Cuba Boxing

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It can all be summarized in three long-awaited words: boxing is back. Top Rank on ESPN returns Tuesday, June 9, as WBO featherweight world champion Shakur Stevenson will take on Puerto Rican contender Felix “La Sombra” Caraballo in a 10-round super featherweight bout. Stevenson-Caraballo will kick off a blockbuster June…

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DescriptionThe film follows Namibia Flores Rodriguez, a female boxer in Havana. For decades, she’s trained 5 hours a day - every day - in hopes to one day win an Olympic gold title in boxing. But, in Cuba, boxing is banned for women. Although her native nation is one of…

By Tim Royner: Dillian Whyte is still slowly training in Portugal for his postponed fight against Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs). With Povetkin ahead of him, Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) is already looking at the other heavyweights in the division, to sum up his threats. IBF/WBA/WBO  heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua…

By Gav Duthie: There are far more important things in the world going on right now than the biggest boxing fights not happening. The sport like everything else is on hold at the moment whilst the world fights the global pandemic coronavirus. The biggest fight in the heavyweight division today…

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Women Are Meant to be Beautiful, Not Get Hit in The Face Too weak. Too old. Too beautiful. Naysayers only fuel Namibia Flores Rodriguez’s need to fight. For decades, she’s trained 5 hours a day – every day – in hopes to one day win an Olympic gold title in…

Apr 9, 2020Dan RafaelESPN Senior Writer Close2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA TodayFor the next few months, there won't be any boxing as the coronavirus pandemic has essentially brought this once non-stop sport to a halt.…