tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79122852225960726902024-02-02T02:23:41.674-08:00Cuba Boxing HistoryThe purpose of this site is the history of the amateur Cuban Boxing. It is a very poor translation of the French site : http://histoireboxecuba.blogspot.com/.The sources for the articles are old newspapers articles, the excellent site about world amateur boxing : http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/index.html and the very good site about cuban boxing : http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-55256002864509077872011-06-05T00:32:00.000-07:002011-06-05T01:21:18.811-07:00Alcides Sagarra a trainer and a legend<div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Introduction :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Notre article se basera sur diverses données trouvées sur Internet, dont un interview fort complet, accessible à cette adresse : http://www.efdeportes.com/efd101/sagarra.htm">We found various data on the Internet, including a very comprehensive interview, available at this address : <a href="http://www.efdeportes.com/efd101/sagarra.htm">http://www.efdeportes.com/efd101/sagarra.htm</a></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Débuts :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Debut : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Alcides Sagarra est né en 1936, à Santiago de Cuba.">Alcides Sagarra was born in 1936 in Santiago de Cuba. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Il a tout d'abord boxé de 1951 à 1954, bien que touché par l'asthme.">He fought from 1951 to 1954, although his asthma problem. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Il aurait disputé 97 combats (47 combats amateurs, dont 10 défaites en catégorie plume) et des combats professionnels dont nous n'avons pas trouvé la trace dans l'excellente base de données boxrec.">He would have fought 97 fights (47 amateur fights, including 10 losses in the featherweights). We have no found his record for professional fights in the excellent database <span style="font-style: italic;">boxrec</span>. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Il aurait été entraîneur des boxeurs Antolin Sanchez Gobin et Carlos Kelly, tant en amateur qu'en professionnel.">He was coach for such fighters as Gobin Antolin Sanchez and Carlos Kelly, as . amateurs and also as professionals.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Interdiction de la boxe professionnelle :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prohibition of professional boxing : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1959, Fidel Castro a pris le pouvoir à Cuba et une mesure interdisant la boxe professionnelle est édictée, en se basant sur les principes du communisme.">In 1959, Fidel Castro is the new president in Cuba and a law banning professional boxing is taken, based on the Communism</span></span><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1959, Fidel Castro a pris le pouvoir à Cuba et une mesure interdisant la boxe professionnelle est édictée, en se basant sur les principes du communisme.">'s principles</span></span><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1959, Fidel Castro a pris le pouvoir à Cuba et une mesure interdisant la boxe professionnelle est édictée, en se basant sur les principes du communisme.">. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Cette régulation visait à éviter l'exploitation de l'homme par l'homme et la corruption inhérente à cette activité.">This regulation was intended to prevent the exploitation <span style="font-style: italic;">of man by man</span> and the corruption inherent in this activity. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Rappelons que la boxe professionnelle à Cuba avait donné de très nombreux champions, dont le fameux Kid Chocolate et certains quitteront l'île pour continuer leur carrière, comme le fantastique José Napoles.">Remember that professional boxing in Cuba had given many champions, including the famous Kid Chocolate and some will leave the island to continue their careers, as the great Jose Napoles.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Le sport dépend depuis lors de l'INDER, Instituto Nacional de Deporte, Educacion Fisica y Recreacion.">In the new Cuba, the sport depends now of the INDER, <span style="font-style: italic;">Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educacion Fisica y Recreación</span>. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Les sportifs d'élite fréquentent depuis lors la Escuela Superior del Perfeccionamientos Atléticco, ESPA.">Elite athletes are attending the <span style="font-style: italic;">Escuela Superior del Perfeccionamientos Atléticco</span>, ESPA.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Sagarra explique qu'il a alors repris des études, tout en travaillant comme mécanicien et qu'il a obtenu, bien plus tard, le titre de Licencié en culture physique.">Sagarra then resumed his studies, while working as a mechanic, and will receive later, the title of Bachelor of Physical Culture.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Entraîneur :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coach : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1962, il devient entraîneur de boxe dans la salle de Agua Dulce, à Cerro/La Havane.">In 1962, he became a boxing coach in the gym Agua Dulce, Cerro/La Habana.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="En 1963, il prépare les boxeurs de la province de La Havane, pour le championnat cubain.">In 1963, he trained the fighters in the province of Havana, for the Cuban championship.</span></span><br /><br /></div><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Entouré par Felix Savon et Teofilo Stevenson"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sagarra, with Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon</span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="L'avant -Sagarra :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Before Sagarra : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Précisons qu'avant l'arrivée de Sagarra à la tête de l'équipe cubaine de boxe, un boxeur avait déjà participé aux JO de Rome, Esteban Aguilera Leiva, sans résultats aucun.">It should be noted that before the arrival of Sagarra, as the coach of the Cuban boxing team, a fighter had already participated in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Esteban Leiva Aguilera, without any results.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1962, aux Jeux d'Amérique centrale et Caraïbe à Kingston/Jamaïque.">In 1962, at the Central American Games and the Caribbean, in Kingston/Jamaica, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Felix Betancourt, Moises Vives, Osvaldo Riveri et Leonardo Alcolea remportent la médaille d'or de leurs catégories et Roberto Caminero la médaille d'argent.">Felix Betancourt, Moises Vives, Osvaldo River and Leonardo Alcolea won the gold medal in their categories and Roberto Caminero the silver medal. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Il s'agit d'un premier succès important pour la boxe amateur cubaine.">It was the first major success for the Cuban amateur boxing.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1963, aux Pan American Games à Sao Paulo/Brésil, Roberto Caminero remporte la médaille d'or des légers.">In 1963, at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo/Brazil, Roberto Caminero won the lightweight gold medal. </span><span title="Leonardo Alcolea remporte la médaille d'argent des moyens.">Leonardo Alcolea won the silver medal. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Par équipes, Cuba fini 4ème, derrière le Brésil, les USA et l'Argentine.">As a team, Cuba finished fourth, behind Brazil, USA and Argentina.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="La période Sagarra :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sagarra period : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="En 1964, Alcides Sagarra devient l'entraîneur de l'équipe nationale cubaine.">In 1964, Alcides Sagarra becomes coach of the Cuban national team. </span><span title="Andrei Chervonenko, un coach soviétique, vient l'aider dans son travail.">Andrei Chervonenko, a Soviet coach, has help him in his work. </span><span title="Il en va de même pour Evgueni Ogurenko, et Vasili Romanov, autres soviétiques de passage dans l'île castriste.">He received also help from Yevgeny Ogurenko and Vasili Romanov, other Soviet trainers on the Castro's island.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Sagarra reçoit également l'aide du professeur Kurt Rosentil, de l'Allemagne de l'Est, pour l'aider dans sa tâche.">Sagarra also receives the help of Professor Kurt Rosentil, of East Germany, to assist him in his duty.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Suite à cette collaboration et à ses propres découvertes, Sagarra amène de nombreuses nouveautés dans l'enseignement de la boxe, tant au niveau technique qu'au niveau de la condition physique.">Following this collaboration and his own innovations, Sagarra brings many new features in the teaching of boxing, both technically and physically. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Selon les explications données par cet entraîneur, nous relèverons les points suivants :">According to the explanations given by the coach, we will mention the following points:</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="- cycle de travail de plusieurs années (4 ans)">- 4 years training programs</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="- cycle annuel avec la préparation générale, spéciale, de compétition et la période de concurrence directe (PDC)">- Annual cycle, with the general preparation, special preparation, competition and time of direct confrontation (PDC)</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="- gestion des pics dans la préparation">- Management of pics in the preparation</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="- augmentation des charges de travail avec calcul de son intensité et de son volume">- Increased training quantity with calculation of its intensity and volume</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="- atteinte du plus haut point de préparation la 4ème année du cycle">- Reaching the highest point of preparation at the end of the fourth year cycle</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Aux Jeux Olympiques de 1964, Cuba, pour 9 combats, en gagne 3 et perd 6.">For the 1964 Olympics, Cuba had 9 fights with 3 victories and 6 losses. </span><span title="Aucune médaille.">No medals.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="1967, première médaille pour Cuba, éventuellement avec Andres Molina"><span style="font-style: italic;">1967, the first medal for Cuba, possibly with Andres Molina</span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1967, aux Jeux Pan Americains de Winnipeg/Canada, Enrique Requeiferos remporte la médaille d'or, tout comme Andres Molina et Rolando Garbey.">In the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg/Canada, Enrique Requeiferos won the gold medal, as </span></span><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1967, aux Jeux Pan Americains de Winnipeg/Canada, Enrique Requeiferos remporte la médaille d'or, tout comme Andres Molina et Rolando Garbey.">Andres</span></span><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1967, aux Jeux Pan Americains de Winnipeg/Canada, Enrique Requeiferos remporte la médaille d'or, tout comme Andres Molina et Rolando Garbey."> Molina and Rolando Garbey.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Au Jeux Olympiques de Mexico, en 1968, Enrique Requeiferos Blanco, en mi-welters, gagne la première médaille d'argent de boxe pour Cuba.">At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, Enrique Blanco Requeiferos, won the first silver medal in boxing for Cuba. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Il perd en finales contre Kulej/Pologne, par 3-2.">He lost in the finals against Kulej/Poland, by 3-2.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Rolando Garbey combat en mi-moyens (- 71kg) et perd en finales contre Boris Lagutin/URSS par 0-5.">Rolando Garbey fight in the -71kg, and lost in the finals against Boris Lagutin/USSR, by 0-5. </span><span title="Il remporte également la médaille d'argent.">He also won the silver medal. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Les débuts de la boxe amateur à Cuba sont mentionnés dans un autre article de ce blog.">The debut of amateur boxing in Cuba are mentioned in an another article, in this blog.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Des les années 1970, Alcides Sagarra s'occupera des poids lourds Teofilo Stevenson et Felix Savon, dont les incroyables carrières sont décrites dans des autres articles de ce blog.">Alcides Sagarra will also trained Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon, two heavyweights, whose incredible career are described in two other sections of this blog.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Teofilo Stevenson retourne dans son ring, auprès de son entraîneur"><span style="font-style: italic;">Teofilo Stevenson returned to his corner, with his trainer</span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Ses démêlées avec les juges et arbitres, lors de tournois, lui ont valu de nombreux problèmes par le passé.">Sagarra have had many problems with the judges and referees during tournaments.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="De nombreux chiffres ont été publiés sur les résultats de Sagarra avec l'équipe nationale, mais ils sont difficilement vérifiables (32 médailles d'or olympiques et 63 médailles d'or aux championnats du monde).">Many informations have been published over Sagarra's results with the national team, but they are difficult to verify (32 Olympic gold medals and 63 gold medals at the world championships). </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Relevons simplement que tant Teofilo Stevenson que Felix Savon ont été chacun 3 fois champions olympiques et 3 fois champions du monde.">For sure, Teofilo Stevenson, Felix Savon were each 3 times Olympic Champion and 3 times world champions.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="L'après-Sagarra :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The post-Sagarra : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 2001, Sagarra abandonne son poste d'entraîneur national, qui est repris par Sarbelio Fuentes.">In 2001, Sagarra resigned as the national coach. The new trainer is Sarbelio Fuentes.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 2001, Sagarra abandonne son poste d'entraîneur national, qui est repris par Sarbelio Fuentes.">Without Sagarra,</span><span title="Preuve que son système était bon, l'équipe de Cuba continuera à dominer la boxe amateur, jusqu'à ce jour et ceci malgré le changement d'entraîneur."> the team will continue to dominate world amateur boxing until now and despite the coaching change.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Parutions et Titres :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications and Awards : </span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Un livre publié au sujet de Sagarra"><span style="font-style: italic;">A book published about Sagarra</span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Il a fait paraître deux livres, soit "Charlas entre cuerdas" en 1991 et "Boxeo El PDC en la Escuela Cubana" en 1998 (PDC = Periodo Directo a Competencia).">He has published two books, "<span style="font-style: italic;">Charlas between cuerdas</span>" in 1991 and "<span style="font-style: italic;">El Boxeo PDC in the Escuela Cubana</span>" in 1998 (<span style="font-style: italic;">PDC = Periodo Directo Competencia</span>).</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Nous avons retrouvés les parutions suivantes à son nom :">We found the following titles to his name:</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="font-style: italic;" title="Boxeo.">Boxeo. </span><span title="Entrenamiento de Equipo e instrucción técnica / A."><span style="font-style: italic;">Entrenamiento e instrucción técnica Equipo</span>/A. </span><span title="Sagarra y P.Díaz.">P. Díaz y Sagarra. </span><span title="La Habana: Editorial el Deporte, 1995.">La Habana: Editorial el Deporte, 1995. </span><span title="22 p.">22 p.</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Experiencia de la Escuela Cubana con el Boxeo Olímpico en el / A."><span style="font-style: italic;">The Escuela Cubana experiencia con el Boxeo en el Olímpico</span>/A. </span><span title="Sagarra.">Sagarra. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="La Habana: Editado por Raúl Villanueva Torres, Presidente de la Comisión Científica de la AIBA.199?">La Habana: Editado por Raúl Villanueva Torres, Presidente de la Comisión Científica the AIBA.199? </span><span title="11p.">11p.</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="La preparación del boxeador para competencias fundamentales / A."><span style="font-style: italic;">La preparación para competencias fundamentales del boxeador</span>/A. </span><span title="Sagarra.">Sagarra. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="La Habana: Material Mimeografiado, 1995.">La Habana: Material Mimeografiado, 1995. </span><span title="13 p.">13 p.</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Quien es el Segundo / A."