Comments Thread For: Four Cuban Olympic stars could fight on same professional bill in Cuba in April

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Erislandy Alvarez, Arlen Lopez, Julio Cesar De La Cruz and Lazaro Alvarez have all been signed by Agon Sports
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All except for Alvarez are pretty old to just be turning pro full time. It would be a good idea to throw them into the deep water from the get go. Either they're going to survive , or not. There's not enough time to build the typical prospects career.

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All except for Alvarez are pretty old to just be turning pro full time. It would be a good idea to throw them into the deep water from the get go. Either they're going to survive , or not. There's not enough time to build the typical prospects career.

I was going to say the same. Most of these guys are old.

It would be fun to travel to Cuba to watch this bout and see the country, but as I understand it Americans are not allowed to go there for purely touristic purposes.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

I was going to say the same. Most of these guys are old.

It would be fun to travel to Cuba to watch this bout and see the country, but as I understand it Americans are not allowed to go there for purely touristic purposes.

I don't know how they do it now but I know that people used to go to Cancun and from there to Cuba on the down low.