Comments Thread For: Lara Tells Manager He's Ready To Fight Gennady Golovkin

[JAYT01]

Didn't the Cuban school of boxing come about during the Revolution when Castro came to prominence and he focused all the attention on sports, sending people all over Cuba to find the very best young athletix young kids and have them trained by former Cuban medallists setting up academies for the very best. It whats I can recall from a documentary I watched a long time ago I believe

[MDPopescu]

Did Cuba have a boxing tradition before the Soviets came along? Which school has been more succesful in the Olympics?

... I guess that in the 20's and the 30's Cuba already developed an amateur school...
... I also know that, before the "revolution", Cuba had six professional world champions...

[MDPopescu]

Didn't the Cuban school of boxing come about during the Revolution when Castro came to prominence and he focused all the attention on sports, sending people all over Cuba to find the very best young athletix young kids and have them trained by former Cuban medallists setting up academies for the very best. It whats I can recall from a documentary I watched a long time ago I believe

No, the Cuban school of amateur boxing emerged back in the 20's...
But the "Cuban school" as we all know it emerged from the Soviet school...

[ShoulderRoll]

... I also know that, before the "revolution", Cuba had six professional world champions...

Exactly. Cuba knew a thing or two about boxing before the Communists came along.

And you didn't answer the question about which school has been more successful in the Olympics.

[Cuban Linx]

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The Cuban school emerged from the Soviet school, of course... and was transformed to fit African-American fighters...

Did you watched many U.S. African-American fighters boxing against Cuban or Soviet/Russian school fighters?

That's very true...

Before Castro came into power, Cuban boxing was not the juggernaut that it is today. Sure you had the Kid Gavilan's, but they were brawlers, they weren't the skilled fighters you see today.

When Castro came into power the Soviets sent their best trainers over to Cuba and completely revolutionized the program and turned them into a amateur boxing powerhouse. Go count the amount of Gold Medals Cuba received since the late 1960's.... it's not a coincidence what happened.

Over the years Cuban boxing has transformed into their own style, but the Soviet influence helped them a lot, especially in comparison to other Caribbean countries and South American countries who were lagging behind. Had Castro not come into power Cuban boxing would not be nearly as relevant.

[MDPopescu]

Exactly. Cuba knew a thing or two about boxing before the Communists came along.

And you didn't answer the question about which school has been more successful in the Olympics.

For instance, the Cuban pro world champ Benny "Kid" Paret, whom Emile Griffith killed, wasn't a product of the new Soviet/Cuban school...

(As about the Olympics: I didn't count, but I guess you can find the numbers on the net...)

[MDPopescu]

That's very true...

Before Castro came into power, Cuban boxing was not the juggernaut that it is today. Sure you had the Kid Gavilan's, but they were brawlers, they weren't the skilled fighters you see today.

When Castro came into power the Soviets sent their best trainers over to Cuba and completely revolutionized the program and turned them into a amateur boxing powerhouse. Go count the amount of Gold Medals Cuba received since the 1960's.... it's not a coincidence what happened.

Over the years Cuban boxing has transformed into their own style, but the Soviet influence helped them a lot, especially in comparison to other Caribbean countries and South American countries who were lagging behind. Had Castro not come into power Cuban boxing would not be nearly as relevant.

Castro also provided another good thing: the cigars from his own family plantation... Quite a "communist" marchandise...

[Cinci Champ]

this would be a pretty good mix of styles lets see what ggg is all about he now has someone he can fight

[Wyvceo]

GGG would love that..that guy is used to fight nobodies with a sh** record zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Great fight this will propel each one of them with the win

[ShoulderRoll]

Before Castro came into power, Cuban boxing was not the juggernaut that it is today. Sure you had the Kid Gavilan's, but they were brawlers, they weren't the skilled fighters you see today.

You don't think that Kid Gavilan and Kid Chocolate were skilled fighters?

How about Jose Napoles or Luis Rodriguez?