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It sounded like that's what he meant. Cuba is good but the way he made it sound, he's ****ting on American boxing.
Right now I would say the United States, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Japan/Cuba/England would be in the mix for the 5 spot. Cuba is a great boxing nation but this guy sounds like he's talking out of his azz.Comment
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I tried editing my post, but you replied too fast. lol
You're right, he made an umbrella statement. Basically he's saying Cuban boxing tops everyone else's. That would include the U.S. (But, although Rios is American, I regard "Bam Bam's" brand of boxing as Mexican, rather than American.)
Abril is talking out of his ass; but I think Cuba is a top five boxing nation, even now. The island has been the juggernaut in amateur boxing for decades. Even with just with a trickle of defectors, Cubans are already making their presence felt again in pro boxing.
Yuriorkis Gamboa won a belt; Guillermo Rigondeaux holds a belt; Yoan Pablo Hernandez holds a belt; Erislandy Lara is a top contender in his division; Odlanier Solis fought for the heavyweight title. Not bad for virtually a handful of boxers that are actually competing. There will be more on the way....Comment
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Cuba has produced some vary good fighters, my personal favorite is Manteqilla Napoles, he was a marvel. The case now is, they do have a superior AMATEUR system. They have no pros, so the amateurs include the pro talent. They are pro in all but merchandising, an anomaly, turning the intent of the amateur only rule on it's head.Comment
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i want to see this fight because I want to see what cuban boxing can doComment
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No one questions the class of the Cuban boxing school, but the Mexican boxing school is well respected.
Trivia: Nacho Beristain has had over 20 world champions and he said the technique he has shown to most of his fighters derived from a mixture of the Cuban boxing and Russian boxing. He took the best of both nations and implemented his own. We all know his boxers have been amazing fighters like JMM, daniel zaragoza, Rafa Marquez, Ricardo Lopez.Comment
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Castro outlawed professional sports in Cuba in 1961. Despite being virtually extinct from the pro game for over half-a-century, Cuba has produced several ATGs and HOFers. Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles and Kid Gavilan rank in virtually every experts top-ten all-time welterweights list. Another Cuban, Luis "El Feo" Rodriguez would probably make that list, too, if it weren't for an ATG by the name of Emile Griffith.
While it's true that many Cuban amateurs would've gone pro a long time ago if they could, they would arguably be even better if allowed to compete against better quality opposition. To paraphrase the old saying, "In order to be the best, you've got to fight the best." The quick success of recent Cuban defectors demonstrates that these amateur champions were indeed being prevented from attaining professional glory.Comment
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Mexican fighters have a big heartComment
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but he already motivated brandon by putting his hands on him. 
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