HAVANA — Cuban boxers will be allowed to fight professionally for the first time since the 1960s under a deal with a Mexican promoter, officials said. The scope of the deal announced Monday wasn’t ...

Yoenis Tellez first strolled into Ronnie Shields Boxing Gym in Stafford, Texas, one afternoon in September of 2022, bringing big dreams and bigger baggage. In his native Cuba, Tellez had been a ...

Cuban boxing champ Julio Cesar La Cruz said his country’s entry into the professional realm will be ‘beautiful, special and historic’ – Copyright AFP Genya ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Robeisy Ramirez flummoxed his opponent for three Olympic rounds, landing precise punches and nimbly avoiding trouble. From bell to bell, the gold medalist showcased the same ...

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 ...

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After nearly six decades of boxing sport ban, for the first time Cubans will have a chance to watch their very own throwing punches live. The late leader Fidel Castro raised a ban for the sport after ...

HAVANA, June 11 (Reuters) - - Cuban heavyweight boxing great Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals but turned down a chance to fight Muhammad Ali for $5 million, has died of a heart ...

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