Boxing is a popular sport in Cuba. As of 1992, there were over 16,000 boxers on the island. Across Cuba today there are 494 boxing coaches and 185 facilities...

Boxing for Cuba: An Immigrant’s Story of Despair, Endurance, and Redemption is the memoir of Guillermo (“Bill”) Vicente Vidal published by Ghost Road...

volleyball, wrestling, basketball, sailing, boxing, and trekking. Post Revolutionary Cuba prides itself on its success in sports. Fidel Castro expressed that...

have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed, female fights have been effectively outlawed for most of boxing's history until recently...

medals; 50 for the U.S. (117 overall) and 41 (78 overall) for Cuba. Internationally, amateur boxing spread steadily throughout the first half of the 20th century...

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding...

Professional boxing has enjoyed a much higher profile than amateur boxing throughout the 20th century and beyond. Professional boxing was banned in Cuba from...

Fidel Castro banned professional boxing in Cuba, and Nápoles soon found his career in jeopardy. He found asylum in Mexico, where he soon found himself...

"PROFESSIONAL BOXING APPROVED IN CUBA FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1962". dazn.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022. "Yoelvis Gomez and David Morrell lead the new Cuban revolution"...

Boxing (also known as "western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport and a martial art in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other...