Originally posted by CubanGuyNYC
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Puerto Rico didn't have any involvement with those circumstances and is a pretty small island with a population that is 4x times smaller. While they had way better conditions, I think credit should be given where credit is due.
As for the Dominicans, apparently while Baseball is the national sport, they always had an interest on the sport, however their athletes never have really gotten the opportunities they deserved until PBC.
Possibly because of the outcome of the only big event in the Dominican Republic of Carlos Teofilo Cruz fighting Carlos Ortiz, Cruz bested the ATG but the crowd was much smaller than expected due to the hostile political environment at the time. Their best athlete at the time also died two years later in a plane crash along with his family.
Boxing promoters probably thought they weren't marketable enough to bring eyes to the sport.
Originally posted by Marchegiano
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