Cuba will compete with eight boxers―four men and four women―at the Independence Cup Boxing Tournament, to be held on February 15 to 22 in the Dominican Republic.

HAVANA — Cuban boxers will be allowed to fight professionally for the first time since the 1960s under a deal with a Mexican promoter, officials said. The scope of the deal announced Monday wasn’t ...

Cuban boxing is steeped in history when it comes to amateur boxing producing some of the best amateur fighters the sport has ever seen. As the years have progressed, a handful have moved to the ...

HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into the ring ...

Over the past few weeks Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara traded barbs over which fighter's country has the better "school of boxing". Lara started the verbal warfare but it appears that Canelo may ...

Herich Ruiz is a Cuban boxer. He participated at the 2021 aiba World Boxing Championships, being awarded the bronze medal in the cruiserweight event. In 2022 Join this channel's membership to get ...

Cuban boxers are revered for their technique and toughness, but surprisingly, there has never been a Cuban heavyweight champion. Fidel Castro isn’t keen on allowing his boxers to compete ...

The return of professional boxing in Cuba after a 64-year absence saw a night full of fun and excitement as the boxers came out and showed up for their respective contests. The main man La Cruz did ...

Yoenis Tellez first strolled into Ronnie Shields Boxing Gym in Stafford, Texas, one afternoon in September of 2022, bringing big dreams and bigger baggage. In his native Cuba, Tellez had been a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Once a sports ...

Boxer Shakur Stevenson lost the gold medal to Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez at Rio's Summer Olympics Saturday, in a split decision that left the American distraught after their three-round fight. "I felt ...