><span style="font-style: italic;">Quien es el Segundo/</span>A. </span><span title="Sagarra.">Sagarra. </span><span title="p.">p. </span><span title="1-7.">1-7. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En Seminario Técnico Metodológico, Mayo de 1992.">In Seminario Técnico Metodológico, Mayo 1992.</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="El período Directo a Competencia, en el Boxeo cubano, un método moderno de planificación del entrenamiento deportivo / A."><span style="font-style: italic;">El período Directo Competencia, en el Boxeo Cubano, a método moderno del entrenamiento deportivo de Planificación</span>/A. </span><span title="Sagarra.">Sagarra. </span><span title="La Habana: Resumen de la tesis para optar por el grado de Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas, 49 p">La Habana: Resumen the tesis por el grado para optar Doctor in Ciencias Pedagógica, 49 p</span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Reflexiones pedagógicas sobre la situación actual / A."><span style="font-style: italic;">Reflexiones sobre la situación actual pedagógica</span>/A. </span><span title="Sagarra.">Sagarra. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="La Habana, ene.">La Habana, ene. </span><span title="1995.">1995. </span><span title="8 p">8 p</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="En 1992, l'université de la Havane décerne le titre de Docteur en Sciences pédagogiques à Alcides Sagarra.">In 1992, the University of la Havana awarded the title of Doctor of Science in Educational to Alcides Sagarra.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Depuis lors, le Dr Sagarra a donné de nombreuses conférences ou effectué de nombreux stages à travers le monde, afin d'enseigner ses connaissances..">Since then, Dr. Sagarra has lectured extensively and conducted numerous workshops around the world to teach his knowledge.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Sagarra a obtenu le titre de "Héros du travail" à Cuba et "d'Entraîneur du siècle" à l'AIBA.">Sagarra was awarded the title of "<span style="font-style: italic;">Hero of Socialist Labour</span>" in Cuba and "<span style="font-style: italic;">Coach of the Century</span>" from AIBA.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Une excellente vidéo sur la carrière de Sagarra est accessible à cette adresse : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBWkYmrU9ZA">An excellent video about Sagarra's career is available at: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBWkYmrU9ZA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBWkYmrU9ZA</a></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title="Conclusions :"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Conclusions :</span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Alcides Sagarra peut être considéré comme le père de la Escuela Cubana de Boxeo, soit la fameuse école de boxe cubaine et comme l'entraîneur ayant rapporté le plus de médailles à Cuba.">Alcides Sagarra has to be considered as the father of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Escuela Cubana de Boxeo</span>, the famous Cuban boxing school and as the coach who brought the most medals in Cuba.</span></span><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Le plus impressionnant demeure toutefois le fait que l'école cubaine a continué dans l'excellence lors du changement d'entraîneur survenu après son départ.">The most impressive fact is that the Cuban school continued to be the best of the word after the leaving of Sagarra.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-55919733538737897822010-06-13T01:52:00.000-07:002010-06-13T02:37:49.308-07:001988 : Olympic Games in Seoul and Boycott<div align="justify"><strong>Introduction :</strong><br /><br />The 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and their boycott by Cuba will be the final article about a special event, in this blog.<br /><br />This boycott was a sign of solidarity with North Korea, still at war against South Korea, which was organizing these Games, in Seoul.<br /><br />Only the following countries participated in the boycott : Cuba, Albania, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nicaragua and the Seychelles. Other countries of the East Block have participated in the OG. We did not find traces of alternative games, organized by the boycotting countries.<br /><br /><strong>Before the Olympic Games :</strong><br /><br /><em>1987 :</em><br /><br />During the Giraldo Cordova Cardin 20th Tournament, super heavyweight Jorge Luis Gonzalez beats Isaac Barrientos/Puerto Rico, in the finals.<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482179629640829026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n4umN4Pl1u57svsHTiIAOas3VfQKK7WBJpXSkvvYODJpkIgKyXr-aPFzWyqkXFpk70dcGz2g0y2bi_J7exGRGl3LSP2b8XBXV52_6J6mnxV3J4DUo422A-sgJwbSiMxkN4yMH1kxrsg/s320/timbre+cubain+1987.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /><em>Stamps for the 1987 Pan Am Games </em></p><em><p align="justify"></em>In the 10th Pan American Games, in Indianapolis/USA, for the semifinals, Michael Carbajal/USA beats Juan Torres Odelin, on points 5-0 (-48 kg).<br /><br />In -81 kg, Pablo Romero beats Andrew Maynard/USA, by RSCI 2. In the +91 kg, Jorge Luis Gonzalez beats Riddick Bowe/USA, on point 3-2. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482179371384421778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUai98HK2PJrucG04c4d7lJy2uix_KZSHcRuZy4-93tua4xeols3rGaxKwTHHb9S2mjNSliz9e03KqolCB5cQTPZ9mAEkFbmB8pgIhz-5b0430vrRwPTu2MCZ_uuoc57oVp7Og540nYjI/s320/gonzalez+lewis.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Jorge Luis Gonzalez in left facing Lennox Lewis</em><br /></p><p align="justify">In the finals, Cuba wins 10 gold medals. Felix Savon beats Juan Antonio Diaz by KO in the second. Jorge Luis Gonzalez beats Lennox Lewis/Canada, on points 4-1. The video of the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1wg8BCgDmE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1wg8BCgDmE</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCap3m4hnE8&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCap3m4hnE8&feature=related</a><br /><br />At the North American Championships, in Toronto, in the finals, Cuba wins 10 gold medals. In -91 kg, Felix Savon beats Michael Bentt/USA on points 3-0 and Lennox Lewis/Canada beats Jorge Luis Gonzalez on points 3-2. Video of the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgPnolc_kkw&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgPnolc_kkw&feature=related</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26TQb6Yq2Es&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26TQb6Yq2Es&feature=related</a><br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482179540254352482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSesPwM5wt7nMeDqasv1Wngr_ZdHG-KTc4WWk1SGxtXfkWoKAf3rGcqzifbau0KyK0pP4_m6LwSZonZRIrL9iyL1kvD5mH04wazpXGpudUMayINbWSgZ8gQCzeM-3CuVzh92084v-6WU/s320/savon+bentt.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Felix Savon, on the left, opposite Michael Bentt</em> </p><p align="justify">At the 5th World Cup in Belgrade, Cuba wins five gold and one silver medal. Felix Savon beats Arnold Vanderlyde/Netherlands, on points 4-1.<br /><br />For the 18th Central American and Caribbean Championships, in Costa Rica, with a B team, Cuba wins nine gold and two silver medals.<br /><br />During the duel Cuba-USA, in Cuba, the island wins eleven fights for a single defeat, against a USA B team. Michael Carbajal/USA beats Juan Torres Odelin, on points 3-2.<br /><br /><em>1988 :</em><br /><br />During the USA-Cuba duel, in Atlantic City, Cuba wins 10 fights for two defeats.<br /><br />In -48 kg, Rogelio Marcello beats Michael Carbajal/USA, on points. In -54 kg, Manuel Martinez beats Kennedy McKinney/USA, on points. In -91 kg, Felix Savon beats Ray Mercer/USA, on points.<br /><br /><strong>The Olympics Games :</strong><br /><br />During the Olympics, in Seoul, Cuba boycotted the event. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482179454802995682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzHROmAr184795nagIFQTVlSKd5X6TjtuI7iREexsWsz52L96XwhriaJZmmZpV_VmKGLElQZynihQLbfHkuv69rW-uNcvVCL2ngTNBJxknfXt6z3mpUj3fEiainD_1O8HdFXgGSonk0c/s320/mascotte+1988.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /><em>The mascot of the boxing tournament in Seoul </em></p><p align="justify">Here are the most important results of these Games :<br /><br />Michael Carbajal/USA loses in the finals, -48 kg.<br />Kennedy McKinney/USA, wins the finals, -54 kg.<br />Roy Jones/USA loses in the finals, -71 kg.<br />Ray Mercer/USA wins the finals, - 91 kg<br />Lennox Lewis/Canada wins the finals, +91 kg, against Riddick Bowe/USA.<br /><br /><strong>Comparisons :</strong><br /><br />We repeat, it's impossible to determine who would have been the winner at the Olmpics, if Cuba had been there. </p><p align="justify">By comparing the 1987 and 1988 results, during the match against Cuba, we find that :<br /><br />Michael Carbajal/USA has won and lost against his Cuban opponents.<br />Kennedy McKinney/USA loses in 1988 against Manuel Martinez.<br />We do not know a Cuban opponent for Roy Jones.<br />Ray Mercer/USA loses to Felix Savon in 1988.<br />Lennox Lewis/Canada wins and loses to Jose Luis Gonzalez, in 1987.<br /><br /><strong>After the Olympic Games :</strong><br /><br />During the 19th Central American and Caribbean Championships, in Guatemala City, Cuba wins all the gold medals.<br /><br /><strong>Where are they now :</strong><br /><br />Felix Savon will have a separate article in this blog.<br /><br />Jorge Luis Gonzalez defects Cuba in April 1991, in Tampere/Finland, during a second-class tournament. Note that Roberto Ballado represented Cuba at the 1989 World Championships in Moscow. Gonzalez will become a pro fighter in the USA and will lose against Riddick Bowe for the heavyweight title, by ko in the 6th.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusions :</strong><br /><br />The boycott of the 1988 OG is the latest in a series that began in 1980, with the USA boycott, and with the 1984 boycott from the East Block countries and Cuba. Since 1992, the opposition between these two countries can resume. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482179702642926626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnVHWZ6_JRsR3J6rrFVt0SLjBIdKAOUpKd9M5MaEALFVlsWMq6ITV3EMcyklfra5n44QhizvpwaLBv2bXs8_2eg3WQcXQo920XnKifiCZ-OhzROmnhlapKYMSFPP4XymmUEa_7gx8C9Y/s320/vignettes+felix+savon.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Felix Savon's stamps</em> </p><p align="justify">Note that Teofilo Stevenson finally retired in 1987. Felix Savon, meanwhile, began his international career in 1986. It is therefore a milestone in the history of heavy and superheavyweight Cubans. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-40583988744287357312010-03-21T02:42:00.000-07:002010-03-21T23:41:36.075-07:001986 Reno : 4th World Championships<div align="justify"><strong>Introduction :<br /></strong><br />After the 1984 Olympic Games and their boycott by the Eastern bloc, the World Championships in Reno/USA will be a new opportunity to confront USA and Cuba. Two years later, a new Cuban boycott at the Olympic Games in Seoul will impeach this sort of confrontation.<br /><br />Once again, video or photography of this WC are very rare.<br /><br /><strong>Preparation :<br /></strong><br /><em>1985 :<br /></em><br />During the 18th Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament, in June 1985, Cuba wins almost all the medals.<br /><br />During the 16th Central American and Caribbean Championships, in Venezuela, in September 1985, Cuba wins 9 gold medals and 2 silver.<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451032924994788450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomtINpMBylxvlsn1w7YPzW07tf3rS9BIGaHbN_EbOQ5ps8ExhiQsiwAt_pbrlBy1CiNzmIpgLFZybotjZ5gGNH_BeYvDYgKUlnI83JZ_VMjuhqqBADliME0DY25MSpd18qDkyfdL25Is/s320/cuba+fanion.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Cuban boxing team flag</em> </p><p align="justify"><em>1986</em><strong> :</strong><br /><br />In the 19th Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament, in April 1986, Cuba again dominates every foreign competitors.<br /><br /><strong>World Championships :<br /></strong><br />At the beginning of the Perestroika and Glasnost in USSR and the end of the cold war between USA and USSR, tension remains high between Cuba and America.<br /><br />These Championships are held in a gambling city as Reno/Nevada, from 8th to 18th May, 1986.<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451031606632995922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDqq7QQI2s2gvpriFKc7tlcDKzAvkh14t8h0pBm600Pw3lb3JG4bjNB51tdyq-oo-srXPGOYyH4UScuog1wKdu3U-9CIbyo0DdxQ2tUMHg1yWkU2aJWKDqkju_NK9b99ih9lAu3ceo0M/s320/cuba+timbre++1986.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Cuban Sports Stamps</em> </p><p align="justify"><strong>Gold Medalists :</strong><br /><br />(-48 kg) Juan Torres Odelin wins the gold medal against Luis Roman Rolon/Puorto Rico, on points 5-0. The Puerto Rican will subsequently be disqualified after a drug test. Odelin has already won the 1984 Friendship Games, which replaced the 1984 Olympics Games for eastern countries. He left the Cuban Olympic and World team.<br /><br />(-51 kg) Pedro Orlando Reyes beats David Grimani/Venezuela, on points 5-0. Previously, Reyes winsn his three preliminary fights. Orlando Reyes has already won the 1984 Friendship Games. He will win the bronze medal at the 1989 WC.<br /><br />(-60 kg) Adolfo Horta beats Engels Pedroza/Venezuela, on points 3-2. Previously, Horta wins his 4 preliminary fights, including the semi-final against Orzubek Nazarov/USSR, on points 3-2. Adolfo Horta has become World Champion for the 3rd time, after Belgrade in 1978 and Munich in 1982. He was also silver medalist in the 1980 Olympic Games. He left the Cuban Olympic and World team. Nazarov will be European Amateur Champion in 1987. As a professional, he will become World Champion of the lightweights.<br /><br />(-71 kg) Angel Espinosa beats Enrico Richter/West Germany, on points 4-1. Previously, Espinosa wins his 3 preliminary fights. Espinosa has already won the 1984 Friendship Games. He will win a silver medal at the 1989 WC. </p><div align="justify"></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451031330647762658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmUlRvgfI9fnPBt-YJHJ14Ft12j6nzcW1a66qW8nQIDaCxcOxb4tWweJPZrL8sXEpqlZlhfAVJV1A7USQUhQ4yiramXcKgEILxrnJzuMbrPXW9iyXu036Ahc8H_0O0dT7fBNfgKXSWHo/s320/angel+espinosa.jpg" border="0" /> <em>Angel Espinosa</em> </p><p align="justify">(-81 kg) Pablo Romero beats Loren Ross/USA, on points 4-1. Romero dominated the fight, but has given low blows and also hit his opponent after the round, without being warned by the referee (<em>Lodi News-Sentine, May 19, 1986</em>). Romero wins his first 3 preliminary fights. Romero has been gold medalist at the 1982 WC and will be silver medalist at the 1989 WC.<br /><br />(-91 kg) Felix Savon beats Arnold Vanderlyde/Netherlands, on points 5-0. Previously, Savon wins his first 3 fights, including the semi-final against Svilen Rusinov/Bulgaria, by RSC in the 2nd round. The career of Felix Savon : 3 gold medals at the OG and 6 gold medals at the WC, this from 1986 to 1997. Vanderlyde will be 3 times bronze medalist at the OG, and also a silver medalist at the 1991 WC. Savon and Vanderlyde will fight 5 times, with 5 wins for the Cuban.<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451031673693468178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PhfoKTOIvrxuCSDxj7RpTGsds6iGdOl3sH6jAyRIN6UTaqO7jMklZyCJ9UsZFHj9pb0x-_y99N8u08PqMXVtyzHrpMBwlXh9Kqo7YBnvKADQPgJslpTQlPx6bswZ5ZAtNdrZuEsNdH0/s320/FELIX+SAVON+VANDERLIJDE.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Felix Savon (left) vs Vanderlyde at the 1992 Olympic Games </em></p><em><p align="justify"></em>(+91 kg) Teofilo Stevenson beats Angel Garcia/USA, by RSC in the 2nd. video of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAecmk5dV_s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAecmk5dV_s</a><br /><br />Alex Garcia has only 17 wins and 1 defeat, after being released from prison in 1984. He will turn professional, but will never be a World Champion. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451031752851593042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillfmFafugtGSM0vNApUaeh0T_2A8WqtoTq74M5hJ9Qwef6zbmBjyrffIU_q7P31xZFkdeVALwFrRzXjUGYXRlzLIpDxOLE60SE-s7A3wxuhHMctgeJsLeXoGP6YiaHctoIX9DdQWGTNs/s320/teofilo+stevenson+alex+garcia.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Alex Garcia (left) against Teofilo Stevenson </em></p><em><p align="justify"></em>Before the final, Stevenson wins his first 3 fights, including a fight against Vyacheslav Yakovlev, the World Cup winner. Stevenson uses his jab and hits his opponent in the mid-section, to win the fight (<em>Anchorage Daily News 17.05.1986</em>). The Teofilo Stevenson career is the subject of an special article in this blog.<br /><br /><strong>Silver Medalists :</strong><br /><br />(-57 kg) Kelci Banks/United States beats Jesus Sollet, on points 4-1. Sollet wins 3 fights before this defeat. Sollet has not fought other Olympic or World fights. Banks will turn professional, but will never be a World Champion.