The softly Killing of Cuban boxing

There are a lengthy list of Cuban boxers, who are increasingly and since years confronting lack of fights, not to mention meaningful fights …

There is the well known case of the flagship of Cuban boxing, Guillermo Rigondeaux, “el Chacal”, reportedly avoided by Leo Santa Cruz and by both british Divas, Frampton and … undefeated and still waiting that somebody have enough balls to fight for the titles he posseses. The rolle of certain promoter, once his promoter, to make the Cuban master insignificant is well documented.

That same promoter, Bob Arun was instrumental on derailing the once formidable fighter Yuriorkis Gamboa: … Reportedly one of the most exciting entertainers in the box business. His decay shows that the business logic doesn’t exist in boxing. Instead it depends on the feud of a couple of diligent manipulators. I remember when he stood his ground against the best lightweight out there against the bigger Crawford and in his only defeat to date, … HBO promised him the world after such a courageous performance. Just to put him in the limbo for a couple of years …

The case of Luis Ortiz is another remarkable one … not only was his interim title vanished without losing any fight, but he is still looking for a dance with a significant partner … Wilder and many others find repeatedly whatever excuses to avoid the Cuban giant.

Another sound case is Yunier Dorticós, who was considering for a long time leaving boxing because no fights being offered … Eventually a lucky call saved him, which propelled him to the top of the cruiserweight division. It happened that the French boxing elite wanted to pit their fighter Yuri Kalenga against a ranked fighter, and they wrongly picked the Cuban Dorticos, who at the end, spoiled their party, by Ko-ing Kalenga in a remarkable fight of the year candidate. Thereafter not only his so called World championship title was devaluated in a fraudulent way, but since then and since many months Dorticós is still waiting for another worthy fight …

But what can be added to Erislandy Lara drama? The “American dream” is desperately looking for another significant fight in his already brilliant resume. But had to conform with low profile fights one on top of the other …
There is a similar situation with Rances Barthelemy, an exciting world champion in two weight classes ... No fight out there since months ...
Other excellent fighters like Luis Franco, Yoandris Salinas are hardly able to find a fight out there …

Thus with few opportunities left, Cubans are taking the risky way … Sullivan Barrera is for example taking on Arthur Beterbiev, the most avoided man in the 175 weight class and top 5 ranked in most boxing organization. Similarly Yuniesky Gonzalez has to dance with another top 10 ranked, undefeated fighter, Olexander Gvozdyk, another super talent from the Ukraine with already high rankings in almost all organizations … There are other examples as well. Since his defeats years ago, Yordanis Ugas was fed three undefeated fighters looking for a significant name in their resume. But instead he defeated all three … and is looking or the next one eager to feast on him.

Some of them decided to completely retire from boxing, when opportunities simply do not turn their ways … there is for example the junior middleweight Inocente Fiz, who recently decided to walk away after being undefeated after 19 fights …

 

You may read these two links ...

http://www.ibhof.com/pages/archives/cubapart1.html
http://www.ibhof.com/pages/archives/cubapart2.html

 

You may think of conspiracy theories, but these are facts, if you you take the 18 best ranked Cuban boxers total 32 fights in total for the year 2016, less than 1,8 fights pro fighter ... Gamboa had no fights in 2016, Rigondeaux, Barthelemy, Lara and many others just one meager fight in that whole year ... really not what all they want ...

 

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Sure, therefore they are all wearing the "Most avoided" label ...