Lausanne, Switzerland - World Series of Boxing (WSB) is delighted to announce that Cuba has decided to join the competition as of its fourth season, due to start in November 2013. Set up by the Cuban ...

After nearly six decades of boxing sport ban, for the first time Cubans will have a chance to watch their very own throwing punches live. The late leader Fidel Castro raised a ban for the sport after ...

IBA President Umar Kremlev met the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the parties agreed on big steps for boxing development in the country. They also discussed close collaboration in boxing ...

Herich Ruiz is a Cuban boxer. He participated at the 2021 aiba World Boxing Championships, being awarded the bronze medal in ...

HAVANA — Cuban boxers will be allowed to fight professionally for the first time since the 1960s under a deal with a Mexican promoter, officials said. The scope of the deal announced Monday wasn’t ...

Sarbelio Fuentes Rodríguez, one of Cuba’s most respected boxing legends, passed away on April 19 at the age of 85. Born in Santiago de Cuba back in 1939, Fuentes had an incredible journey that started ...

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.

HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into the ring ...

Yoenis Tellez first strolled into Ronnie Shields Boxing Gym in Stafford, Texas, one afternoon in September of 2022, bringing big dreams and bigger baggage. In his native Cuba, Tellez had been a ...

The International Boxing Association's (IBA) "Night of Champions" in Havana will treat the Cuban people to a mind-blowing evening of six fights, headlined by a quartet of Olympic champions. Up to $120 ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Cuba landed the golden punch in the Pan Am Games boxing ring on Thursday, rolling out a lineup of Olympic and world champions to fight their way up the medal table. Of the five men's ...

Cuba won't send a boxing team to the world championships in Chicago because of President Fidel Castro 's fears of future defections. Two Cuban fighters abandoned their teammates during the recent Pan ...