Before the ban, Cuba had built a reputation in boxing, at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Cuba won two silver medals, at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Cuban boxers dominated the field by winning ten medals ...

Cuban Olympic medalist boxer Jorge Hernandez instructs his pupils at his academy in Havana ... fast and precise boxing. / AFP / YAMIL LAGE (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty ...

Sarbelio Fuentes Rodríguez, one of Cuba’s most respected boxing legends, passed away on April 19, 2025, at the age of 85. Born in Santiago de Cuba back in 1939, Fuentes had an incredible ...

Yet Estephan is keen to see the rising Osleys Iglesias get his chance. “Firstly, Cuban boxing, they get a bad rap sometimes because they are boxers more than they are fighters, and yesterday ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Cuban Arlen Lopez Cardona's bid for a record-equalling third Olympic gold medal ended when he was eliminated from the men's light-heavyweight boxing competition on Sunday in a ...

Half of Cuba’s gold medals in the Olympic Games are due to boxing. The successful path of Cuban boxers on the Olympic podium began in Munich 1972 with three golden accomplishments of ...