whats with the cuban take over??

You missed nothing, just the usual Cuban hype.

 

They will be here to stay as well. My favorite out of the bunch is Erislandy Lara.

 

Cuba allways give the sport some really great fighters!!

 

what a shame only a hand full of the really good ones have been able to turn pro man

 

Because pro Boxing is outlawed in Cuba, if they want to turn pro they have to excape, but it's easer these days with people like Oner and Hyde willing to pay the $10,000 to sneek them out.

 

A lot of Cuban fighters turned pro at/around the same time so it seems like there's more of them than what they really are. Guys like Odlianer Solis, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Erislandy Lara, Yan Bartholemy and now Guillermo Rigondeaux, Yudel Jhonson all sort of arrived on the same so close in proximity that you get the feeling it's a Cuban invasion. They're all talented but opinions vary on how far they can go. I'd say Gamboa is the best (as of right now) but guys like Rigondeaux and Lara seem to be heading towards a similar direction.

 

because they are not allowed to, they have to defect their country which is extremely hard, if you are a well known sports figure in cuba people are always going to be watching you and on top of that you need help from the outside to get out

that why a lot of this cats turned pro after they are 24 or 25 , i really wish gamboa rigo etc wouldve turned pro by the age of 22 or 23 , gamboa still has a lot of time since hes been pro for 3 years but for rigo's case it might hurt him

 

If Cuban fighters were allowed to turn pro they would dominate the sport,its depressing just thinking about all the great cuban fighters pro boxing missed over the years cause of Fidel and his laws.