PARIS (AP) — Erislandy Álvarez didn't expect to carry the weight of a proud boxing nation on his shoulders when he takes the ring Wednesday night in an arena packed with fans rooting for his opponent.
Germany’s Agon Sports, headed by Ingo Volckmann, has signed Cuban stars Erislandy Alvarez, Arlen Lopez, Julio Cesar La Cruz and Lazaro Alvarez. All four were big stars in Olympic boxing and made their ...
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Cuba’s Olympic delegation is the smallest in decades — and it reveals the country’s socioeconomic crisis
Cuba is often expected to punch above its weight at the Olympics. Cuban boxers, for example, have won the second-highest amount of medals in Olympic history at 78, with 41 of them gold. Since the 1972 ...
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