<br /><br />(-67 kg) Kenneth Gould/USA beats Candelario Duvergel, on points 3-2. Previously, Duvergel wins his preliminary 4 fights. Duvergel has won the 1984 Friendship Tournament and will be 5th in the 1989 WC and 3rd at the 1991 WC. Gould will be a bronze medalist at the 1988 OG. He will be professional, but will never be a World Champion.<br /><br /><strong>Bronze Medalist : </strong><br /><br />(-75 kg) Julio Quintana loses in the semifinals against Darrin Allen/USA. Quintana is counted after two rights in the head, during the second round. Allen wins 5-0. Allen, who had pledged to live in Cuba for 30 days if he didn't beat Quintana, said "I'm throwing my passport away" (<em>Anchorage Daily News, 17.05.1986</em>). Previously, Quintana wins his first three fights. He left the Cuban Olympic and World team.<br /><br /><strong>Eliminated without medals :</strong><br /><br />(-54 kg) in the preliminaries, Arnaldo Mesa wins 3 fights before losing in the semi-finals against the Korean Sung Kil Moon, on points 2-3. Mesa will be a silver medalist at the 1996 OG and wins two bronze medals at the 1989 and 1991 WC.<br /><br />(-63.5 kg) In the quarter-finals, Eduardo Correa (not to be confused with Emilio) loses vs Vailiy Shishov/USSR, on points 0-5. Previously, Correa wins his first two preliminary fights. He left the Cuban Olympic and World team.<br /><br /><strong>Comparisons with other teams :</strong><br /><br />Cuba finishes first, with 7 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. The USA are second and USSR third.<br /><br />In direct confrontation, Cuba has 5 wins and 1 loss against the USSR.<br /><br />Cuba has won 2 fights against the U.S. for 3 losses, a very surprising result.<br /><br />Cuba has fought 48 fights, with 43 wins and 5 defeats, a victory ratio of 89.5%. This result is much better than the 3rd WC, in 1982, with 81.5%, the 2nd WC in 1978 with 86% and the 1st WC, in 1974 with 84%.<br /><br />Concerning the general opposition, with the exception of Henry Maske (silver medalist in the -75 kg) and the Canadian Lennox Lewis (eliminated by Petar Stoymenov/Bulgaria in his first preliminary fight) no futur professional boxing star has participated in these World Championships. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451031537867955650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KQbvnk99iuvEymm1CxQhmRBPHfplR4TsNo17L1LsHyZZXGyw0kwnzrolZeXwYvhtsKuT-M4a5bPyHXdYzy8kwrZllxjCbz6FKOa6UNFXd85IObtxYtVSdtjpvbovCklDv8ko4bzLxjI/s320/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1988-0306-011%252C_Henry_Maske%252C_Angel_Espinosa.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Henry Maske (left) against Angel Espinosa, 1988 </em></p><em><p align="justify"></em><strong>After the World Championships :</strong><br /><br />For the 15th Central American and Caribbean Games, held from June 24th to July 5th, 1986, in the Dominican Republic, Cuban wins 11 gold medals and 1 silver.<br /><br />Cuba meets twice the US team. On 13th December, 1986, in Lake Tahoe/USA, Cuba wins 9 fights and loses 3 fights with a new team, including old and new fighters.<br /><br />On 18th December, 1986, in Sacramento/USA, Cuba wins 7 fights for 2 losses.<br /><br />During these 3 tournament, Felix Savon is now a part of the Cuban team.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusions :</strong><br /><br />Reno 1986, with the last presence of Teofilo Stevenson and Adolfo Horta is a turning point for the Cuban boxing team.<br /><br />At the same time, a new generation emerges with Felix Savon, who will dominate the heavyweights for nearly 14 years and Arnaldo Mesa, who will fight at the highest level until 1996.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-74948503760810433672009-12-13T00:23:00.000-08:002011-02-09T10:28:45.384-08:001984 : Los Angeles and La Havana : Olympic Games and Friendship Games<div align="justify"><strong>Introduction :<br /></strong><br />The 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and their boycott by the Eastern bloc, including Cuba, are an important date in the Cuban history of boxing.<br /><br />The purpose of this article is to analyze the competitions in 1983 and 1984, and also the Friendship Games, the alternative to the Olympic Games.<br /><br />Even if it is totally impossible to predict the outcome of a hypothetical confrontation between Cuba and the USA at the 1984 OG, we will also compare the fighters for both countries.<br /><br /><strong>Boycott and Friendship Games :<br /></strong><br />In response to the 1980 boycott of a part of Western bloc (see: <em>1980 : Moscow Olympic Games</em>), 14 Eastern countries have decided to boycott the 1984 OG.<br /><br />The announcement was made in May 1984, citing security concerns and anti-Soviet sentiments in USA. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645755349506546" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfTiF2IsbhJv577Vzerj_P6bSFPBrCqjc6NuElXKOvYds3bBPS-PIVb8zl4s7m3EXFfnlMDNmAh2vdMkju7PNewk_PhUy1OfzT0mQ_d7F-c9_yh0s_RyKL6_YpHC6PWltYSPpYI2Cj8g/s320/timbre+cuba+1984.jpg" border="0" /> </em><p align="center"><em>Cuban Stamps issued for the 1984 Olympics, before the boycott</em><br /><br /></p><p align="justify">These 14 countries have then organized the Friendship Games, or the Goodwill Games, also known in Russian as Druzhba, or the Juegos de Amistad in Spanish. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645482761551554" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 204px; height: 198px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyk3oRkEodnmn2VLog1jW0An0zaoYjppNd6o9zFJenMwpON0OGcRjOoCbZqhPgGqC7hm6QSavNaHY6ohKhExyjWCWq72BfCvJFYlYNtJzfHjNrYdNKm4EiIzIK9bJwOZVMYoICa_a3ks/s320/logo+amistad+1984.jpg" border="0" /><em>Russian Friendship Games logo</em><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645819240235202" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 174px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQKuQvbuAaXOL9O_IVS6mm_qRea_Smn7UU-T08N3VwVyN2CivKJupxT1qRlSQi1hSa22HC_s3LPTKib4PJ-dfkNOxtiqe1dGwHE32BaEqI7a3ds4_pn85rS8p1MyXpqzMt7T8mgBJzIQ/s320/timbre+russe+1984.jpg" border="0" />Russian Stamps issued for the Friendship Games</em><br /><em></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />These games were held in various countries of the Eastern bloc. The boxing tournament was held in La Havana/Cuba, from the 19th to the 24th August 1984, just a couple of days after the Olympics.<br /></div><p align="left"><strong>Before the Olympics :</strong><br /><br /><em>1983 :<br /></em><br />During the 9th Panamerican Games held in Caracas, the finals are :<br />(-60 Kg) Pernell Whitaker/USA defeated Angel Herrera on points. Extract of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OPFL4Mai48">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OPFL4Mai48</a><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645878725921346" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 217px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTWrJVLuRb8C4PyLxm-oLsuk9NAyjbimKQZz6mL317eNaaSME4ppuoKnF3DpBefVwSLhktVGXTwTNHShHrfp-_OvfmkjTEM-9vKVU4bbbSCkCpb6cmjvdNQY7S9tkUlSBKmM2Vs7z-kg/s320/whitaker+herrera.jpg" border="0" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Whitaker (left) vs Herrera</em></p><p align="justify">(-63.5 kg) Candelario Duvergel beats Jerry Page/USA on points.<br />(-81 kg) Pablo Romero beats Evander Holyfield/USA on points.<br />(+81 kg) Jorge Luis Gonzalez wins the gold medal. Tyrell Biggs/USA, finishes 3rd.<br /><br />During the North America championships, held in Houston/USA, in September 1983, Cuba wins 4 gold medals and 3 silver, with a team B, as the US team. In the -75 kg, Virgil Hill/USA beats Bernardo Comas, on points 5-0.<br /><br />At the 14th Central American and Caribbean Championships, held in La Havana in December 1983, Cuba wins all the gold medals.<br /><br /><em>1984 :</em><br /><br />During the duel between the USA and Cuba, on February 18th, 1984, in Reno/USA, the results are the following :<br />(-51 kg) Pedro Orlando Reyes beats Steve McCrory/USA, on points 5:0.<br />(-57 kg) Meldrick Taylor/USA beats Adolfo Horta, on points 3:2.<br />(-60 kg) Pernell Whitaker/USA beats Angel Herrera, on points 3:2.<br />(-71 kg) Frank Tate/USA beats Orestes Solano, on points 4:1.<br />(-75 kg) Bernardo Comas beats Michael Nunn/USA, by RSC 2.<br />(-81 kg) Pablo Romero beats Evander Holyfield/USA, on points.<br />(+91 kg) Teofilo Stevenson beats Tyrrell Biggs/USA, on points 3:2. Video of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTiqc8TaTnk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTiqc8TaTnk</a> </p><div align="justify">Cuba wins by 16 to 8, or 8 wins for 4 losses. All the Americans above mentioned will become Professional World Champion.<br /><br />On April 13th, 1984, at the 2nd AIBA Challenge Matches in Los Angeles, the results are as follows :<br />(-51 kg) Pedro Orlando Reyes beats Steve McCrory/USA, by RSC 2.<br />(-57 kg) Adolfo Horta beats Bernard Gray/USA, by RSC 2.<br />(- 60 kg) Pernell Whitaker beats Ramon Goire/CUB, on points.<br />(+91 kg) Tyrrell Biggs beats Francesco Damiani USA/ITA, on points.<br /><br /><strong>Friendship Games :</strong><br /><br />The Games take place from the 18th to the 24th August, 1984. The Soviet team is composed of USSR Champions, except for Yanoskiy (-65kg) who was a finalist and Shin (-81 kg).<br /><br />(-48kg) Juan Torres Odelin wins the final against Karimzhan Abdrakhmanov/USSR, 3-2.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645419377884706" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 228px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfx8SYCqDsHSSOgwo_RuOIHWnDtNiZyxOx-Y4FVSe2b-WR369eEuO3fb1MTk_6JONccr1HUylOcEogsQtjjo9v0WrL7aWMGvgUu3v3aDZ5oWGdENa1Mt_C4w9qOE4d8LxWn24-XYOTF0/s320/juan+torres+odelin.jpg" border="0" /> <div style="text-align: center;"><em>Odelin Juan Torres (right) at a DDR tournament in 1983</em><br /><em></em></div><p align="justify">(-51 kg) Pedro Orlando Reyes def Zbigniew Raubo/Poland, by WO. In the quarter-finals, Reyes beats Yuriy Vilishchuk/USSR, by RSC in the 3rd.<br /><br />(-54 kg) Ramon Ledon beats Yuriy Alexandrov/USSR, on points 3-2. Alexandrov won the 1982 WC and will participate in the 1986 OG. </p><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645617368191314" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 230px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTiBTZzwM86ZODswPsEk8ICql9pIuoMAXMN-FTcvWrMaKsoZCldPZotyTe-kxRlHC-YBbSbrlkD1NqzUMWTUYkgyHTwf19HnbLY8MiRhAW843JwcHVjO06oniU2wlrEYqiW4Fp9vgIZA/s320/ramon+ledon.jpg" border="0" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Ramon Ledon (left) at a DDR tournament, in 1983</em><br /></div><p align="justify">(-57 kg) Adolfo Horta beats Serik Nurkazoy/USSR, on points 3-2.<br /><br />(-60 kg) Angel Herrera beats Enkhbat Nergui/Mongolia, on points 3-2. Nergui will be 3rd at the Olympic Games of 1988. In the quarter-finals, Herrera beats Nurlan Abdukalykov/USSR, on points 4-1.<br /><br />(-65 kg) Candelario Duvergel beats Vyacheslav Yanovskiy/USSR, on points 3-2. Yanovskiy will become Olympic Champion in 1988.<br /><br />(-67 kg) Jose Luis Hernandez loses vs Torsten Schmitz/GDR, on points 4-1. Schmitz has already lost the final against Hernandez at the 16th Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament, in 1983. Schmitz will be the 3rd at the 1986 WC. In the semi-finals, Jose Luis Hernandez beats Serik Konakbayev, on points 4-1. Konakbayev won the silver medals of the 1980 OG, losing vs Patrizio Oliva and of the 1982 WC, losing against the same Hernandez. </p><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645284152381170" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 226px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fBbhRIg84RoWACF8kW7d_T9IuDG_rNYI5e9Jw31AfKTJj6y033JSIi3fyK7F_csEhx0AvxxwN3svhaIR9ZnIjYsfpFhHBFECkzmUk97Osahctq-Z7RGip3pTJwPvqPAgYHRbiRn4MAA/s320/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1984-0823-013%252C_Luis_Garcia%252C_Torsten_Schmitz.jpg" border="0" /> </em><p align="center"><em>Torsten Schmitz during a fight at the Friendship Games<br /></em><br /></p><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645349900250514" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 223px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1UPQquUOiG1dXRbPXLPfMsLEGsgS_OI-KeHQQlOfk8llQLFXFo02MjrHCssX57pHlNdqGW4D2TEG7o_JeYO9oReeTGcGQREylehJ71n8XCXwb_j4bbKOc7fYm6Hcpyy-Sip6EAnTZ5s/s320/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1984-0826-007,_Kuba,_Internationales_Boxturnier,_Boxer.jpg" border="0" /> </em><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Jose Luis Hernandez second and Torsten Schmitz first, at the Friendship Games </em><br /></div><p align="justify">(-71 kg) Angel Espinoza beats Andrey Akulov/USSR, on points 3-2, in the quarter-finals, and beats Mikhail Takov/Bulgaria, on points 4-1, in the finals.<br /><br />(-75 kg) Bernardo Comas wins in finals against Henry Petrich/Poland, on points 4-1. The latter defeated Henry Maske/GDR, by 3-2 in the quarter-finals. Henry Maske will become a Professional World Champion. Comas beats Asylbek Kilimov/USSR, in the quarter-finals.<br /><br />(-81 kg) Pablo Romero beats Vladimir Shin/USSR in the finals, on points 4-1.<br /><br />(-91 kg) Hermenegildo Baez beats Alexandr Yagubkin/USSR, on points 3-2, in the semi-finals and Alvic Gyula/Hungary 3-2 in the finals. Yagubkin was a 1982 World Champion. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645683129021122" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 239px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_-JSZAvRX6vYxLxNsdYS2UwUykC5Ww5RLkA4XAGyW71mfs7FFdOJ-yUGHY9NBozX_yGpc_x3LuWvJd3fj0W9GeUCqe7T8d5dmTJ-xfhWzn2VEvC1gLvGkMh3I02ZbbhZuw1d0t6SJDk/s320/stevenson+abadzhyan.jpg" border="0" /><em>Teofilo Stevenson (red) against Abadzhyan </em></p><p>(+91 kg) Teofilo Stevenson def Valeriy Abadzhyan/USSR, in the finals, by retirement in the 3rd. Here a two excerpts of this fight, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqfYxzxcd4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqfYxzxcd4 </a> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zERE7JN1gY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zERE7JN1gY</a></p>This tournament is a one-sided confrontation between the Soviets and Cubans, Cuba wins all these direct confrontations.<br /><br /><strong>Comparisons :</strong><br /><br />We repeat, it is impossible to determine who would have been the gold medalist at the Olympics, if Cuba had been there.<br /><br />By comparing the 1984 results, during the match against Cuba, we find that :<br /><br />Reyes, winner of the Friendhsip Tournament, beats Steve Mc Crory, gold medal of the Olympics.<br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414645546914762786" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 228px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSOHBeWlTmpWpgO0u4-IMOGvjCZPF-Q8frhNYOHVGlF_zbWWCpBHgXh6z7xEMNzD5rAzZ-PcHxUX5-ukndTBnRaWv_t8b8nkTkQUKiHxyMHNfMcI3ujkSd0xSP-W0cu30FrXwtxLj6_I/s320/pedro+orlando+reyes.jpg" border="0" /> <div style="text-align: center;"><em>Pedro Orlando Reyes (left) at a DDR tournament in 1983</em><br /><em></em></div><p align="justify">Ditto for Taylor, gold medal of the Olympics, facing Horta, winner of the FG.<br />Ditto for Whitaker gold medal of the Olympics, facing Herrera, winner of FG. Whitaker had already beaten Herrera in 1983, during the 1st AIBA Challenge.<br />Ditto for Romero, who won the FG against Holyfield, Olympic semi-finalist.<br />Ditto for Stevenson, winner of the FG against Biggs, gold medal of the Olympics.</p><p align="justify">In addition, Mark Breland, gold medal of the Olympics, beats Duvergel Candelario, winner of the FG, in a duel between the two countries in 1982.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusions :</strong><br /><br />The 1984 boycott , following the US 1980 boycott and announcing the Cuban 1988 boycott, has impeach the Olympic boxing direct confrontations between the two countries from 1976 to 1992.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-25847572442753950822009-09-19T23:46:00.000-07:002010-03-21T03:30:54.323-07:001982 : 3rd World Championshisp<div align="justify"><strong>Introduction :<br /></strong><br />The 1982 World Championships, organized by the AIBA, represent the latest worldwide confrontation for Cuba, before the 1984 Olympic Games boycott. After the triumph in Moscow, the Castro's island begins his isolation.<br /><br />Remember that at this time, we are still in the sport Cold War. The last major tournaments have taken place mainly in the East block (La Havana in 1974, Belgrad in 1978 and Moscow in 1980) with the exception of Montreal, in 1976.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>Preparation :</strong><br /><br />In the 14th Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament, in June 1981, Cuba wins the majority of the medals.<br /><br />At the second World Cup in November 1981, in Montreal, Cubans win only 4 gold medals, with Omar Santiesteban, Adolfo Horta, Jose Herrera and Angel Gomez.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383438648329187618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjQLK6foS9E6hNXT78ESLqoqyTdamKFPJKQlkOXdW-FlfUCzWRE3l5HXjC112K-_PZvGxbSwQJ4aeLBlgKBZxVkVO1O_fyUJIY8CRy4EbX-4SvDJTe03fV_XuX-xVVo4oHQc9ksMxtXk/s320/omar+santiesteban+1983.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Omar Santiesteban, left in 1981 </em></p><div align="justify">Ath the North American Championship in 1981, Cuba win 7 gold medals.