No more Cuban boxers left at the elite level

Thanks to Canelo for closing down that boring school. Ginger? He lost to Lara.

Lara is still the champ in my eyes as well, no ****ing way Hurd won that fight.

Meh, not in a rush to see them fight. Ultra boring fighting style, ultra boring personalities. Fan base here in the states doesn't seem all that passionate. If no more come through, I'm ok with that.

Top Ten Cubans Under 30yrs Old, Still on the Come up, According to BoxRec 1 Leduan Barthelemy, 28yrs, 13-0-1 (7), 126lbs 2 Hairon Socarras, 25yrs, 17-0-3 (11), 122lbs 3 Daniel Matellon, 30yrs, 7-0-2 (4), 108lbs 4 Leosdan Nunez, 23yrs, 7-0 (4), 118lbs 5 Pablo Vicente, 24yrs, 12-0 (10), 122lbs 6 Damian Rodriguez, 26yrs, 11-0 (6), 154lbs 7 William Scull, 25yrs, 8-0 (3), 168lbs 8 Luis Garcia, 30yrs, 15-0 (12), 200lbs 9 Nelson Machado, 21yrs, 12-0 (8), 126lbs 10 Jorge De Jesus Romero, 24yrs, 9-0 (7), 118lbsRobeisy Ramirez, Duvergel, Frank Sanchez and Ramon Nicolas could very well be champs in the near future.

Machado and Forestal are the best prospects imo, I think one of the main problems has been the Cuban style of boxing business, they surround themselves with unethical, ignorant leeches that have robbed much of them of their best years.Right on the money. 100% agreed

yeah, no offence intended to you man, they just havent performed in recent years Thanks. None taken. The truth is self-evident.

if theres one thing ive learnt when following boxing is that if you bet against the cuban in a big fight youll make some money. they cant do it when it matters. Sadly (for me, at least), this has been true in the modern era. But like anything else, it won’t last. A hero will rise...

We need to start a gofundme to go kidnap him & bring him to the US to fight or something. Haha :lol1:

Top Ten Cubans Under 30yrs Old, Still on the Come up, According to BoxRec 1 Leduan Barthelemy, 28yrs, 13-0-1 (7), 126lbs 2 Hairon Socarras, 25yrs, 17-0-3 (11), 122lbs 3 Daniel Matellon, 30yrs, 7-0-2 (4), 108lbs 4 Leosdan Nunez, 23yrs, 7-0 (4), 118lbs 5 Pablo Vicente, 24yrs, 12-0 (10), 122lbs 6 Damian Rodriguez, 26yrs, 11-0 (6), 154lbs 7 William Scull, 25yrs, 8-0 (3), 168lbs 8 Luis Garcia, 30yrs, 15-0 (12), 200lbs 9 Nelson Machado, 21yrs, 12-0 (8), 126lbs 10 Jorge De Jesus Romero, 24yrs, 9-0 (7), 118lbs Thanks for the research. I don’t know most of these guys, much less seen them fight. Leduan is Rances’s younger brother; and a watered-down version of big bro, if you ask me. I had some hopes for Socarras early, but I don’t think he’s going anywhere. I’ve heard good things about Machado, but I haven’t seen him in action.

There are currently no professional Cuban world champions, but there are still Cubans at the elite level. Lara remains up there, so he is elite. I would say Dorticos and Barthelemy deserve to be considered so in their respective weight classes. Rigo is MIA, but would normally still be considered elite. As for prospects and potential prospects, others have already mentioned all the names I’m familiar with. The period that brought us Gamboa, Rigondeaux and Solis, et al, has pretty much come and gone. Any future crop of Cubans is very dependent on political circumstances, so it’s anyones guess if or when we’ll see another wave. On a personal level, I’ve always wanted to see Robeisy Ramirez go pro. He’s 24 years old, fights aggressively, and is already a two time Olympic gold medalist.

Machado and Forestal are the best prospects imo, I think one of the main problems has been the Cuban style of boxing business, they surround themselves with unethical, ignorant leeches that have robbed much of them of their best years.

Funny how theyre all southpaws Does the cuban style work for orthodox fighters?

Joahnys Argilagos, their #1 light flyweight (108 lbs), defected recently and will probably turn up in the pros soon. Frank Sanchez, the #2 heavyweight (200 lbs) behind Erislandy Savon, also defected within the last couple of years

As far as Im concerned Lara is still champ bruh. His time is coming hes one of my favorite fighters today!!!

Lara, Rigondeaux, Gamboa were all world champions two were unified world champions. Rances was a two weight world champion, Abril was a world champion that never lost his belt in the ring same with Yoan Pablo Hernandez. I wouldn't call them overrated. All those had 250-400 amateur fights most of them are past their physical prime before they turn pro. What about Dorticos?

Cubans took major Ls the last couple years but there is some new talent coming up, Cubans in the 60’s-80s were serious business in the ams but the last crop was overrated. Lara, Rigondeaux, Gamboa were all world champions two were unified world champions. Rances was a two weight world champion, Abril was a world champion that never lost his belt in the ring same with Yoan Pablo Hernandez. I wouldn't call them overrated. All those had 250-400 amateur fights most of them are past their physical prime before they turn pro.

Luis Arias

Cubans took major Ls the last couple years but there is some new talent coming up, Cubans in the 60’s-80s were serious business in the ams but the last crop was overrated.

There's Luis Garcia in the CW ranks who was a highly touted prospect that fought out of Ireland some years back and fell off the map, he's back and has a fight lined up. Neslan Machado is an exciting prospect. Marcos Forestal is up & coming he had an extensive amateur background and fought in WSB.