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Diplomatic exchanges are not normally associated with boxing but those that have been taking place between the long-estranged governments of the United States and Cuba may have a dramatic effect on the sport’s future.
The indications are that the apparent thawing of relationships between the two countries following talks between Barack ***** and Raul Castro may result in the lifting of travel and work restrictions which have prohibited many great stars of Cuban sport from turning professional, most notably in boxing.
Cuba has always produced great fighter’s since Fidel Castro's Communist government took power in the early 1960s, it's been impossible for boxers from the Caribbean island nation to punch for pay as professionals without fleeing into exile, and many did. But that may be about to end.
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The indications are that the apparent thawing of relationships between the two countries following talks between Barack ***** and Raul Castro may result in the lifting of travel and work restrictions which have prohibited many great stars of Cuban sport from turning professional, most notably in boxing.
Cuba has always produced great fighter’s since Fidel Castro's Communist government took power in the early 1960s, it's been impossible for boxers from the Caribbean island nation to punch for pay as professionals without fleeing into exile, and many did. But that may be about to end.
[Click Here To Read More]
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