<br /><br />In November or December 1981, at the 12th American and Caribbean Championships in Santo Domingo, Cuba sends a B team and only wins 4 gold medals.<br /><br />On February 28, 1982, Cuba meets the USA in La Havana. Cuba wins by 22 to 2, or 11 wins for a loss. This is an exceptional result.<br /><br />(- 60 kg) Angel Herrera def Vinnie Pazienza/USA, on points 4-1.<br /><br />(+91 Kg) Tyrrell Biggs/USA defeated Angel Milian, on points 3-2. It's the only American victory.<br /><br />(+ 91 kg) Jorge Luis Gonzalez beats Pat Bagley/USA, by ko in 1st round.<br /><br />In the 15th Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament from April 21st to 27th, 1982, Cuba wins 11 gold medals, out of 12 available.<br /><br />The very talented -75 kg Jose Gomez (former gold medallist at the 1978 WC and 1980 OG) disappears from the Cuban team. He has won during the confrontation with the USA, but is not in the finals of the Cordova Cardin Tournament, won by Bernardo Comas. Jose Gomez will beat Comas in 1983.<br /><br /><strong>World Championships :<br /></strong><br />These championships are held in Munich, West Germany, from 4th to 15th May, 1982.<br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383438714576279970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZ6_g0Jt86YzKBV8R0fMQER5S_IHpkt16ZF12y7ff47QUWOu7B0h230T_-_g_ZJEBpVI0OqSGAoXVw_qcsiOSnvtqY6WxCEL9Tu6zTYESV_kqB9u9-wUhQ6oPi5hyUFBnRGc3GmJxmnk/s320/da87_12.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Korean team flag, at these World Championships.<br /></em></p><p align="justify"><em>Eliminated without medal :</em><br /><br />(- 48 kg) Hipolito Ramos loses during the preliminary fight, against Laureano Ramirez/Dominica, on points 2-3. Ramos, who won a silver medal in the 1980 OG, disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team.<br /><br />(- 51 kg) Omar Santiesteban loses against Michael Collins/USA, on points 2-3, during the quarter-finals. Michael Collins will win the silver medal. Omar Santiesteban disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team.</p><p align="justify">(- 54 kg) Rafael Cardenas loses vs Klaus-Dieter Kirchstein/RDA, on points 1-4. Kirchstein will win the bronze medal. Cardenas disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team. </p><p align="justify">(- 67 kg) Jose Luis Hernandez loses against Serik Konakbayev/USSR, on points 1-4, during the preliminary fight. Konakbayev (silver medal at the 1980 OG) is also a silver medallist at these WC, losing on points against against Mark Breland/USA, a future 1984 Olympic Champion and Welterweight Prof World Champion. Jose Luis Hernandez disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team.</p><p align="justify">(91 kilograms) It's a big surprise. Teofilo Stevenson (<em>see separate article in this blog</em>) loses without discussion on points 5-0, during his first fight, for the quarter-final, against Italy's Francesco Damiani. Extract of the fight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50sovj4k1k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50sovj4k1k</a></p><div align="justify">Damiani will be a silver medallist, losing the finals against Tyrrell Biggs. Damiani will win the silver medal at the Olympics of 1984 and will be the Heavyweight European Pro Champion. Damiani will beat Biggs, during their pro carreer.<br /><br /><em>Bronze Medals :<br /></em><br />(- 91 kg) Hermenegildo Baez loses his semi-finals against Juergen Fanghaenel/GDR, on points 5-0. Previously, Baez won his first 2 fights. Baez disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team.<br /><br /><em>Silver Medals :</em><br /><br />(- 71 kg) Alexander Koshkin/USSR beats Armando Martinez, on points 3-2, in the finals. Martinez won his first 4 fights. It should be noted that this is the revenge of the 1980 Olympic final, during which Martinez has beaten Koshkin, on points 4-1. Martinez disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team.<br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383438485499711330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbkQ84F11mJTGT79-mqktCXs1mYSSAKz8UubJ6GWVVZEwjXQp95xUCtsvWSTmvFdKwGRCK3BxhsdZp6ikkQnrutTyApwwzr_mQC0YTbmWzzdoUBbw7nu-TF3E0VZ2_7LuCnobjj3FZJg/s320/300px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1982-0313-016%252C_Detlef_K%25C3%25A4stner%252C_Armando_Martinez.jpg" border="0" /> <em>Armando Martinez, right, in 1981<br /></em></p><p align="justify"><em>Gold Medals :</em><br /><br />(- 57 kg) During the finals, Adolfo Horta beats Rawsalyn Otgonbaya/Mongolia, on points 5-0. Previously, Horta won his first 4 fights. Horta won a gold medal at the 1978 WC and a silver medal at the 1980 OG. Horta will take part at the 1986 WC.<br /><br />(- 60 kg) During the finals, Angel Herrara beats Pernell Whitaker, on points 3-2. Pernell Whitaker will become a 1984 OG gold medallist and a Pro World Champion. Previously, Herrera won his first 4 fights in theses WC. Herrera, who won two gold medals at the 1976 and 1980 OG and a gold medal at the 1979 WC, disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team.</p><p align="justify">(- 63.5 kg) Carlos Garcia beats Dong Kil Kim/Korea, on points 5-0, during the finals. Previously, Garcia won his first 4 fights. He disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team.</p><p align="justify">(- 75 kg) During the finals, Bernardo Comas beats Tarmo Uusivirta/Finland, by ko in the 3rd. Uusivirta has already won a silver medal at the 1978 WC and will be a pro fighter, without becoming a World Champion. Comas won his first 4 fights, including the semi-finals, defeating Iran Barkley/USA, on points 3-2. Barkley will become a Pro Middleweight World Champion middleweight, defeating Thomas Hearns. Comas disappears from the Olympic and World Cuban team. </p><div align="justify"></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383438567919942130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2J4RbaSpgAp2UKoMEn11xwZhyphenhyphenPFHd2invhGACgNo4k_erywqYbNLMGRWu7PFHorfec9Egy5kZKnMUS6hMnUE3yq77dcwufiZnwB6ZpbF2ArAHfL_V7tQ6Y5V9vZ8Vcg16KJOTSe-6S0/s320/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-Z0323-036%252C_Bernardo_Comas%252C_Manfred_Trauten.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Bernardo Comas, left in 1981.<br /></em></p><p align="justify">(- 81 kg) During the finals, Pablo Romero def Skrecz Pawel/Poland, on points 5-0. Previously, Romero has won his first 2 fights. Pawel Skrecz has already won the silver medal at the 1980 OG. Romero will be present at the 1986 and 1989 WC.<br /><br /><strong>Comparisons with other teams :</strong><br /><br />Cuba finishes first, with 5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals. The USA are second with 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. The USSR is third with 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals.<br /><br />Cuba has to 2 wins and 2 losses vs the USSR. Cuba has 3 wins and 1 defeat against the USA.</p><p align="justify">Cuba has fought 38 fights, with 31 wins and 7 losses, a victories ratio of to 81.5%, as the ratio at the Montreal Olympics, but lower than during the other major international tournaments, since 1972.<br /><br /><strong>After the World Championships :</strong><br /><br />From 7th to 18 August 1982, at the 14th Central American and Caribbean Games in La Havana, Cuba wins 11 gold medals. The only Cuban loss is the Angel Herrera's one, who loses in the quarter-finals by RSC1, against German Diaz/Puerto Rico. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450754303393347170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1982 cuba medal boxing" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7K7l0iFaFj2aNE0ovma3jHMrFKgNWyLHJP8CvA2HAuPKTdaz-g5CN70NIDsjVPrSXsHpfRcrEg4tulQ_J5SW8W1gVGVmx7rOPLO6BPy0YceHwkJ_prUs-pKKhv39ICfkSZziLiS5rHM/s320/cuba+1981.jpg" border="0" /><em>Cuban medal for this American championships</em></p><em><p align="justify"><br /></em>On November 13th, 1982, Cuba meets the USA team in Reno/USA and wins by 16 to 8, 8 victories for 4 losses.<br /><br />(- 60 kg) Pernell Whitaker/USA beats Angel Herrera, on points 4-1.<br /><br />(-67 Kg) Mark Breland/USA def Candelorio Duvergel, on points 3-2. Extracts of the fight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlo2ZwR0ElI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlo2ZwR0ElI</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g09tQhAU1yA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g09tQhAU1yA</a></p><div align="justify">(+ 91 kg) Teofilo Stevenson def Tyrrell Biggs by ko in the 2nd round. Biggs won the 1982 World Championships. Extract of the fight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBw3mNg9D5E&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBw3mNg9D5E&feature=related</a> </div><div align="justify"><br />Tyrrell Biggs will be the 1984 OG Champion and the challenger for the world heavyweight title, against Mike Tyson, but without success.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusions :</strong><br /><br />The year 1982 confirms the domination of Cuba on the USA, with the Cuban victories at the World Championships and during both direct confrontation.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-21232022458293567412009-06-17T07:02:00.000-07:002010-03-20T09:37:37.249-07:001980 : Moscow Olympic Games<div align="justify"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Introduction :</span><br /><br />The USA 1980 Olympics boycott was an action to protest against the Soviet invasion of the Afghanistan. Other countries took part to this boycott, for example West Germany or Canada. Cuba will be deprived of US opposition and will only face the other Eastern countries and European countries as France and Great-Britain. Cubans fighters will win trust the podium.<br /><br />1980 OG were the first to suffer from a large boycott for the boxing tournament and this situation will last until 1992.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Preparation :</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">1979 :</span><br /><br />During the Cordova tournament, the Cubans win, as usual, all gold and silver medals.<br /><br />During the confrontation between Cuba and the USA, on February 11th, 1979 in Havana, the Cubans win with 18 points to 6, or 9 wins and 3 defeats. ( - 60 kg) Johnny Bumphus/USA def Adolfo Horta on points. ( - 81 kg) Hermenegildo Baez beats Tony Tucker/USA on points and Teofilo Stevenson def Phil Brown/USA also on points (+ 81 kg).<br /><br />In May 1979, the 12th Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament in Havana, Cubans win all the medals.<br /><br />In July 1979, during the 8th Pan American Games in San Juan/Puerto Rico, Cuba win 5 gold and 2 bronze medals and the USA 4 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals. The USA win 6 direct fights against Cuba, for 3 defeats. This was a real surprise, following the poor US performance in 1978, during the WC. In the quarter-finals, ( - 81 kg), Tony Tucker/USA beats Sixto Soria on points; (- 57 kg) Bernard Taylor/USA def Angel Herrera on points; (- 71 kg), James Shuler/USA def Luis Felipe Martinez on points. In the semi-finals (+ 81 kg), Teofilo Stevenson def Rufus Hadley/USA with a KO.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCTWBNLiHWjxjXjGRGYqSZdI9YMWuvgNNpep-URoewqlcID20wEK2XpT4v3alCUBmZpdkf_S5CRa3_VnAqQicJe1WtdujlBfJBCeRlPUenmPcf8FkBQMy67TpKiT_lwsnEIWCFISjjmQ/s1600-h/angel-herrera-g.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348299508508907282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 155px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Angel Herrera" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCTWBNLiHWjxjXjGRGYqSZdI9YMWuvgNNpep-URoewqlcID20wEK2XpT4v3alCUBmZpdkf_S5CRa3_VnAqQicJe1WtdujlBfJBCeRlPUenmPcf8FkBQMy67TpKiT_lwsnEIWCFISjjmQ/s320/angel-herrera-g.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Angel Herrera right</span><br /></div><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">1980 :</span><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br />In February 1980, in Charlotte/USA, the USA lose by 10 to 14 against Cuba, or 5 wins for 7 losses. It was also an excellent result. ( - 57 kg) Angel Horta beats Bernard Taylor/USA on points. Teofilo Stevenson def Jimmy Clark/USA on points ( + 81 kg).<br /><br />In June 1980, during the 13th Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament, Cuba win all the medals except one.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Boycott :</span><br /><br />The USSR attacked Afghanistan in 1979. The USA gave a deadline to the USSR to withdraw, from this country, with the threat of a boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow. The USA is supported by various boxing strong countries, including West Germany and Canada. Great-Britain and France supported the boycott, but allowed their athletes to go to Moscow. Italy and Spain were also represented.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKqwKdFFl2c6XSaCEyZ0-6hCiOd_9dO1AbhGeApM4-s111y6ZGzsWcBVH1I0wmYm2lSzjIKmOkvQIBO8KEo-GpQXR_Xf3n77P8uQRYpRxhA1hTJbSYS89UVGOx5hXnbn-ppv4TNbUXuE/s1600-h/timbre+guinée+moscou.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348299439729267890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 246px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKqwKdFFl2c6XSaCEyZ0-6hCiOd_9dO1AbhGeApM4-s111y6ZGzsWcBVH1I0wmYm2lSzjIKmOkvQIBO8KEo-GpQXR_Xf3n77P8uQRYpRxhA1hTJbSYS89UVGOx5hXnbn-ppv4TNbUXuE/s320/timbre+guin%C3%A9e+moscou.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Guinea boxing stamp for the Olympic Games in Moscow<br /></div><br />62 countries did not participate in the Olympics, despite being invited (including African and South American countries).<br /><br />Because of this boycott, the level of the boxing tournament was greatly diminished.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">USA Team :</span><br /><br />It is of course impossible to imagine the results of the confrontation between USA and Cuba at the 1980 Olympic Games. Take also notice that a boxing American selection died in a plane crash near Warsaw/Poland on May 14th, 1980. This selection came to Poland to compete in a tournament. Coach Thomas "Sarge" Johnson, who was in charge of the 1976 Olympic team, was in this selection. A total of 14 boxers died during this accident.<br /><br />One of the victims, Lemuel Steeples, was the US 1979 Champion and was the 1979 Pan American Games gold medalist, after defeating, among others, Jose Aguilar, on points 5-0. Steeples had also lost the 1979 World Cup final against the Russian Serik Konakbayev, futur 1980 OG silver medalist. Kelvin Anderson, also a victim, had finished 2nd during the 1979 US Championships, losing against Tony Tucker. Anderson had also lost against Sixto Soria in 1978, on points 3-0, during a confrontation between the USA and Cuba.<br /><br />According to the list of the other victims, no one was a 1979 US champion, or had taken part in the US selection, which met the USSR during a confrontation in the early 1980, or even participated in confrontation with Cuba. In conclusions, this team was not the best US team.<br /><br />In May 1980, Richard Sandoval, Johnny Bumphus and Marvis Frazier, son of Joe Frazier , become US National Champions.<br /><br />It is difficult to determine who would have been part of the Olympic boxing team. We have found a list with Richard Sandoval, Bernard Taylor, Johnny Bumphus, Donald Curry, James Shuler, Leroy Murphy and James Broad, who were either pro world champions or have had interesting careers.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Olympic Games :</span><br /><br />The tournament takes place in Moscow from July 19th to August 3rd, 1980.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHOxlwXUrHzkzTph2nH4gwVEJt1QjGwy9qD9ZJF6du_MWkhCBoMHgvRnO8LwebtTp6bh-ZiAd43l-1p0_ZKkaIl03txMnbgshYO70cvE_5d0LjH_NcCtITFo7TQ95hl6sQy4Xc07FQA0/s1600-h/carte+postale+moscou.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348299593234462866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHOxlwXUrHzkzTph2nH4gwVEJt1QjGwy9qD9ZJF6du_MWkhCBoMHgvRnO8LwebtTp6bh-ZiAd43l-1p0_ZKkaIl03txMnbgshYO70cvE_5d0LjH_NcCtITFo7TQ95hl6sQy4Xc07FQA0/s320/carte+postale+moscou.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Postcard of Moscow Olympic Games</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Gold medals :</span><br /><br />( -54 kg) Juan Bautista Hernandez wins the gold medal in the finals, and beats Pinango Bernardo/Venezuela, on points 5-0. Video of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0q6Mit8Ps">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0q6Mit8Ps</a>Bernardo Pinango will become boxing pro World Champion in 1986 in the bantams and in 1988 in the super-bantams.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrDGwjPGndw3dKYmcXbOhjVoEkUQG68D1NM9QQ_0U2IdZ-NXFFDDsmzW6-eY5wpbYq1Wx8J1AtHn6FIV6VrMMG4hzxM6HhaL7-auRjs4s1AQ-fTEdZ6KQunkgGoOf_2h5uJRCQj0elEc/s1600-h/juan-bautista-g.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348299777740931170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 132px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Juan Bautista Hernandez" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrDGwjPGndw3dKYmcXbOhjVoEkUQG68D1NM9QQ_0U2IdZ-NXFFDDsmzW6-eY5wpbYq1Wx8J1AtHn6FIV6VrMMG4hzxM6HhaL7-auRjs4s1AQ-fTEdZ6KQunkgGoOf_2h5uJRCQj0elEc/s320/juan-bautista-g.