Havana, Cuba – As acrid sweat fills a dank boxing gym in east Havana, water drips through a crack in the ceiling. Next to a small puddle beside the ring, women wearing protective padding spar ...

Harbin, May 24 (IANS) Despite limited proficiency in Chinese, Cuban native Armando exchanges boxing techniques seamlessly with Chinese students. Armando, born in 1975, served as a member of the ...

Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba’s female boxers had to roll with the punches. While the island has long been famed for its top-level male boxers, women were blocked by an ...

CUBA, Mo. — Cuban female boxer now can officially punch in the boxing ring after Cuban authorities have allowed women to compete in boxing. The first official women match in the boxing match in ...

The Cuban Boxing Federation (FCB) issued a statement on the website of Cuba's INDER sports institute saying it had been "informed that the athlete Andy Cruz Gomez took part in an attempt to ...

According to Boxing Scene, Cuba’s best amateur boxers can turn pro as early as May and will be represented by Golden Ring Promotions based in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The outlet also received a ...

Cuban boxers can now turn pro without having to flee their homeland. An agreement was reached by the Federacion Cubano de Boxeo (FCB) to allow pro boxing for the first time in sixty years.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Olympic boxing two-time gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez abandoned Cuba's national team during a training camp in Mexico, the Cuban Sports Institute said on Thursday, the second ...

Boxer Osain Gonzalez prepares to fight in a local boxing tournament in Old Havana, Cuba :: /AP HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba is breaking a five-decade ban on professional boxing and joining an international ...

He was 60 years old. Stevenson won three Olympic gold medals fighting for Cuba and is still tied for the record in the sport. Boxing was briefly banned after Cuba’s 1959 revolution. But with the ...