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Boxing originally arrived in Cuba as a tourist attraction mainly as championship bouts between North American Boxers during the high tourist season.[2] In 1909 Havana had its first professional fight. In 1910 a Chilean named John Budinich established the first boxing academy in Havana. Two years later government banned boxing due to the violence on the streets between blacks and whites. Boxing matches had to go behind closed doors as it grew popular throughout the island. Despite the banishment of the sport at the time, for the lower classes, boxing constituted a possible ticket out of poverty as well as steady and reliable entertainment.
Recognizing this, on December 13, 1921 Cuba decided to give boxing another chance and legitimized boxing with the establishment of the National commission on boxing and Wrestling. The lift on the ban brought tourist dollars with the bouts. Years later a national boxing academy was established to train talented athletes. The next decade Golden Gloves amateur competition had also arrived.
By 1959, Cuba had six professional world champions who were considered to be the founding fathers of boxing as well national heroes of Cuba. These fighters included Gerardo “Kid Gavilan” Gonzalez, Benny Paret, and Eligio “Kid Chocolate” Sardinas. In spite of the sport’s promise of prosperity, the Cuban boxers who earned a lot of money in the ring almost commonly died impecunious. Some boxers also had ties with the Mafia and other sources of corruption.
Cuba’s boxing reputation also drew foreign boxers as well, such as Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Jess Willard, Joe Lois, Joe Brown, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Although Cuba had traditionally done well in professional boxing, it did not win an Olympic medal in boxing until after 1959 due to considerable resources being devoted to the development of athletes as a result of the Cuban revolution.
In 1960, the professional boxer Benny Paret won the world welterweight title, and headed a strong contingent of professional Cuban boxers who followed up their fifth place at the 1954 games (two medals) with a first place, a position they have held in all subsequent Central American Games. In the Pan American games, where the competition was stronger, Cuban boxers also performed well, particularly from the late 1960s onward. The high international standard of Cuba’s boxers was evident in the Olympic arena.
In 1961, along with other sports, the Revolutionary government banned professional boxing. However, Cuba has built a reputation in amateur boxing. At the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games, Cuba won first place in boxing. Cuba’s first place in 1962 was based on four gold, two silver, and two bronze medals. In 1968, Cuba won two silver medals. At the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Cuban boxers swept the field, winning ten medals, six of them gold. By the 1982 Games, Cuba’s boxers were dominant, capturing all the gold medals. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, the Cubans outdid themselves, with seven gold and two silver medals.
By the 1980s, Cuban boxers were dominant in all major international amateur competitions, including the Olympics. From 1968 in Mexico City to Sydney 2000, Cubans have participated in seven Olympic tournaments, winning twenty seven gold medals, thirteen silver medals, and seven bronze medals for a total of forty seven—a number unmatched by any country. Cuba is the only country that can boast of two three-time Olympic Champions: Teofilo Stevenson and Félix Savón.
Cuba’s amateur boxing continued to prevail. In fact, at the 2001 world Amateur boxing championships Cuba won more gold medals than the rest of the world combined. At the 2000 Olympic games, Cuban Boxing was the most successful out of all boxing teams that entered, picking up four gold medals. (Source: Wikipedia)
(Photos by Rebeca Martinez)The U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden boxing team won the Champion Fight of the Night Belt during a boxing tournament in Grafenwöhr Nov. 17. Rubin Stackhouse of Wiesbaden won the event's super heavyweight belt.
USMA Cadets go toe-to-toe in the boxing ring during the 2019 Central Area Boxing Rumble last week in Central Area, West Point, N.Y.
Welsh Wonders Marvel in Merthyr; Merthyr Mayhem – The Review
Thirteen professional boxing bouts and the debut of four of Wales’ top talents had set the scene for Saturday 23rd July at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre. Sanigar Events had once again put on a stacked bill of bouts with a number of Wales’ best prospects and biggest names right now.
We had Swansea boys Sonny Lee and Kristian Touze make their professional debut, along with Treharris’s Gavin Gwynne.
Boxing Media UK sat and witnessed some fine performances and some even finer wins.
Buckle up tight as the ‘Merthyr Mayhem’ was set to unfold on a warm night in the South of Wales
A photo from the University v USA boxing match at Liquid nightclub on Tuesday.
I wasn't allowed ringside so the angle is crap, and it was very dark (3200 ISO, 1/500th, f/2.8 and still quite underexposed) but I'm quite pleased with this one considering..
Singapore boxer Ahmad Muhamad Ridwan (red) in a match against Indonesia's Mandiangan Matius (blue) at the 26th SEA Games in Palembang on Sat, 19 Nov 2011. Photo by OOI BOON KEONG.
Manny Pacquiao boxing workout at the Wild Card gym (2014). © Oliver Petalver / TheDailySportsHerald. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDer ivs Creative Commons
I would like to thank my opponnent of my final bout as a professional boxer....http://www.ausaboxing.com/reshfn514.html One of the weirdest nights in the history of boxing......
The Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program hosted a U.S. Army Boxing Smoker at Caserma Del Din Fitness Center Nov. 19 in partnership with U.S. Army Garrison Italy Sports, Fitness and Aquatics.
A total of 18 boxers from several units had the chance to compete in the ring in nine bouts from Light Middle to Super Heavyweight classes.
Photo by Laura Kreider/USAG Italy PAO
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