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Juan Bautista Hernandez right</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">( - 60 kg) Angel Herrera defeats in the finals Viktor Demyanenko/USSR, by RSC in the 3rd round. Angel Herrera has already won a gold medal at the 1976 OG. He was gold medal at the 1978 WC and will be present at the 1982 WC. Video of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26IQsCPS0Ws">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26IQsCPS0Ws</a><br /><br />(- 63 kg) Andres Aldama beats John Mugabi/Uganda, in the finals, on points 4-1. Video of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVQxB9OuTwk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVQxB9OuTwk</a>Andres Aldama has already won the silver medal at the 1976 OG and did not win a medal at the 1978 WC. Mugabi had been eliminated in the second round of the 1978 WC. He will become a boxing pro World Champion, in the junior-middleweights in 1989, after losing against Marvin Hagler for the middleweight’s title, in 1986.<br /><br />( - 71 kg) Armando Martinez wins the gold medal, against Russian Alexander Koshkin, on points 4-1. Martinez will be present at the 1982 WC. Video of the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEXNX4WHog">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEXNX4WHog</a><br /><br />( - 75 kg) Jose Gomez wins the gold medal and beats Viktor Savchenko/USSR, on points 4-1. Video of the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48prvGxSwb8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48prvGxSwb8</a> Jose Gomez won the gold medal at the 1978 WC. Savchenko won bronze at the 1976 OG and the gold medal at the 1978 WC, winning against Luis Felipe Martinez, ( - 71 kg).<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK8vIRErVJBw4K99HT_wz7l6DG99v4HBkNgolANH0rU241lQJ71G1hKJmUFr8T45xk3kSeBLrzIDGPme6pf_yjlk7fpC1FgReLjzjtizLeQmeR6B1Wd8utpRfNNnjaGtUO85lhpbL2Ok/s1600-h/jose-gomez-g.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348299683031073874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 219px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Jose Gomez" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK8vIRErVJBw4K99HT_wz7l6DG99v4HBkNgolANH0rU241lQJ71G1hKJmUFr8T45xk3kSeBLrzIDGPme6pf_yjlk7fpC1FgReLjzjtizLeQmeR6B1Wd8utpRfNNnjaGtUO85lhpbL2Ok/s320/jose-gomez-g.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Jose Gomez left</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">( 81 + kg) Teofilo Stevenson beats Petr Zayev/USSR, on points 4-1, (see Teofilo Stevenson’s article in this blog).</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450747124422952178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMd7DV_RMC0WoU7dlqYHdyp_adfvH3r2_RECjZljNX-K6Pt8exBhXvBrziS1i8FPKxBFm5ERtV_Dxq40pDnA6kBUiMHjimDKQ6JaTmWvVJI1Yjqm0pR0KHWP_GT1dXGj-21S5BLV98Rsg/s320/1980.jpg" border="0" /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"><em>Stamp for the victory<br /></em></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Silver medals :</span><br /><br />( - 48 kg) Hipolito Ramos wins the the silver medal, losing against Shamil Sabirov/USSR, on points 2-3. Ramos will be present at the 1982 WC. Sabirov was eliminated in the first round of the 1978 WC. Video of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAlPM3t_dp8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAlPM3t_dp8</a><br /><br />(- 57 kg) Adolfo Horta loses the final against the East German Rudy Fink, on points 1-4. Horta won a gold medal at the 1978 WC and will be present at the 1982 WC.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bronze Medals :</span><br /><br />( - 64 kg) José Aguilar wins the bronze medal. Aguilar loses in the semi-finals against Russian Serik Konakbayev, on points 4-1. Konakbayev loses in the finals against Patrizio Oliva/Italy. Patrizio Oliva will be a boxing pro World Champion, in the junior welterweights, in 1986.<br /><br />(- 81 kg) Ricardo Rojas, wins the bronze medal. He loses in the semi-finals against Grzegorz Skrecz/Poland, on points 2-3. Skrecz lost in the preliminaries of the 1978 WC.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Eliminated without a medal :</span><br /><br />( - 51 kg) Jorge Hernandez loses on points for his first fight against Miroshnichenko/USSR. Jorge Hernandez won the gold medal at the 1976 OG and 1974 WC, and won the silver medal at the 1978 WC. Miroshnichenko loses in the finals against the Bulgarian Petar lesov.<br /><br />Because of the futur Cuban boycott, all the fighter from this island will disappear from the Olympic team.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Teams competition :</span><br /><br />Cuba wins the team’s competition, with 6 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals, for an incredible total of 10 medals. The USSR is 2nd with 1 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze medals. GDR comes third. The first Western country is Italy, with 1 gold medal.<br /><br />Cuba wins 39 fights for 5 losses, a victories ratio of 88%, a record for this team.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKMaTVm8OG0KvMUP2951Ck3qswmFkG0eLUkWlVl09QoHrfnOI0TdRhrvWqWsv_e7WhcilseZb7EF_Frzf_1jGW9sElmi7BxfIabIRJUhVJSrIbSUISJ5rWdWK1AU7VbFiSC81gFa1bhE/s1600-h/moscou+ours+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348299856330619362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1980 olympic games teofilo stevenson victory" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKMaTVm8OG0KvMUP2951Ck3qswmFkG0eLUkWlVl09QoHrfnOI0TdRhrvWqWsv_e7WhcilseZb7EF_Frzf_1jGW9sElmi7BxfIabIRJUhVJSrIbSUISJ5rWdWK1AU7VbFiSC81gFa1bhE/s320/moscou+ours+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">1980 Olympic Postcard</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In direct confrontations, Cuba gets 5 victories over the USSR, for 3 defeats.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Alternative Games :</span><br /><br />Shortly before the Moscow Olympics, the United States organized alternative games for boycotting countries. For track and field, we found the results of the Liberty Bell Classic, but nothing about boxing.<br /><br />The US boxing team meets West Germany in August 1980, with a B team.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">After the Olympic Games :</span><br /><br />Cuba has not taken part at other major competitions after the Olympic Games. This country was absent from the Golden Cup in Kenya, in September 1980. USA and Germany were present.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLdzd3wwgOXKbP1sFJtv9iUkdgj6OhMDmbOZocGY8kd3NxY6MT_K6dQuFhDnZFsLsgLn0S6G7hGz-BKJGJPpUd1N8IfAWaadRB6JKkZm5Jv6njT97XE9p73pI3SW61gCUUJ_JWbNPzOU/s1600-h/ours+moscou.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348299959093659954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLdzd3wwgOXKbP1sFJtv9iUkdgj6OhMDmbOZocGY8kd3NxY6MT_K6dQuFhDnZFsLsgLn0S6G7hGz-BKJGJPpUd1N8IfAWaadRB6JKkZm5Jv6njT97XE9p73pI3SW61gCUUJ_JWbNPzOU/s320/ours+moscou.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Misha, the fighting bear, 1980 Olympic Games<br /></div><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Conclusions :</span><br /><br />Cuba has won many medals during these games, but against a poor opposition.<br /><br />Moreover, after these Games, Cuba will be absent of the OG during 12 years. His return will take place only in 1992.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-19891341162563412022009-04-27T10:09:00.000-07:002011-02-09T10:46:32.341-08:001978 : 2nd AIBA World Championships<span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction : </span><br /><div align="justify"><br />The second World amateur boxing Championships organized by the AIBA are a "desert for the media". Only one video is available on this subject, not only for the Cuban team, but for all participants. We have only found this single photo of these Championships.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSR5ccdBq3XuXyyA7XNRcGad5izTcsxtuDBUZtOf1dP6qC6dxhOlxnnNn_QeHjwDPzstB8yMR0f-doOC7PlqI_XIBTuf2gBaqPfvVMQ5QQ_kHWhpD_QBcbFnqqIgFgSgqdjXO3o6oMsyM/s1600-h/Stevenson+Vujkovic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329420495499596242" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 176px; cursor: pointer; height: 164px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSR5ccdBq3XuXyyA7XNRcGad5izTcsxtuDBUZtOf1dP6qC6dxhOlxnnNn_QeHjwDPzstB8yMR0f-doOC7PlqI_XIBTuf2gBaqPfvVMQ5QQ_kHWhpD_QBcbFnqqIgFgSgqdjXO3o6oMsyM/s320/Stevenson+Vujkovic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">Teofilo Stevenson in the center and certainly<br />Dragomir Vujkovic left<br />It is the only photo available of this Championships<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We will base our article on the records, without newspaper articles of the time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Preparation of the Cuban Team : </span><br /><br />In July 1977, during the 10th Giraldo Cordova Cardin tournament, Cuba wins almost all the medals available.<br /><br />In August 1977, for the 8th Central American and Caribbean Championships, in Panama City, Cuba wins 8 gold and 2 silver medals. In the -67 kg finals, Michael McCallum/Jamaica beats Emilio Correa on points 4-1.<br /><br />In November 1977, in Houston/USA, the USA meets Cuba. Cuba wins 7 fights for 4 losses.<br /><br />(- 48 kg) Jorge Hernandez def Richard Sandoval on points 2-1.<br />(-54 Kg) Angel Herrera beats Rocky Lockridge on points 3-0.<br />(-71 Kg) Clinton Jackson beats Luis Felipe Martinez on points 3-0.<br />(+ 81 kg) Angel Milian beats Greg Page on points 2-1.<br /><br />In February 1978, in La Havana, Cuba meets the USA. Cuba wins 8 fights for 3 defeats.<br /><br />(-54 Kg) Rocky Lockridge def Adolfo Horta on points 2-1.<br />(-57 Kg) Angel Herrera def Johnny Bumphus on points 3-0.<br />(+ 81 kg) Teofilo Stevenson def Jimmy Clark on points 2-1.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The World Championships : </span><br /><br />The 2nd World Championships take place in Belgrade/Yugoslavia, from the 6th to 20th May, 1978.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyfeIytaGTnA2VGGYEWCYPjkBGznflMU_vsf-SJyqiRLGR0lu5o85vmJYIkZuv61tqwvxMkdXLHHRn0LP1_2qrUWbILid7aPL_K3pboH7h1Zk-YjOIhf3TbMSuUHHFUeeNLOc2D_2AGM/s1600-h/belgrade.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329420281974056178" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 257px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyfeIytaGTnA2VGGYEWCYPjkBGznflMU_vsf-SJyqiRLGR0lu5o85vmJYIkZuv61tqwvxMkdXLHHRn0LP1_2qrUWbILid7aPL_K3pboH7h1Zk-YjOIhf3TbMSuUHHFUeeNLOc2D_2AGM/s320/belgrade.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">1978 World Championships Flag, in Belgrade<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Eliminated without medal : </span><br /><br />(- 60 kg). Bienvenido Lazo is defeated by Vladimir Sorokin/USSR in the quarter-finals, on points, 3-2. Lazo wins his first two fights. Lazo disappears from the Olympic team.<br /><br />(- 63.5 kg) Andres Adalma is beaten by Veleriy Lvov/USSR, future gold medalist, on points 3-2, in the quarter-finals. Previously, he beats his two first opponents before the limit. Adalma, already a silver medalist in Montreal, will be at the 1980 OG.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37eB8Jk17G-Qg5WpiEn8gm1EgWlpXHdNAe6hNPsRV2Y8DlQJMIRIqUE1_7gMWXRZi1R6SeTgYHMP6869y4AFbS7ty6SLcy0mYlyO-QLQ3rggPIXFUT9I1ihevEVvI4l0mhpwSJDOkyT0/s1600-h/andres-aldama-g%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329420214712426962" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 150px; cursor: pointer; height: 221px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37eB8Jk17G-Qg5WpiEn8gm1EgWlpXHdNAe6hNPsRV2Y8DlQJMIRIqUE1_7gMWXRZi1R6SeTgYHMP6869y4AFbS7ty6SLcy0mYlyO-QLQ3rggPIXFUT9I1ihevEVvI4l0mhpwSJDOkyT0/s320/andres-aldama-g%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Andres Aldama (left), during a competition unknown</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">(-67 Kg) Emilio Correa loses his second preliminary fight against Ernst Mueller/West Germany, future bronze medalist, by RSC in the 2nd. Emilio Correa was gold medal at the 1972 OG and 1974 WC, and lost in the preliminaries of the 1976 OG. He disappears from the Olympic team.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/Internet/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkEvXYPJyDlp2q1gJGTkEpnwRryzzINOYEuUqiCOrRP7eBR3h2gw3pDjoH9Z4Ej_jHvJigyRlFO5DJ7pJHvfxBbmTMAime9k56nuXhWx-HNja8Y3rjyeB9i_C_U2SrA8IWpuMdXWco8A/s1600-h/1978.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkEvXYPJyDlp2q1gJGTkEpnwRryzzINOYEuUqiCOrRP7eBR3h2gw3pDjoH9Z4Ej_jHvJigyRlFO5DJ7pJHvfxBbmTMAime9k56nuXhWx-HNja8Y3rjyeB9i_C_U2SrA8IWpuMdXWco8A/s320/1978.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414693658664454962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A picture of Valeriy Rachkov (rights ?) vs Miodrag Perunovic, finals of the -67 kg,<br />maybe during the World Championship</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Silver Medals : </span><br /><br />(-48 Kg) Jorge Hernandez loses in the finals against Stephen Muchoki/Kenya, on points 4-1. Previously, Jorge Hernandez beats Richard Sandoval/USA in the semi-finals, on points 4-1. Jorge Hernandez has already won the gold medal at the 1976 OG and 1974 WC. He will attend the 1980 OG. Richard Sandoval becomes a pro World Champion, in the bantams, and wins 29 fights for 1 defeat. Stephen Muchoki becomes a pro fighter, with 14 wins and 3 losses and will never be a World Champion.<br /><br />(-51 Kg) Hector Ramirez loses in the finals against Henryk Srednicki/Poland. Previously, Ramirez has beaten his first three opponents. He disappears from the Olympic team.<br /><br />(-71 Kg) Luis Felipe Martinez loses against Viktor Savchenko/USSR in the finals by 3-2. Previously, Martinez has won his first 4 fights, the first against Stéphane Ferrara/France, by 5-0. Martinez was a bronze medalist at the 1976 OG. He disappears from the Olympic team. Viktor Savchenko has won the bronze medal at the 1976 OG and will be at the 1980 OG.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gold Medals : </span><br /><br />(-54 Kg) Adolfo Horta wins the finals against Fazlija Sacirovic/YU, on points 3-2. The latter beats Rocky Lockridge/USA, on points 3-2, in the quarter-finals. Adolfo Horta wins his first 3 fights. Horta will attend the 1980 OG.<br /><br />(-57 Kg) Angel Herrera beats Bratislav Ristic/YU, in the finals, on points 4 -1. Previously, Herrera has won his first 3 fights. Angel Herrera has already won the gold medal at the 1976 OG and will be present at the 1980 OG.<br /><br />(-75 Kg) Jose Gomez def Slobodan Kacar/Yugoslavia, by RSC in the 2nd during the semi-finals and Tarmo Uusivirta/Finland on points 5-0, in the finals. Gomez will attend the 1980 OG. Slobodan Kacar will be 1980 Olympic Champion and a pro World Champion in the light-heavyweights.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIie1PBVSvlh_H1cGer9kR16qTeL6xB304A2OmO9il-rbFk7yRaUTe0YmHKH0pPbPoNi-hJ9HoTcDzW4H5ojauFPIN6-6Mb7l2iLQWsX6OvYKck-43lV4k8Sw4p6UnCfDmvNGLTctg1Lc/s1600-h/jose-gomez-g%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329420435222705874" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 160px; cursor: pointer; height: 219px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIie1PBVSvlh_H1cGer9kR16qTeL6xB304A2OmO9il-rbFk7yRaUTe0YmHKH0pPbPoNi-hJ9HoTcDzW4H5ojauFPIN6-6Mb7l2iLQWsX6OvYKck-43lV4k8Sw4p6UnCfDmvNGLTctg1Lc/s320/jose-gomez-g%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jose Gomez, left, during a competition unknown</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">(-81 Kg) Sixto Soria beats Tadija Kacar/Yugoslavia, on point 4-1, in the finals. Previously, Sixto Soria has defeated his opponents in his first 3 fights. According to the St. Petersburg Times, issued the 18th May, 1978, it has been difficult for Soria to beat the Australian Benjamin Pike, who has dominated the Cuban during the first two rounds. Soria reached his opponent only in the third round and the Australian was then counted by the referee. Soria was silver medalist at the 1976 OG and disappeared from the Olympic team. Tadija Kacar was silver medal at the 1976 Olympic.<br /><br />(+ 81 kg) Teofilo Stevenson def Dragomir Vujkovic/Yugoslavia in the finals, by retirement in the 2nd. Video of the fight :<span id="eow-title" class="long-title" dir="ltr" title="Teofilo Stevenson - 1978 Belgrad AIBA World Championships vs Dragomir Vujkovic ? -"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnD6_AKFWIE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnD6_AKFWIE</a> </span>In the quarter-finals, Stevenson beats Tony Tubbs/USA on points 5-0 and Carlos Rivera/Venezuela, in the semi-finals, by RSC in the 2nd.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8Ec-_S1uh8mraxYNFpz6h_hG8rqWbbpfoH70VGSU0NJZbCzewV45A_SHaCQcMKgi8wvUd_bJFgJr8-0DMTpzh0Q07WFQhVQy9SqIpghyphenhyphen3nKO_kejx8aajWNzfkaxkpHDsF_tSaiupe4/s1600/teofilo+stevenson+1984.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8Ec-_S1uh8mraxYNFpz6h_hG8rqWbbpfoH70VGSU0NJZbCzewV45A_SHaCQcMKgi8wvUd_bJFgJr8-0DMTpzh0Q07WFQhVQy9SqIpghyphenhyphen3nKO_kejx8aajWNzfkaxkpHDsF_tSaiupe4/s320/teofilo+stevenson+1984.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571762665980180962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Teofilo Stevenson vs Dragomir Vujkovic</span><br /></div><br />Tony Tubbs will become a heavyweight pro World Champion. Vujkovic has already lost in the semi-finals of the CM 1974 and was eliminated by Luis Felipe Martinez at the 1976 OG, in the middleweights. He is maybe an "inflated" heavyweight at these championships. The proof is that in February 1978, before the WC, Vujkovic fought against the USA in the light-heavyweights, and won against Charles Singleton. In February 1979, after the WC, Vujkovic also fought in the light-heavyweights, losing in the finals of the Yugoslav Championships, against Tadija Kacar. This change of weight category could be due to a lack of a reel Yugoslav heavyweight champion.