Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba’s female boxers had to roll with the punches. While the island has long been famed for its top-level male boxers, women were blocked by an official ...

While for the common man, boxing is a violent bloodsport that involves throwing punches and jabs, for sports enthusiasts boxing is more than just a sport. It is more like an art form. Several sources ...

Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba's female boxers had to roll with the punches.While the island has long been famed for its top-level male boxers, women were blocked by an official ...

HAVANA - Cuba won't send a boxing team to the world championships in Chicago, heeding Fidel Castro's fears about future defections after two fighters abandoned their teammates during the Pan American ...

PARIS — Erislandy Álvarez didn't expect to carry the weight of a proud boxing nation on his shoulders when he takes the ring Wednesday night in an arena packed with fans rooting for his opponent. Yet ...

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 ...

For years. This is how women in Cuba have boxed sparring in rudimentary gyms with whatever equipment they could scrounge while men's boxing is *** sport, the island has long dominated women's boxing ...