I wish this recent invasion would have happened sooner.. Could only imagine how different the history of the recent lower weight's could have been? And danm! not knowing what Stevenson & Savon could have been/done.
Thanx for speaking whats in your mind. I do agree with you that this amateur style is totally different than the pros and that is where the cubans have a hard time adapting. Their style is more suited for olympic style events. What I saw in Lara is that he couldnt finish his guy off, a guy who was a journeyman and should have been finished off. These guys have hundreds of amateur fights basically they are pros and yet they still make amateur mistakes.
Because you just said they are overrated because none of them have successful pro careers... I just told you why
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Here you go http://www.ask.com/bar?q=how+many+total+boxing+medals+does+cuba+have%3F&page=1&qsrc=0&ab=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofcuba.com%2Fhistory%2Fhavana%2FBoxing1.htm Cuba's Boxing Gold Boxing, a sport in which two individuals face each other in a square "ring" to do battle with their gloved fists, is said to be a "team sport" in Cuba, and it is the sport in which the island has taken home the most medals. It's not an exaggeration to say that Cubans have dominated international amateur boxing, winning more gold medals in men's competition than anyone else. In the heavyweight division, Cubans have won 7 of the last 9 gold medals issued at the Olympic Games. The other two medals went to the U.S. in 1984 and 1988 (Cuba did not attend the those Games in support of the Soviet bloc boycott). Still, of the 104 total gold medals issued in men's boxing at Olympic tournaments since 1972 (including 1984 & 1988 Games) Cubans have taken home 32 of them (51 total medals). In World Amateur Boxing competitions, Cubans have won 64 of the 152 gold medals issued between 1974 and 2005.
Wow, are you really trying to accomplish something worse by every post you make? You're a ******, if Gold medals didn't mean anything guys would not have $2m+ contracts off the bat since the Olympics.
atsch I believe that's what this post is about..... how "overrated" cuban amateurs are. Plus you're high, look at the world champs today, most of them have an olympic background. Shhhhhhh
Olympic gold doesn't mean **** and it's overrated... I guess that's why Floyd Mayweather lost in Atlanta...