Is Cuba The Next Philippines?

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Baseball and boxing are the most popular sports in Cuba, the former being the national sport.[1] Association football is commonly played as well.

Aside from the traditional ****fighting and other ******** sports, along with baseball, boxing was one of the most popular sports in pre-Revolutionary sports Cuba.
It is still very popular on the island today. By 1992, there were over 16,000 boxers on the island. Across Cuba today there are 494 boxing coaches and 185 facilities. Of the 99,000 athletes in Cuba currently, 19,000 are boxers, including 81 of Olympic competence, even though only 12 make the Olympic team.[

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Cuba

[FilMor]

****** thread.. Quality > Quantity

Cuba by a landslide

[Snake...]

No

Cubans are highly schooled boxers and make pinoy fighters look crude in comparison

Idk about that pac is greater then any cuban ever...

[El Angel]

Idk about that pac is greater then any cuban ever...

Depends on if you think he's better than Kid Gavilan or Jose Napoles, which I'm sure quite a few don't.

[GrandpaBernard]

Idk about that pac is greater then any cuban ever...

No

Kid Chocolate is better than him

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The Philippines is on a higher scale when in comparison to Cuban boxing. It should also be noted that Pacquiao is actually going through with his fight with Rios, unlike Gamboa who ducked him like the plague.

[Snake...]

Depends on if you think he's better than Kid Gavilan or Jose Napoles, which I'm sure quite a few don't.

Don't see how anyone can rate them higher then pac tbh

[HeroBando]

Idk about that pac is greater then any cuban ever...

idk about that, no historian, but I can tell you for sure Cuba had tons of great boxers that were not allowed to turn pro. You only started seeing large scale defections like 5 years ago. It should only speed up, in 10 years max they all gonna be able to turn pros.

I gotta say I expected a little more out of this generation though.

[El Angel]

Don't see how anyone can rate them higher then pac tbh

Pac's overall body of work trumps there's too IMO, but I'm sure there are some out there that say Gavilan and Napoles would beat him head 2 head.

[PRchamp]

Cuba have always had the best boxing programs and boxers in the world. I'm Puerto Rican and I can't hate. USA and the old USSR have accomplished more but when Cuba is finally free they will have more champions in the future.