<br /><br />For Stevenson's career, see the article devoted to him in this blog.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Comparisons with other teams : </span><br /><br />Cuban Team finishes first, with 5 gold and 3 silver medals. The USSR finishes second with 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. Yugoslavia wins 6 silver medals, a big surprise. The USA wins only 2 bronze medals.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59K9tR45Zqg48bolkQZRjL_Ws8rJ246gf5XaV_xKB1pt16VjuODvov7fdElu6PZrBtjBDCvW8OJElBpxF1nIV0h7eRL6TxbV5HognzTb4GT8C5GfNa8xXOj3za4a8q5ArZTswQpGG-i8/s1600-h/BOKSUMEDAL1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329420355650651234" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59K9tR45Zqg48bolkQZRjL_Ws8rJ246gf5XaV_xKB1pt16VjuODvov7fdElu6PZrBtjBDCvW8OJElBpxF1nIV0h7eRL6TxbV5HognzTb4GT8C5GfNa8xXOj3za4a8q5ArZTswQpGG-i8/s320/BOKSUMEDAL1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1978 World Championships Medal </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note the great weakness of the U.S. team. Only three members of this team will become professional champions, Tony Tubbs, Rocky Lockridge and Richard Sandoval. This reflects the great void created by the formidable 1976 American team. The majority of this "d<span style="font-style: italic;">ream team </span>" became professional after the 1976 OG.<br /><br />In direct confrontation, Cuba beats once the USSR for 3 defeats. Cuba beats once the U.S. with zero loss.<br /><br />Cuba has fought 44 fights with 38 wins and 6 losses, a victories ratio of 86%. This result is just less than in Munich (88%) but higher than in La Havana (84%) and Montreal (81%).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">After the World Championships : </span><br /><br />In July 1978, at the 13th Central American and Caribbean Games, Cuba wins 5 gold and 1 silver medals, with a team B, with the exception of Jose Gomez who wins the -75 kg category. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383210033647389218" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 258px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4eNmlAKHY72voGqb5taB-MTWZj3-5yFxU8iioYHC4Yd_NEDS1HOMqTWAIsStmijLjcoGybRRvcaKQQ-3HZgYYlb34mhimzE793ucIoS5s4HOVIRq0rJuY6c4qviLm4wxpSJmvMmB8MA/s320/timbres+1978.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em>Cuban stamps for the XIIIth Central American and Carribean Games</em></p><p align="justify">In October 1978, in New York, the U.S. faces Cuba. Cuba wins 8 fights for 3 defeats.<br /><br />(-57 Kg) Bernard Taylor beats Angel Herrera on points.<br />(-63.5 Kg) Jose Aguillar beats Don Curry on points.<br />(- 67 kg) Andres Aldama beats Clinton Jackson by RSC 1.<br />(+ 81 kg) Teofilo Stevenson def Jimmy Clark by RSC 3rd.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Conclusions of the USA – Cuba tests : </span><br /><br />In the 3 direct confrontations, Cuba has always won with an average of 8 wins for 3 losses. This indicates a remarkably consistent level for the national team, despite many changes in it.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-18073873615960531872009-03-27T07:55:00.000-07:002009-03-28T09:15:49.594-07:00Rolando Garbey : 3 Olympic Games and 2 Medals<strong>Introduction :<br /></strong><br />Rolando Garbey has participated in 3 Olympics Games with two medals. This is sufficient to justify a separate article for this pioneer of the Cuban amateur boxing.<br /><br />Rolando Garbey was in the -71 kg weight division during his entire career.<br /><br /><strong>Debuts :<br /></strong><br />Rolando Garbey was born on November 19th, 1947. He begins boxing around 1965 and wins the silver medal at the National Championships, losing against Andres Molina.<br /><br />In 1967, during the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Garbey wins his first 2 fights and beats Victor Galindez/Argentina by ko in the 2nd, in the finals. Victor Galindez will become World professional Champion in the light-heavyweights.<br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317884038814124066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Rolando Garbey" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UPYrjXPA4a67yVdXL_63EZH2C-0sMgI9hMN8dqgIUDohunK5XaKbckO9SqMSAtIHXF5ZhD8HpARDA40NtuzKS8hf5lpef7bPctNflv2fP5voLnk2DZzrF2wNJmfUPSg5BBPVgZj-rvA/s320/garbey+1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Rolando Garbey, left, facing an unknown opponent</em> </p><p align="justify">Garbey wins the bronze medal at the National Championships, losing vs Juan L. Martinez. Garbey has already lost 2 times against Martinez the same year.<br /><br /><strong>1968 Olympics Games :</strong><br /><br />Garbey loses again in the Giraldo Cordova Cardin tournament in 1968, against Martinez and wins the silver medal.<br /><br />Despite the victories of Juan L. Martinez, Rolando Garbey is sent to the OG. We did not find any other traces of Juan L. Martinez, who does not seem to have represented Cuba in a major championship.<br /><br />Garbey wins the silver medal in Mexico City in 1968. Excerpt of the quarter-finals fight against Eric Blake/Great Britain, won by ko in the 1st round: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9qxjkS9p5w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9qxjkS9p5w</a><br /><br />Garbey beats Johnny Baldwin/USA in the semi-finals on point 4-1. Baldwin will have 32 fights with 5 defeats in the pro, including a loss against Marvin Hagler.<br /><br />Garbey loses in the finals facing Boris Lagutin/USSR, on points 0-5. Lagutin was bronze medallist at the 1960 and gold medallist at the 1964 Olympic Games. He finishes his career with 241 victories and only 11 defeats. For this fight, Garbey has been a fighter at the international level for 2 years and is only 21 years old. Excerpt from the final <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs0A81Lhnhs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs0A81Lhnhs</a><br /><br />The silver medal of Garbey is the second won by Cuba in boxing, his compatriot Regueiferos has won the first, at the same games.<br /><br />In 1970, Garbey wins the gold medal of the Central American Games. The same year he loses in the finals of the 1st Central American Championships.<br /><br />In 1971, he beats his countryman Emilio Correa in the Giraldo Cordova Cardin tournament finals. He also wins the gold medals of the Pan American Games and Central American Championships.<br /><br /><strong>1972 Olympics Games :<br /></strong><br />In 1972, at the Munich Olympics, he wins his first 3 fights before losing on points 1-4, against the Polish Wieslaw Rudkovski. The latter wins the silver medal of these OG.<br /><br />Garbey is national champion in Cuba in 1972, 1973 and 1974.<br /><br />In 1973, he wins the Central American championships.<br /><br /><strong>1974 World Championships :<br /></strong><br />In 1974, he wins the Central American Games.<br /><br />Rolando Garbey wins his first 4 fights at the World Championships in La Havana, including a preliminary match against Peter Tiepold/East Germany by TKO in the 3rd round. Too short excerpt from this fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWHgbUSm30">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWHgbUSm30</a><br /><br />Garbey wins the finals against Alfredo Lemus / Venezuela, on points 3-2. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317884105592985506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Rolando Garbey" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWppoc_SBDZRsCX84eYLBi9TYtuZCiUQ2EoHQPoZ5nthyphenhyphenyMti3nEenF49OJbUd9z6EAovIOqa2rO_roKv2jDZkIt900SGlt5GDkubf-2SJWKmDXQ0Ydd0QBiMVoVr6xNhiavEQQnSlIs/s320/garbey+2.jpg" border="0" /> <em>Rolando Garbey, right </em></p><em><p align="justify"></em></p>In 1975, Rolando Garbey loses twice vs his compatriot Luis Felipe Martinez, before beating him in the finals of the Giraldo Cordova Cardin tournament. Garbey wins the Pan American Games, beating Alfredo Lemus in the semi-finals. <p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317884165016658258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Teofilo Stevenson Emilio Correa Rolando Garbey" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6vgBqF15vdwLwWm14BgV76agov9ONttra_CTTMeKOHpRdP1Y9HDBOIMNVDs5EdKlKItT2o63dGkmUkXOMOf1Kn8RYwqjx7Y2TrhNCmPU2NjKawZjA4WV3Z_wSGXtISZ7tkTxflLW68k/s320/garbey+3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>(left to right) Teofilo Stevenson, Emilio Correa and Rolando Garbey </em><em>at the 1975 Pan-American Games </em><em>in Mexico City </em></p><p align="justify"><strong>1976 Olympics Games :<br /></strong><br />In 1976, Rolando Garbey loses against Luis Felipe Martinez in the finals of the Cuban Championship. He also loses at the Cup Strandzha in Sofia/Bulgaria finals, facing Tadija Kacar/Yugoslavia.<br /><br />Despite these defeats, Rolando Garbey is sent at the Montreal Olympic Games. Luis Felipe Martinez wins the bronze medal at the OG in the middleweights and the silver medal at the 1978 CM (-71 kg).<br /><br />Garbey wins the bronze medal in Montreal OG. He wins his first three fights before losing on points facing Tadija Kacar/Yugoslavia in the semi-finals. Kacar wins the silver medal at these OG and the silver medal at the 1978 CM. He is the brother of Slobodan Kacar, future Olympic champion.<br /><br />Rolando Garbey disappears from the Cuban Olympic team in 1976.<br /><br />He has met little opposition against amateur boxing stars, with the exception of Emilio Correa and Boris Lagutin.<br /><br />Garbey has the particularity of having missed a medal at the 1972 OG and having come back on the podium at the 1974 CM and 1976 OG. His career at the world level lasted almost 9 years.<br /><br />He stays the second Cuban Olympic medallist in boxing.<br /><br /><strong>Style : </strong><br /><br />Rolando Garbey is 178 cm (sometimes cited 183 cm) for 71 kg. He is right-hander and uses a low guard. His footwork is hopping. He does not hesitate to accept the clinch and has the punch in his right fist. Many victories before the limit are written on his record.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317884227846852722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Rolando Garbey" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJ3uoDlA0eM2fya9WIzUhrQNyjRUUvWbLAzXhvgEFVo20W19IKQJpiHI6Ntg_P4ljZXiMehrtPeDDkN4DIj3L-DSmNotvoxzaEHsKKWidlgK72T3nu2Mlyi4LUwIUk5PtaXZdgeMPZAU/s320/garbey+4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Rolando Garbey, left. Very nice attitude<br /></em></p><p align="justify"><strong>Record :<br /></strong><br />We unfortunately do not have a complete record for Garbey. An excerpt is available at this address : <a href="http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/rgarbey.html">http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/rgarbey.html</a><br /><br /><strong>Where is he now ?<br /></strong><br />Rolando Garbey was the coach of Guillermo Rigondeaux.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-26417844516979258842009-02-28T08:39:00.000-08:002010-03-20T09:36:35.361-07:001976 : Montreal Olympic Games<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Introduction : </span><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The 1976 Olympic Games are an opportunity for the USA and the USSR to beat the Cuban team, victorious in the 1972 OG (see separate article in this blog). After the Cuban team victory in 1974, during the first World Championship (see separate article), the challenge will be difficult for both countries.<br /><br />Cubans will have to fight in Canada, in front of a pro-American crowd.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Preparation of the Cuban team : </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">1975 : </span><br /><br />For the 6th Central American and Caribbean Championships, in Guatemala City, in August 1975, Cuba wins only 2 gold and 1 silver medals, a very bad result for this country. Hector Ramirez, Genovefo Grinan and R. Arrevalo are the only medalists. It is possible that Cuba had sent a B team, just before the 7th Pan Am Games.<br /><br />At the 7th Pan American Games in Mexico City in October 1975, the gold medalists are Jorge Hernandez (-48kg), Ramon Duvalon (-51 kg) Orlando Martinez (-54kg) against Bernard Taylor/USA, Rolando Garbey (-71kg ), Alejandro Montoya (-75kg), Rene Pedroso against Leon Spinks/USA (-81kg) and Teofilo Stevenson against Michael Dokes/USA (81 kg)<br /><br />The silver medalists are Genovefo Grinan behind Dave Armstrong/USA (-57kg), and Viktor Corona behind Ray Leonard (-63 kg).<br /><br />The bronze medalists are Luis Echaide while Aaron Pryor/USA is silver medalist (-60 kg), Emilio Correa (-67 kg), while Clinton Jackson/USA is gold medalist.<br /><br />A strong U.S. opposition is growing, with fighters who will be present at the 1976 Olympic Games.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383210958222853634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dYf5WjUj6UwzYv92IStiOIWY724DYhqTOjp8ufD2KJcpbIeIDiIwUFfKh4GFdKK8MI9CXEBX2w9BSdiGYVxcsSEkt71wCA0-oZdT-Z221yjLxCuj3JP6giMiEdvtKFCuFQscS3aJaag/s320/timbres.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Cuban stamps for the 7th Pan American Games<br /></em><br />For the Pre-Olympic Tournament in Montreal in December 1975, 3 Cubans are in the finals, with only one elimination during the preliminaries. Hector Ramirez loses against Gyorgy Gedo/Hungary (-48 kg), Bienvenido Lazo wins against Vassily Solomin/URSS (-60 kg) and Luis Felipe Martinez loses against Viktor Savchenko/USSR (-71 kg).<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">1976 : </span><br /><br />During the tournament between Yugoslavia and Cuba, in Banja Luka/YU, in February 1976, Cuba loses by 8 losses to 4 wins, with a B Team. In the second competition, still in Yugoslavia, the result is 5 wins and 5 losses, with the same type of team. Thereafter, Cuba meets Montenegro and won by 6 wins to 3 losses, with the same fighters.<br /><br />In the Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament in May 1976, Cuba wins almost all the medals available.<br /><br />In summary, Cuba seems to have followed the same type of preparation as the 1972 one.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Olympic Games : </span><br /><br />The Olympic tournament takes place from July 18th to 31st, 1976.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJb5D_6FE7j6ZBZpo4R22a8iFMOziGP18-xm8o8fIqu-1uhQRKyd9Ri3rtrJlc_MYWT0OzV9r1QxOoVfQfvGoMfa2mWHFKv3pScOa8yHdBxX7nKUBTsvFu8ymfloKPzs5AAkXXtGmK4k/s1600-h/dollars+boxe+1976.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307892379530107602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 157px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Montreal 1976 boxing coin" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJb5D_6FE7j6ZBZpo4R22a8iFMOziGP18-xm8o8fIqu-1uhQRKyd9Ri3rtrJlc_MYWT0OzV9r1QxOoVfQfvGoMfa2mWHFKv3pScOa8yHdBxX7nKUBTsvFu8ymfloKPzs5AAkXXtGmK4k/s320/dollars+boxe+1976.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">5 Canadian $, Olympic Games 1976, boxing<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Eliminated without medal :</span><br /><br />(-54 Kg) Orlando Martinez loses his second match, vs Soon Chul Hwang/South Korea, on points 3-2. Orlando Martinez has already participated in the 1968 and 1972 OG (gold medal).<br /><br />(-60 Kg) For his second combat, Reinaldo Valiente loses by 5-0 points, against Ace Rusevski/YU, future bronze medal. Valiente disappears from the Olympic team.<br /><br />(-67 Kg) For his second fight, Emilio Correa loses RSC 3rd, vs Pedro Gamarro/Venezuela, future silver medal. Emilio Correa won a gold medal at the 1972 OG and 1974 WC. He will participate in the 1978 WC.<br /><br />Clinton Jackson/USA, a former silver medalist in the 1974 WC and Mike McCallum/Jamaica, future world champion in pro boxing, are eliminated in the quarter-finals.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The gold medalists are : </span><br /><br />(-48 Kg): Jorge Hernandez beats Li Byong Uk/North Korea in the finals, on points 4-1. Jorge Hernandez was gold medal at the 1974 WM. Jorge Hernandez will be at the 1978 WC and 1980 OG.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwzKr2qfbN7rMXki8lPJCxNvoGHn72rZbNuJ2teS-H938iDFxeZrCiHUeHD_OV37vW7A8fJC4Sb84uHup4EyY1MYnfC9KqEc6_PNVW0KyCLCJTNMqhFzdkS25I577HRvUkhs3nev7Brw/s1600-h/jorge+hernandez.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307892282697031122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 144px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Jorge Hernandez boxing cuba" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwzKr2qfbN7rMXki8lPJCxNvoGHn72rZbNuJ2teS-H938iDFxeZrCiHUeHD_OV37vW7A8fJC4Sb84uHup4EyY1MYnfC9KqEc6_PNVW0KyCLCJTNMqhFzdkS25I577HRvUkhs3nev7Brw/s320/jorge+hernandez.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Jorge Hernandez (left) against an American<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(-57 Kg). Angel Herrera wins in the finals against Richard Nowakowski/West Germany, by ko in the 2nd. In the quarter-finals, Angel Herrera beats Dave Armstrong/USA, on points 3-2. Angel Herrera will be at the 1978 WM and 1980 OG.