Cuba Wins World Championships With FIVE Golds

[boliodogs]

Cuba is a boxing place and Cuba always has had an unusually large number of good boxers for their population. Jose Napoles from Cuba who fought out of Mexico was the best boxer I ever saw.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Cuba is a boxing place and Cuba always has had an unusually large number of good boxers for their population. Jose Napoles from Cuba who fought out of Mexico was the best boxer I ever saw.

I know you're a big fan of Nápoles, brother. He really was a great fighter. You still see him on everyone's top-ten all-time welterweights lists. Jose isn't doing very well, from what I've read, but he's still alive at age 77. He lives in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

[Jsmooth9876]

Maybe. Some might be boring, others exciting. But one thing is certain, the pool is top-quality. If all those guys get the opportunity to turn pro, you better believe that a few will become professional world champions.

Yeah they're are always a few quality guys. Gamboa was my favorite but of course he had a glass jaw. The other guys are not my cup of tea

[CubanGuyNYC]

Yeah they're are always a few quality guys. Gamboa was my favorite but of course he had a glass jaw. The other guys are not my cup of tea

Gamboa was a big favorite. He was mine, too. Strangely, the Cuban fighter I like best at the moment is Barthelemy. He was completely unheralded. Probably my favorite amongst the amateurs right now is Robeisy Ramirez. You might like him, too. Aggressive fighter. Can't win 'em all. Some guys will rise, some will fall by the wayside.

[dan_cov]

Cuba always produce the best boxers. The real sweet Science!

[garfios]

Get ready to be bored to death by theses guys on a television near you soon

obviously you have never heard of Napoles, Kid Gavilan, Kid Chocolate, Florentino Fernandez, Luis M. Rodrigues, by the way Ali learn a lot from Luis, Kid Tunero, Niño Valdes, Sugar Ramos, Jose Legra, Benny Paret. And more recently Dorticos, Barrera, Machado, Socarras, Gonzalez, Luis GArcia, Ramon Luis, and a few more. Do you really think that Lara defines the Cuban boxing? If you do you really don't know boxing, much less Cuban boxing. The most heated fights I ever watched, was back in Cuba, Playa Giron tournaments. And that was amateur,

[CubanGuyNYC]

Cuba always produce the best boxers. The real sweet Science!

You my boy, Dan!

[CubanGuyNYC]

obviously you have never heard of Napoles, Kid Gavilan, Kid Chocolate, Florentino Fernandez, Luis M. Rodrigues, by the way Ali learn a lot from Luis, Kid Tunero, Niño Valdes, Sugar Ramos, Jose Legra, Benny Paret. And more recently Dorticos, Barrera, Machado, Socarras, Gonzalez, Luis GArcia, Ramon Luis, and a few more. Do you really think that Lara defines the Cuban boxing? If you do you really don't know boxing, much less Cuban boxing. The most heated fights I ever watched, was back in Cuba, Playa Giron tournaments. And that was amateur,

Lara and Rigo are two of the most high-profile Cuban fighters. They're not the most exciting boxers to watch. People that aren't familiar with Cuban fighters in general have a tendency to look at those two and assume it's the Cuban style. That was never an issue until they turned pro.

[soul_survivor]

This was broadcast on the BBC but I was out all day and completely forgot about it. I'll try and get some highlights from somewhere.

In terms of the best cuban guys, how old are they?

[CubanGuyNYC]

This was broadcast on the BBC but I was out all day and completely forgot about it. I'll try and get some highlights from somewhere.

In terms of the best cuban guys, how old are they?

I'm not especially familiar with all the Cubans that won medals. One of our best, two time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez (23), didn't even compete.

Joahnys Argilagos (20) won gold at light flyweight.
Yosvany Veitía (25) won gold at flyweight.
Lázaro Álvarez (26) won silver at lightweight.
Andy Cruz (22) won gold at light welterweight.
Roniel Iglesias (29) won silver at welterweight.
Julio César La Cruz (28) won gold at light heavyweight.
Erislandy Savón (27) won gold at heavyweight.