Top Cuban boxers defect in Brazil.

Well Sept 30 :good

And i find interesting that you think he will turn pro when he will be 28.

In September 30 of 2008 ......

I don't think so, maybe in November or December of this year he could turn Pro


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And now we have a Cuban - Puerto Rican rivalry in Pro Boxing, that's good.

 

no way, after the retirement of Mario Kindelan, Rigondeaux is the best boxer in cuba.

 

:rofl u mad?

 

what do you mean ? that they shouldnt ?

 

YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE IDOT... TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL

 

cagate en tu madre comepinga.

 

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Arena inks defected Cuban stars!
Arena Box-Promotion, which made big news by signing the three Cuban Olympic gold medalists who defected last December, has done it again. Two-time Olympic bantamweight gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux and world amatuer welterweight champion Erislandy Lara, who both defected from the Cuban team last week in Rio de Janeiro have signed five year deals with the Hamburg-based promotional company. Within the next four weeks, the two boxers will arrive in Hamburg.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] "I can't reveal where the athletes are currently, for understandable reasons," said Arena boss Ahmet Öner. "The fact is, however, is that it takes time to arrange the visas, as well as the residence and work permits. Of course we will present the young fighters to the public upon their arrival in Hamburg. I'm already looking forward already to that day."
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Arena: Rigondeaux and Lara sign 5-year-contracts

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Hamburg, July 26th, 2007 - All speculations come to an end: Two-times Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and world amateur welterweight champion Erislandy Lara who had left their national team during the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro signed 5-year-contracts with Hamburg based arena Box-Promotion.

arena-CEO Ahmet Öner proudly stated that “the most talented boxers in the world fight for arena. Our stable looks into a golden future.”

Record-breaking Rigondeaux won 243 of his 247 amateur fights including titles at the Olympic Games 2000 and 2004 as well as World Championships 2001 and 2005. Like his fellow countrymen Odlanier Solis who had already signed with arena early this year, the 26-year old Cuban has been “hunted” by international promoters for years. Öner: “Rigondeaux is an exceptional talent. I am sure that nobody in the world can beat him..”

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Reigning world amateur welterweight champion Lara is only 24 years of age and will probably compete in the middleweight division. Öner: “As all of our Cuban boxers he is a jewel who will be the man to beat in his weight class.”

Within the next four weeks Öner’s new stars are expected to arrive in Germany. Öner: “I can’t reveal where they are right now for understandable reasons but I am already looking forward to the day when they finally arrive in Hamburg. Of course, we will present them to the public as soon as they get here.”

photos: J.A. Treptow: Pictures of Guillermo Rigondeaux at Halle Chemie-Pokal 2005

 

At this point for what I seen, Yuviel Napoles is the class of the Cuban team...Guillermo is good , don;t get me wrong, but at 27 or 28 when he starts his pro career, he better be well trained, or we will have another Diobelys as I been mentioning for a while

 

He's 26 and probaly he will have his first fight in November of this year at 27, in 1 year and a half, having 10 or 11 Pro fights , he could fight for a World Title at the age 28 or 29.

And all the cubans think that he's the best p4p amateur cuban boxer since Savon........

And you think Yuviel Napoles is :think

 

And how can you compare him with Diobelys? atschatschatschatschatschatsch

 

is there any footage of him?

 

Diosbely defected and took no time in getting in the rings with pro's he won but it was clear that once he got in the ring with someone of he uipper echelon he was going to be exposed.......now I will say this Diosbelys had incredible talent, and if Guillermo can do as well as he did , whcih yet to be seen, he should have a title shot by 2009 or so...but again once Sweet Pea KO Diosbely out of the ring showing what a top Pro would do when facing advsersity, he never was the same....he fought chumps, had loses to the top fighter after Sweet Pea that he faced all by KO's with the exception of Bailey...beat the lesser competition...ands he was 22 years when he started his pro career, so he was far younger...with great heaight attributes for his weight...he had the talent but it was not develpoed to his full potential