series of ...

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Filipino boxing fans will remember Cuban Raul Fernandez Liranza as the man who guided Onyok Velasco to a silver medal in the 48kg lightflyweight division at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He was also the ...

from a rival site... Two-time Olympic godl medalist and world amateur champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (118lbs) and world amateur champion Erislandy Lara (147lbs) have apparently fled the Cuban ...

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David Morrell is a Cuban wunderkind with no brakes. He became a champion in just his third professional fight and after that — knockout after knockout. Today, his name echoes next to Canelo and ...

Cuban boxers win at Independence Cup in Dominican Republic Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Feb. 22 (Prensa Latina) The four Cubans who participated in the 45th Independence Cup Boxing ...