Tag Archives: Cuba

Boxers debunk Vitor Belfort’s Olympic claims, recall closed-doors bout in Cuba: ‘That’s not true’

[ad_1] Vitor Belfort will enter the boxing ring for his first skilled match since his debut in 2006, however he ruffled some feathers within the Brazilian boxing neighborhood with feedback he made throughout a latest media scrum in California. Belfort, who’s getting ready to face former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya on Sept. 11 […]

Boxing-Lopez wins gold to put powerhouse Cuba in medals lead

[ad_1] TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Arlen Lopez received his second Olympic title on Wednesday to place boxing powerhouse Cuba on prime of the medals desk within the sport, after beating Britain’s Ben Whittaker in an entertaining ultimate of the boys’s light-heavyweight contest. Lopez, the middleweight champion within the Rio Olympics, saved his cool all […]

Throwback champ Iglesias wins his 2nd boxing gold for Cuba

[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) — Roniel Iglesias merely gave the impression to be combating on a better degree than his opponents. Proper by way of to his one-sided gold medal victory over British star Pat McCormack, Iglesias moved and punched his manner by way of Tokyo with a grace to which everybody else in his division […]

Tony Davitt’s career has included training Ireland’s greatest boxers and seen him go to war-torn Iraq and Castro’s Cuba

[ad_1] HE shook arms with Fidel Castro in Cuba and went to Iraq to teach their nationwide workforce with the nation nonetheless at warfare. As soon as it concerned boxing Tony Davitt was completely happy, and moreover, he’d lived via Dublin and Belfast within the 70s and lived to inform the story. 3 Davitt is […]