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 ...

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According to multiple reports, the Cuban boxer was arrested after a car accident that caused the death of a passerby on New Year’s Eve. The Cuban boxer Yuriorkis Gamboa, better known as El Ciclón de ...

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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 ...

Cuban Boxers – Cuba has produced many great fighters over the years, from decorated fighters like Teófilo Stevenson and Kid Chocolate to stars like Guillermo Rigondeaux, who excelled in both codes.

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HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into the ring ...