It was from 1962year in which Fidel Castro had abolished it sport professional with the exception of baseball, volleyball and basketball, which boxing – like other sports – could not be practiced at a high level in Cuba. But today is the news of the federal president Alberto Puig which he reported on state TV. “We have been working for three and a half years on a contract that truly corresponds to the philosophy of Cuban sport, regarding the inclusion of our boxers in professional boxing.”
The Cuban federation has signed a contract with an important Mexican company, the Golden Ring. The first matches are scheduled for May in Mexico, with some boxers who have already signed four-year agreements. “In a first phase, we will involve a team of five or six boxers, in Europe or Latin America, who will then return to the Cuban boxing school.”
The president of Golden Ring Promotions, Gerardo Saldivarexpressed his satisfaction in a statement: “It is a privilege to have reached this historic agreement with the Cuban sports authorities, which will mark a before and after in boxing.”
The return to professional boxing in Cuba
In reality there had been a gradual return to professionalism since 2014, when the semi-professional competitions restarted. In fact, the “Tamers Of Cuba“, They participated in the WSB (World Series of Boxing), winning three of the five times in which they participated, the last in 2018.
It is a great success for the whole island, considering that at an amateur level: 80 titles world cup e 41 or Olympians. “Now participating in the professional championships will increase our level of competition, because we will face high-level boxers like us and this will allow us to remain in the boxing elite.” This is the satisfaction of boxer Julio César La Cruz, two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion.
