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 ...

David Morrell is a Cuban wunderkind with no brakes. He became a champion in just his third professional fight and after that ...

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 ...

Cuban boxing is steeped in history when it comes to amateur boxing producing some of the best amateur fighters the sport has ever seen. As the years have progressed, a handful have moved to the ...

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the reason why Cuban boxers do not turn professional? Also, if they had have done, how succesful do you think the likes of Savon, Stevenson and Kindelan would have ...

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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