<br /><br />(81 kg). Teofilo Stevenson wins the gold medal, as mentioned in the article devoted to him in this blog. He beats John Tate/USA in the semi-finals, before the limit. A clip of a preliminary fight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtm9Ytmc4kM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtm9Ytmc4kM</a>.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The silver medalists are : </span><br /><br />(-51 Kg) Ramon Duvalon loses in the finals vs Leo Randolph/USA, on points 3-2. He disappears from the Olympic team.<br /><br />(-63.5 Kg) Andres Aldama loses in the finals against Ray Leonard/USA, on points 5-0. Aldama wins his first 4 fights before the limit, for example vs Vladimir Kolev/Bulgaria by ko in the 1st during the semi-finals. Aldama will be in the 1978 WM and 1980 OG. Ray Leonard will become a multiple World Pro Champion. Excerpt from the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpUUMugmZ4s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpUUMugmZ4s</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51wU7Prdrkio7mrwf2qnfha2d2StaFz1cSjaM8yidWV7P2fUfWzObuIL6UPazeqM7znhkaAcbLm3ATAp3EFlh2kWOjZTCA2osUliCj8GkcgN6i9K225o274u0daPohrO426Cte8JaidA/s1600-h/leonard+aldama.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307892019565418322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Andres Aldama vs Ray Leonard" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51wU7Prdrkio7mrwf2qnfha2d2StaFz1cSjaM8yidWV7P2fUfWzObuIL6UPazeqM7znhkaAcbLm3ATAp3EFlh2kWOjZTCA2osUliCj8GkcgN6i9K225o274u0daPohrO426Cte8JaidA/s320/leonard+aldama.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Sugar Ray Leonard (left) against Andres Aldama<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(-81 Kg) Leon Spinks/USA beats Sixto Soria by RSC in the 3rd. Sixto Soria wins his first 3 fights before the limit. Sixto Soria disappears from the Olympic team, but will be at the 1978 WM. Leon Spinks will beat Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight Pro Title in 1978. Video clip of the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azd-g1CnW0k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azd-g1CnW0k</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppr3hC0ak93qQHhq4TFSOdI9uMHS3Dzei6OGUZLJihePyD6BTS6wAIFmufXerCSxn5ulO54ADG64GLoOvztNo7vJY4hoRmUjHg1uyEeyyPgikdErf7sDoD8i4lQdyfK4Kk8LNlsEw6cA/s1600-h/spinks+soria.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307892214553423682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 217px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Sixto Soria vs Leon Spinks" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppr3hC0ak93qQHhq4TFSOdI9uMHS3Dzei6OGUZLJihePyD6BTS6wAIFmufXerCSxn5ulO54ADG64GLoOvztNo7vJY4hoRmUjHg1uyEeyyPgikdErf7sDoD8i4lQdyfK4Kk8LNlsEw6cA/s320/spinks+soria.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Leon Spinks (standing) beats Sixto Soria<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Bronze medalists are : </span><br /><br />(-71 Kg) Rolando Garbey loses on points 4-1, vs Tadija Kacar/YU (future silver medalist) and brother of Slobodan Kacar, himself a future Olympic gold medalist and World Champion. Rolando Garbey participated in the 1968 (silver medal) and 1972 OG. He was gold medal at the 1974 WC.<br /><br />(-75 Kg) Luis Felipe Martinez loses on points 3-2 vs Rufat Riskiyev/USSR in the semi finals. Luis Felipe Martinez disappears from the Cuban Olympic team. He will be at the 1978 WM.<br /><br />Rufat Riskiyev, World Champion in 1974, loses vs Michael Spinks/USA in the finals, by RSC 3. Michael Spinks will become World Pro Champion, for the light-heavyweights and heavyweights.<br /><br />In the first round, Luis Felipe Martinez def Fulgencio Obelmeijias/Venezuela, by 5-0. Obelmeijias will challenge Marvin Hagler for the Middleweights Pro Title. In the quarter-finals, Luis Felipe Martinez def Dragomir Vujkovic/YU, future silver medalist in the 1978 WC.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Comparison with other teams : </span><br /><br />The U.S. team wins 5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals, 7 medals in total. Cuba is second with 3 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals, with 8 medals in total, but with less gold medals than the USA. Russia finishes with 1 silver and 3 bronze medals, behind East Germany and North Korea. </div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450750300342620098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1976 cuban medal record olympic games" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFBgDpk5JK8Jx6eZtAakI_vs0rzpyMGyO3K6O7GqgJcWBga2l_y6muJ5Rg2rpsN1kqbvKJtYC-PqeNUiTCySb_VhetsCCfp57Rx4hMV6JqTIxVUHZ73mAp6xgUp0q4cv2dEKsjpweJtE/s320/1976.jpg" border="0" /><em>Record of the Cuban medals<br /></em></p><p align="justify">It should be noted the exceptional result of the USA in this tournament, a team with many future professional boxing stars, but with less experience than the Cubans, who have sometimes already participated in two Olympiads.<br /><br />The U.S. domination is clear in direct confrontation. The USA win 3 fights to 2 vs Cuba. Cuba wins 1 fight against the USSR and loses 1.<br /><br />The Cubans have 34 fights and lose 8 times, a victories ratio of 81%, very close to that obtained in Munich (77.5 %) and La Havana (84%).<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">After the Olympic Games : </span><br /><br />7th Central American and Caribbean Championships, Kingston/Jamaica. Cuba wins 6 gold medals and 1 silver, without the Olympics medalists.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-35352429356662402472009-02-07T07:52:00.000-08:002010-03-20T09:35:49.600-07:001974: 1st AIBA World Championships<div align="justify"><strong>Introduction :<br /></strong><br />The creation of the Amateur Boxing World Championships by the AIBA (International Boxing Association or Association Internationale de Boxe amateur in French) make a 2 years delay between the two major events (Olympic Games and World Championships). Before, the fighters had to wait 4 years between two Olympic Games.<br /><br />The first World Championships were held in Cuba. This country had the best results at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300087186951364898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="cuban boxing stamp" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw6pD40xT-GW1Msy29R8ahZqs7-kh8TMHp7x8X7seEgzKLvY8ZREH_4FonBIkLpzOuT1YQEW-3BJDK_TmewnTbEdv65X9CylyMurQ28yfRsvPn8txfBFjyH6-VCn2VgU1XWJhfY700Jk/s320/timbre+championnat+du+monde+1974.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>A Cuban stamp dedicated to the World Championships</em><br /></p><p align="justify"><strong>Preparation :<br /></strong><br /><em>1973 :<br /></em><br />The Cuban team, of course, participated at the 6th Giraldo Cordova Cardin tournament in July 1973, in Cuba. They have won virtually all the available medals, with the exception of the first place in -75 kg, won by Rufat Riskiyev/USSR over Orlando Stable/Cuba. In addition, Igor Visotsky/USSR won by surprise over Teofilo Stevenson in +81 kg, as detailed in Stevenson's specific article in this blog.<br /><br /><em>1974 :<br /></em><br />During the 12th Central America and Caribbean Games, the Cubans won 6 gold and 1 silver medals. It should be noted that Venezuela's team won 4 gold and 1 silver medals.<br /><br />At the 7th Cordova Cardin tournament in June 1974, Rufat Riskiyev/USSR, won again in -75 kg, facing Alejandro Montoya. Otherwise, all important medals are won by the Cubans.<br /><br /><em>World Championships :<br /></em><br />This tournament takes place from August 17th to 30th, 1974 in La Havana. </p><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300086998977696514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1st world amateur boxing championships 1974" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VPGVswGeefIp2SyptXuDcKRIVnHlqospA641u4kxrQqIKvEL2lKB2WE26ACWTkUjd2kvXvZLSxU6evOPwq_vO5Z1yXIZFl5coJKa6gQNR8gsReYqTQXUEctK84jejBZk27EH6izgWX4/s320/affiche+championnat+du+monde+1974.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p align="center"><br /><em>Poster of the World Championships<br />(sorry for the poor quality of the image)<br /></em></p><p align="justify"><strong>The Cubans results :<br /></strong><br /><em>Eliminated without medal :<br /></em><br />In -63.5 kg, Enrique Regueiferos loses during the preliminaries against Mario Rafael Ramos, by ko in the 3rd. Video clip of the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcZj5HfnBE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcZj5HfnBE</a></p><p align="justify">Ramos loses in the quarter finals. Ayub Kalule, Ugandans and future pro Middleweight World Champion with Denmark, wins in the finals against the Bulgarian Vladimir Kolev, on points 5-0. Regueiferos, former 1968 Olympic Games silver medallist and 1972 OG participant, disappears from the Cuban Olympic team.<br /><br />In -75 kg, Alejandro Montoya loses during the preliminaries against Bernd Wittenburg/West-Germany, on points. Rufat Riskiyev/USSR, winner of the two previous Cardin tournaments beats Alec Nastac/Romania in the finals by 3-2. Alejandro Montoya, a former 1972 Olympics Games participant, disappears from the Cuban Olympic team. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300086942439746818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 190px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Alejandro Montoya vs Bernd Wittenburg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b0rV1zEetW6lvCoFhdC8PZh9TC6EulSjoLttxlPxa0WPUk0ULi6sbY6FhhFq-qC_ZPJ6YalfqPzHMQGwx-3aLbwGdfZL1p7MBQ7-BbzuUGqescKbXMl3YLJ3kWDadiTiT_7yNa55_ek/s320/1974+wittenburg.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /><em>Alejandro Montoya (left) in difficulty facing Bernd Wittenburg.<br /></em><br /></p><p align="justify">En -81 kg, Gilberto Carrillo loses in the quarter finals against Mate Parlov/Yugoslavia. Carrillo had already lost to Mate Parlov in the 1972 Olympics Games finals, by RSC in the 2nd (see article about 1972 OG in this blog). Carrillo disappears from the Cuban Olympic team. Extract of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAYWPVAnHsc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAYWPVAnHsc</a></p><p align="justify">Leon Spinks, the future winner of Muhammad Ali for the pro Heavyweight World Championship, loses in the semi-finals to Oleg Karatayev/USSR, by TKO in the 3rd.<br /><br />Mate Parlov beats Karatayev in the finals by TKO in 2nd. Mate Parlov also becomes pro Light-Heavyweight World Champion.<br /><br /><strong>Bronze Medal :<br /></strong><br />In -57 kg, Mariano Alvarez loses in the semi-finals against Howard Davis/USA, on points. Howard Davis beats Boris Kuznetsov/USSR, on points 3-2 in the finals. Howard Davis becomes Olympic champion in 1976 and a pro boxer, without gaining a world title, despite 3 attempts. Alvarez disappears from the Cuban Olympic team.<br /><br />In -60 kg, Luis Echaide loses in the semi-finals against Vasiliy Solomin/USSR, on points. Solomin wins the gold medal. Echaide disappears from the Cuban Olympic team.<br /><br /><strong>Silver Medal :<br /></strong><br />In -54 kg, Jorge Luis Romero def David Torosyan/USSR in the semi-finals, on points, while Wilfredo Gomez/Puerto Rico beats the French Aldo Cosantino via ko in the 1st round. Aldo Cosantino becomes coach of the French amateur team, while Wilfredo Gómez becomes multiple pro World Champion.<br /><br />In the finals, Wilfredo Gómez beats Jorge Luis Romero by TKO in the 2nd. Jorge Luis Romero disappears from the Cuban Olympic team. Video clip of the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6KPGRBpA0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6KPGRBpA0</a></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300087061289693874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 201px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Jorge Luis Romero and Fidel Castro" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZJt8nxkGE8cOUXCej6Dxv9fu2gEE5M872PQ3NI0FcxFuJvWOGOS5JTc7zcpbPOrl6WE7NHBjnr0OPbnuiVNtWQ_jc96tkXjxbPtcmTZ99yBNR8AC3-1IMaSlV0oX0-ltOjziCSOiSMU/s320/jorge+luis+romero+castro+1974.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Fidel Castro congratulates Jorge Luis Romero<br /></em></p><p align="justify"><strong>Gold Medal :<br /></strong><br />In -48 kg, Jorge Hernandez beats Albert Sandoval/USA, on points in the preliminaries. Sandoval becomes pro world title challenger in the bantams. Jorge Hernandez def Stephen Muchoki/Kenya on points 5-0 in the finals. Jorge Hernandez will be at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics Games. In 1978, during the second World Championships, Stephen Muchoki will beat Jorge Hernandez in the finals, on points. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300086881073607154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Jorge Hernandez vs Albert Sandoval" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDpHUhjYRNgpnJ5as4uXoqZU6rs4HnS6Y23kitAQq6B5AwlmI3OJw-Id6lttrVPgZxih23vbTYnanS2F0xhn6QASaBeQKqeAqTNdzKZ3_BpKOCZKhSAWpjALuFEVjY6Pp0YR7aSgDHi8/s320/1974+juan+hernandez+hongrois.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /><em>Jorge Hernandez (right) against Albert Sandoval<br /></em></p><em></em><p align="justify">In -51 kg, Douglas Rodriguez def Alfredo Perez/Venezuela, on points by 4 to 1, in the finals. Former 1972 Olympic bronze medallist, Rodriguez disappears from the Cuban Olympic team.<br /><br />In -67 kg, Emilio Correa beats Clinton Jackson/USA in the finals by ko in the 3rd. Jackson beats in the quarter finals Mike McCallum/Jamaica, future multiple pro World Champion on points. Jackson will take part at the 1976 Olympics and becomes a pro fighter, without winning the world title. Correa, a 1972 Olympic Games gold medallist, will be at the 1976 Olympic Games.<br /><br />In -71 kg, Rolando Garbey beats in the finals Alfredo Lemus/Venezuela, on points 3-2. Former 1968 Olympic Games silver medallist and 1972 OG participant, Garbey will be present at the 1976 Olympic Games.<br /><br />In 81 kg, Teofilo Stevenson wins the gold medal against Marvin Stinson/USA, as mentioned in the article devoted to him in this blog. Evgeni Gorstkov/USSR loses in the preliminaries.<br /><br /><strong>Comparisons with other teams :<br /></strong><br />Cuba wins 5 gold medals, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Soviet Union and the United States finish 2nd and 3rd. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450751172166220178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1974 aiba world championships stamp" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhEzMo0f87W_MiSjvw-zTrwDMe7dnjM0B-kED-JToliQvdNKHjst1wL0Y98h_ziUHmOB-n2a7Qv4XtYRoWOve6ueDSHG09iNE4rx0wwF2ZVT07v_QyWYfEZ4I2zFDJOnx25BbkgGiHUQ/s320/1974.jpg" border="0" /><em>Stamps fot the WC</em></p><p>In direct confrontations, Cuba wins 3 fights to 1 vs. the USA and also 3 fights to 1 vs. USSR.<br /><br />For a total of 38 fights, Cuba has 32 wins and 6 losses, a 84 % wins ratio, (less than 1972 Olympic Games results, a 88 % wins ratio).</p><p style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align="justify">After the World Championships :</p><p align="justify">For the 5th Central American and Caribbean Championships, held in Caracas/Venezuela in December 1974, Cuba wins 5 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal. Luis Enrique Ramos, Ramon Duvalon, Luis Felipe Martinez and Victor Corona are emerging. Among the former World Championships team are Martinez Orlando, Orlando Palacios, Teofilo Stevenson and Luis Echaide. Many of Havana medalists are absent in Venezuela.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusions :<br /></strong><br />The 1974 World Championships confirms the Cuban domination on the amateur boxing, domination initiated at the 1972 Olympic Games. </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315919719976177730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7t0X48-Q67H6QE5zo1omEt8fYYZULdfPD_9TBR6hv45wv0tZlR8d6kGgbhRu_KWJOIjruR4dKjtF0HxUctno9F45w2bJU_GzeEWimMV0m2tdKPRUbNoMcKWdIVtdfVWdGV3jZU_paKA4/s320/cuba+timbre+1974.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em>1975 Cuban stamp about the Championships of La Havana</em></p><p>They also demonstrated the ability of Cuba to organize a major championship.<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300087134610648706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 131px; HEIGHT: 189px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyV6ww7uRaCw75dyT3y63ZqWb-Vx-Dg7S_E2jhjMyhSq1iM2D-RclHgVqoN_xJ8G1urLoU_N74jbNMsIXCz7EpASufuG6dRtghom_6_zVikJ4x_8rRpO1W8UymhF6tyeuog-1-QPPagCM/s320/pins+1974.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>A pin's created for the World Championships<br /></em></p><p align="justify">Finally, of the 11 team's members, only 4 Cubans will continue their Olympic careers, while 8 medals were won. It is a turning point and a generation change for the Cuban team. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-50579418837977023842009-01-23T07:38:00.000-08:002009-06-10T09:56:16.229-07:001972 : Munich Olympic Games<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Introduction: </span><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br />These Olympic Games will be the Cuban emergence in amateur boxing. Cuba has won 2 silver medals, in 1968, in Mexico. In 1972, the Cuban team will become the best team of the world, in every competition in which Cuba will take part.