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... 8 KB (1,197 words) - 05:01, 14 April 2024 |
Boxing for Cuba: An Immigrant’s Story of Despair, Endurance, and Redemption is the memoir of Guillermo (“Bill”) Vicente Vidal published by Ghost Road... 9 KB (1,259 words) - 15:19, 28 April 2023 |
volleyball, wrestling, basketball, sailing, boxing, and trekking. Post Revolutionary Cuba prides itself on its success in sports. Fidel Castro expressed that... 12 KB (1,415 words) - 01:37, 17 April 2024 |
 | 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... 71 KB (7,063 words) - 06:55, 22 April 2024 |
 | Professional boxing has enjoyed a much higher profile than amateur boxing throughout the 20th century and beyond. Professional boxing was banned in Cuba from... 22 KB (2,839 words) - 17:53, 11 April 2024 |
 | 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... 275 KB (26,112 words) - 00:39, 22 April 2024 |
 | 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... 32 KB (3,079 words) - 19:33, 20 April 2024 |
 | 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... 112 KB (14,393 words) - 09:24, 11 April 2024 |
Arlen López (category Cuban boxing biography stubs) "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"... 8 KB (446 words) - 15:24, 17 December 2023 |
| million, Cuba has won the second highest amount of Olympic medals in boxing, with a total of 41 gold medals and 78 medals in total. The country's boxing culture... 36 KB (312 words) - 07:51, 13 October 2023 |
 | Teófilo Stevenson (category Olympic medalists in boxing) created Cuba's Escuela de Boxeo (Boxing school) in a derelict old gym in Havana, began to champion Stevenson's progress. Stevenson's senior boxing career... 52 KB (2,994 words) - 00:59, 17 April 2024 |
 | José Nápoles (category Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba) 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... 30 KB (1,353 words) - 02:13, 25 March 2024 |
Pedro Diaz (born November 26, 1962, in Santa Clara, Cuba) is a Cuban-American boxing trainer and founder of Mundo Boxing a training facility for professional... 5 KB (434 words) - 16:57, 14 April 2024 |
 | Julio César La Cruz (category Olympic medalists in boxing) 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships. At the 2011 World Championships, he captained the Cuban national team, where he beat number... 12 KB (587 words) - 00:24, 16 January 2024 |
Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Ortiz was a longtime member of the Cuban national team without succeeding at the top international level. Cuban Championships... 72 KB (7,223 words) - 07:59, 12 April 2024 |
David Morrell (boxer) (category Sportspeople from Santa Clara, Cuba) "Best Boxer of the Tournament", 2017 Cuban National Championships, and the 2018 India Open International Boxing Tournament. Morrell made his professional... 12 KB (672 words) - 02:00, 27 December 2023 |
 | This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole... 9 KB (111 words) - 21:45, 3 February 2024 |
 | Félix Savón (category Olympic medalists in boxing) he turned pro after the 1990 Goodwill Games. "Cuba, since 1974 has been the king of amateur boxing in the world", he said. "That is why the media of... 41 KB (1,116 words) - 23:57, 7 March 2024 |
 | José Ribalta (category Cuban male boxers) Cuban former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division from 1982 to 1999. A talented and physically imposing gatekeeper (6 ft 6 in tall... 20 KB (840 words) - 18:11, 1 December 2023 |
Yoenlis Hernández (category Cuban boxing biography stubs) Hernández is a Cuban boxer. He participated at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, being awarded the gold medal in the middleweight event. In May 2023... 3 KB (167 words) - 12:19, 5 February 2024 |
 | The economy of Cuba is a planned economy dominated by state-run enterprises. Most of the labor force is employed by the state. In the 1990s, the ruling... 86 KB (9,623 words) - 07:05, 12 April 2024 |
Gladiator (1992 film) (category American boxing films) and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal... 8 KB (923 words) - 04:20, 26 June 2023 |
in the withdrawals of the Soviet Union, Cuba, East Germany, Bulgaria and other Eastern Bloc nations from boxing competitions. At the 1980 Summer Olympics... 11 KB (478 words) - 20:57, 17 December 2022 |
This is a list of films about boxing, featuring notable sports films where boxing plays a central role in the development of the plot. List of sports... 35 KB (105 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2024 |
 | Andy Cruz (category Pan American Games medalists in boxing) Retrieved 16 July 2023. Campbell, Morgan. "Heralded Cuban Wins in an Unusual Introduction to Pro Boxing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30... 15 KB (981 words) - 20:34, 28 February 2024 |
Legend of Cuban Boxing is a 2018 documentary film directed by Peter Berg and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza that aired on the Olympic Channel in the United... 6 KB (468 words) - 04:46, 10 September 2022 |
 | is the most enduring trade embargo in modern history. The US first imposed an embargo on the sale of arms to Cuba on March 14, 1958, during the Fulgencio... 87 KB (9,761 words) - 20:46, 17 April 2024 |
 | The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. Thirteen events were staged... 23 KB (813 words) - 09:53, 16 January 2023 |
 | In India, the sport of boxing is governed by the Boxing Federation of India. The majority of boxing in India occurs nationally and internationally as amateur... 7 KB (419 words) - 05:54, 22 October 2023 |
Erislandy Savón (category Cuban boxing biography stubs) (born July 21, 1990) is a Cuban heavyweight amateur boxer. He won the 91 kg/201 lbs title at the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, the 2009... 6 KB (300 words) - 15:22, 17 December 2023 |