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cuban team preparation : </span><br /><br />After the participation at the 1971 Pan-American Games (see the article C<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">uban Amateur Boxing Debut</span>), the Cuban team has, to our knowledge, participated only at one tournament against a nation, Czechoslovakia, in April 1972, at Usti. The final result was 6 to 18 for Cuba, with 3 losses and 9 wins.<br /><br />The 2 first losers, Raul Castillo and Luis Vallier will be absent in Munich, but Alejandro Montoya will be present. The winners will also be in Munich.<br /><br />In July 1972, at the 5th Giraldo Cordova Cardin tournament in Havana/Cuba, the Cubans won almost all the medals available in each category. The opposition is from Chile, Mongolia and East-Germany.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF00j9SA_le8tRX772KjtSL6gg0mel2oouE7JZRkkONJCjyuefkft6gau8KAu58zD65d4x9hGf6kIXx_Nab9rTAPLEnZ2m4qjh90yTrM9GlcOHyCO2iJUWpUmNA8IUN3jS3s3GZ4UVKLw/s1600-h/timbre+1972+torneo+Cardin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299337208408566434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1972 Cuba Boxing Stamp" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF00j9SA_le8tRX772KjtSL6gg0mel2oouE7JZRkkONJCjyuefkft6gau8KAu58zD65d4x9hGf6kIXx_Nab9rTAPLEnZ2m4qjh90yTrM9GlcOHyCO2iJUWpUmNA8IUN3jS3s3GZ4UVKLw/s320/timbre+1972+torneo+Cardin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Stamp for the 1972 Cardin Tournament</span><br /></div><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Olympic Games :</span><br /><br />From August 28th to September 10th, does the boxing tournament take place in Munich. Something new for this Games. Boxing gloves with white hitting surface are used for the first time</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6bsPcN2UAQnkZKAU5AmZ-2jcVJQMT7ivGPdkPx9ZW2wQ_1aCxg8LBKDIqL1o89M9nWCBOrVCvmceJ1MIqqfIqxgljlEiOo7V5eYVJm1bTLB763w7r6SYpgBBpJZu3884agLnjO3W-AM/s1600-h/programme.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294380071917682466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="1972 Boxing Programm Olympic Games" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6bsPcN2UAQnkZKAU5AmZ-2jcVJQMT7ivGPdkPx9ZW2wQ_1aCxg8LBKDIqL1o89M9nWCBOrVCvmceJ1MIqqfIqxgljlEiOo7V5eYVJm1bTLB763w7r6SYpgBBpJZu3884agLnjO3W-AM/s320/programme.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">1972 Olympic program</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The first Cubans eliminated during preliminary rounds will be:<br /><br />Orlando Palacios (-57kg), who loses on points against the Romanian Gabriel Prometcu and Enrique Regueiferos (-60kg) who loses on points against the West German Peter Hess. These were the first OG for Palacios. Regueiferos was already present in 1968, winning a silver medal.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Quarter-finals :</span><br /><br />Rafael Carbonell (-48kg) loses on points against Cal Enrique Rodriguez/Spain. These are the last OG for Carbonell, who was present in 1964 and 1968.<br /><br />Rolando Garbey (-71kg), who was present in 1968 (silver medal) and will be in Montreal in 1976, loses on points against Wieslaw Rodkowski/Poland.<br /><br />Alejandro Montoya (-75kg) loses on points against Marvin Johnson/USA. Marvin Johnson gets the bronze medal of the Olympics and will become light-heavyweight World Champion in pro boxing. Montoya takes part at the OG only in Munich.<br /><br />Andres Molina (-63.5kg) loses against Ray Seales/USA. Ray Seales becomes Olympic champion. He will be a pro fighter, and loses, among others, vs Marvin Hagler. Andres Molina has already participated at the 1968 Olympics.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Medalists :</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bronze :</span><br /><br />Douglas Rodriguez, (-51 kg) wins the bronze medal after losing in the semi-final against the Ugandans Leo Rwabwogo. Douglas Rodriguez will fight at the CM 1974, but this is his only participation at the Olympic Games.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Silver :</span><br /><br />Gilberto Carrillo (-81 kg) loses in the finals against Mate Pavlov/Yugoslavia, on RSC in the 2nd. Pavlov will become pro World Champion in the light-heavyweights. Carrillo will not take part to another OG. He will lose against Mate Pavlov, on points, in the 1/4 finals of the 1974 World Championships.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgtpo0l17FTlDLgRjsY44fI1oaRlMsBVJ9Da6T81yAKLBVZaugLtToJqJusiQrFG78sBHvy7Wijq07EA7ETAflJTkxJC8slLOZajclCg-P3wehl_lo2ev8xMPX-M-cKi_uM2Y0pAFl1g/s1600-h/Mate+Parlov.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294378579797993346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Mate Parlvo Gilberto Carillo" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgtpo0l17FTlDLgRjsY44fI1oaRlMsBVJ9Da6T81yAKLBVZaugLtToJqJusiQrFG78sBHvy7Wijq07EA7ETAflJTkxJC8slLOZajclCg-P3wehl_lo2ev8xMPX-M-cKi_uM2Y0pAFl1g/s320/Mate+Parlov.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Mate Parlov gold and Gilberto Carrillo left, silver</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Gold :</span><br /><br />Orlando Martinez (-54 kg), who has already fought in Mexico, wins on points against Zamora/Mexico in the finals and get the gold medal. Martinez will fight at the 1976 OG. He has a record of 326 fights, with 23 defeats. He is the first Cuban boxer to receive an Olympic gold medal.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jdAfoFP-2LfGvE3woQzFiZOcSz-qDdPEl-wfdMIhyphenhyphen5tJuGWKfaxfpzMBWPh3K4AgMouWYzwFenq5LQH2jUshJsyxqcCQX5Sy8FRuZttLwg616EZavDip0s95voIMbbVOpXFhox4Qd08/s1600-h/Orlando+Martinez+Alfonso+Zamora.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294378411429743106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 183px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Orlando Martinez vs Alfonso Zamora" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jdAfoFP-2LfGvE3woQzFiZOcSz-qDdPEl-wfdMIhyphenhyphen5tJuGWKfaxfpzMBWPh3K4AgMouWYzwFenq5LQH2jUshJsyxqcCQX5Sy8FRuZttLwg616EZavDip0s95voIMbbVOpXFhox4Qd08/s320/Orlando+Martinez+Alfonso+Zamora.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6Q1hMQfFFiW8ZMsCBbnaUszx95rJKMIPWD5WDZyhGFt9if2r4UHLi8TK0bw9d-FCQhMr_Te8V0z-z7T-9aBaRGGZe7QOP80btmqhepVJD9nAmPLXHSVhkEqjvsqkB7W17Cbao6oJyvA/s1600-h/orlando+Martinez.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294378495159673298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 162px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Orlando Martinez vs Alfonso Zamora" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6Q1hMQfFFiW8ZMsCBbnaUszx95rJKMIPWD5WDZyhGFt9if2r4UHLi8TK0bw9d-FCQhMr_Te8V0z-z7T-9aBaRGGZe7QOP80btmqhepVJD9nAmPLXHSVhkEqjvsqkB7W17Cbao6oJyvA/s320/orlando+Martinez.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Orlando Martinez, black shirt, against Zamora</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Emilio Correa (-71kg) def Gunther Meier/West Germany (bronze medal in 1968), via TKO in the 2nd, during the 1/4 finals, before beating the Hungarian Janos Kajdi in the finals, by 5-0. Emilio Correa, father of the current Olympic champion with the same name, will participate at the Olympic 1976.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl3LEtwME7PGP9eEGVFRp2fqRSXRIaDWFgLur_6iNlR-ApqbyQd7xXBg2Sv7Ekh5KAvQ0wYuARJpYJn_IYUS4obYLuRaiqzQKQpZXqiHhxle9SrbFt3PQc1QYeePY7Q61tdUwRYB51G4/s1600-h/Emilio+Correa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294378654376414770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 259px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Emilio Correa" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl3LEtwME7PGP9eEGVFRp2fqRSXRIaDWFgLur_6iNlR-ApqbyQd7xXBg2Sv7Ekh5KAvQ0wYuARJpYJn_IYUS4obYLuRaiqzQKQpZXqiHhxle9SrbFt3PQc1QYeePY7Q61tdUwRYB51G4/s320/Emilio+Correa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Emilio Correa Sr</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Teofilo Stevenson (+81 kg), receives his first Olympic medal in a series of 3. His story is detailed in the article devoted to him in this blog. An excerpt from his fight in the semi-finals against the West German Peter Hussing : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwsKncVbuLg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwsKncVbuLg</a><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Comparison with other teams :</span><br /><br />For the first time, Cuba becomes the first team in Olympic boxing, with 5 medals. The Soviet Union finishes 2nd with 2 gold medals. The U.S. is only 6th, with 1 gold and 3 bronze. Note that the US Team is particularly weak, in comparison with his 2nd place in 1968 and his 1st place in 1976.<br /><br />For 40 fights, Cuba has 31 wins and 9 defeats, with a wins ratio of 77.5 %.<br /><br />Cuba wins 2 fights to 0 against the Soviet Union and wins 2 fights with 2 defeats against the USA.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">After the Olympic Games : </span><br /><br />At the Central American and Caribbean Championships, held in San-Jose/Costa-Rica in November 1972, Cuba wins 6 gold medals and 3 silver medals. Alberto Brea, Victor Corona, Daniel Ferrer may be from a second level team, but the presence of Teofilo Stevenson, Gilberto Carrillo, Alejandro Montoya, Orlando Martinez and Rolando Garbey shows that the Olympic team is still there. Only two Munich medalists are not present, Douglas Rodriguez and Emilio Correa.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Conclusions :</span><br /><br />Munich is the beginning of the Cuban hegemony on the world amateur boxing, with the emergence of an idol, Teofilo Stevenson. It took almost 12 years for the Castro island to become the best boxing nation of the world.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-84574465772208511122009-01-04T06:13:00.000-08:002010-03-20T09:34:52.304-07:00Cuban amateur boxing debut<div align="justify"><strong>Introduction :<br /></strong><br />If the first Cuban boxing idol has emerged in 1972 with Teofilo Stevenson and if the first Olympic gold medal is received in 1972, the Cuban amateur boxing has grown since the beginning of the revolution and the arrival of Fidel Castro, in 1959.<br /><br />In this article, we will examine the beginnings of the Cuban amateur boxing and its initial results at the international level. These results will be compared to those of the USA, natural regional rival of Cuba, both in sport and in politic.<br /><br /><strong>1960 : Olympic Games in Rome </strong><br /><strong></strong><br />The first Cuban boxer to participate at the Olympic Games is Esteban Leiva Aguilera, born in 1941. He's 18 years old, weighs 169 cm for 60 kg. He fights in the lightweights and loses on points 0-5, against O'Brien/Ireland. There were only 12 Cuban athletes at this Olympiad.<br /><br />Esteban Aguilera Leiva has come alone to these games, without a partner and has trained with athletes from other disciplines.<br /><br />Teams results : USA are second, USSR fourth and Cuba is not classified. </div><div align="justify"></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450746163320967618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="cuba stamps 1960 olympic games" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vQib54-ur3rBGQzPK-mDJ54tMM9_cxZSxduQPz-ChzzglatXBPBgjBp3oqtNPHDv4du14ueLx5W2szDTuvzY6ZRF9BguBfeUMC6uMq1G8whfYa47nvBJSI7MX28kOeBCdk7LQmi1BrI/s320/cuba+1960.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em>Cuba stamps for the 1960 OG</em></p><p align="justify"><strong>Professional boxing :<br /></strong><br />The Cuban revolution takes place 18 months before the Olympics in Rome. Professional boxing is still allowed at that time. We note for example that the last national professional middleweights title is awarded in 1961.<br /><br />The pro boxing, as pro sports in general, is banned in February 1962 by a national decree.<br /><br />While many professional boxers and coaches then left the island to fight abroad (Jose Napoles and Sugar Ramos, for example), new boxers reinforce the amateur contingent, without the danger to become professional thereafter, except defections.<br /><br />Sport is therefore managed by the Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educacion Fisica y Recreación, the INDER.<br /><br /><strong>1962 : Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston/Jamaica<br /></strong><br />Felix Betancourt, Moises Vives, Osvaldo River and Leonardo Alcolea win the gold medal in their weight division and Roberto Caminero the silver medal. This is a significant achievement for the Cuban amateur boxing.<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287443159075739554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Roberto Caminero" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmnoBnkiqZ1Y6gVoQ0FDmnsg4sdTRHyFJib1lYZ8H9gsbb8hq1e6T9inRE9j4otv6mUZnyQZaf2gnqi1i3-28jyapuMuhQ9FXzilV83neF6MofDEGHBhhKo9XJM3GmYrpJ7zTtg9CDLc/s320/caminero.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Roberto Caminero (right) </em></p><em><p align="justify"></em><strong>1963 : Pan American Games in Sao Paulo/Brazil<br /></strong><br />First participation of Cuba in the boxing tournament of the Pan Am Games.<br /><br />Roberto Caminero wins the gold medal in the lightweights. Leonardo Alcolea wins the silver medal in the middleweights.<br /><br />Teams results : Cuba finishes 4th, behind Brazil, USA and Argentina.<br /><br /><strong>Arrival of Alcides Sagarra :<br /></strong><br />In early 1964, Alcides Sagarra becomes national coach. He is assisted by, among others, Andrei Chervonenko, a coach from USSR. This cooperation brings to Cuba the most developed training techniques of the time.<br /><br />Various infrastructures are in place to improve the capacity of Cuban athletes to reach the highest level. This is the Escuela Superior del Perfeccionamiento Atletico (ESPA) at the national level and the Escuelas de Iniciacion Deportiva at the regional level.<br /><br /><strong>1964 : Olympic Games in Tokyo<br /></strong><br />Fermin Espinosa, for the bantams, wins the first fight won by Cuba in the history of the Olympic Games, defeating the Australian William Boot by RSC in the 3rd. The Cuban will not fight against South Korean Cho Chung Kim, due to an hand injury (Walk-over). Espinosa will also fights in the 1968 OG.<br /><br />Felix Betancourt, light-welter, must beat the Tunisian Habit Galhia in the quarter-finals, to get a medal, but he is wounded in the first round and must left (ko1).<br /><br />Roberto Caminero, in the feathers, Bienvenido Hita, in the lights, Virgilio Jimenez, in the welters, Rafael Carbonell, in the flyweights, lose before the semi-finals. Carbonell will also fight at the 1968 and 1972 OG.<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287443220839031058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Rafael Carbonell vs Sean McCafferty" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08sh4VAsqECnVefL3nZKMYASKQm2hJx6UUFK6PA67HC-oO9nOLldBwkADgRQLDzpJd1UC3iRMPhWkL72R4CWpPIa00RAJ2oKu_gx-ZKRkLLd7WkDioEq6wOm-k-sbegOMTfbHsvq46as/s320/carbonell.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Rafael Carbonell (left) against Sean McCafferty Ireland </em><em></p><p align="justify"></em>Teams results : USSR is first and USA fourth. There was no direct confrontation between Cuban boxers and those of the USSR and the USA. </p><p align="justify">Cuba, for 9 fights, has won 3 and has lost 6, a 33 % wins ratio.<br /><br /><strong>1965 : Poland and Cuba </strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Poland wins 4 fights and Cuba 6 battles in the first match. Poland wins 6 fights, including 3 Walk-over and Cuba 4 battles in the second match.<br /><br /><strong>1966 : Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico<br /></strong><br />Andres Molina Casanola, Marinco, Fermin Espinoza, Calcedo and heavyweight Jose Luis Cabrera win the gold medal in their categories. Roberto Caminero wins the silver medal.<br /><br /><strong>1967 : Pan American Games in Winnipeg/Canada</strong><br /><br />Enrique Regueiferos wins the gold medal for the lightweights, as Andres Molina for the welters.<br /><br />Rolando Garbey wins the gold medal, in the light-middleweights, in front of Victor Galindez/Argentina, who will become world champion in the pro light-heavyweights.<br /><br />Jose Cabrera, heavyweight, wins the silver medal, losing in the finals in front of Forest Ward/USA.<br /><br />Fermin Espinosa wins the silver medal in the bantams, and Joaquim Delis the bronze for the middleweight division.<br /><br />Teams results : For its second participation at the Pan Am Games, Cuba finishes 1st in the boxing tournament, ahead of the USA. In direct confrontation with the USA, Cuba wins two fights and lost two battles. This demonstrates the progress of the Cuban boxing, facing its American rival.<br /><br /><strong>1968 : Cuba - Bulgaria and Cuba - East Germany<br /></strong><br />Cuba wins 8 fights and loses 2 battles, facing Bulgaria. Cuba wins 8 fights and loses 3 battles, facing East Germany.<br /><br /><strong>1968 : Olympic Games in Mexico<br /></strong><br />Enrique Regueiferos Blanco, in the light-welters, wins the first silver medal for Cuba. He loses in the finals against Kulej/Poland by 3-2. Regueiferos is a southpaw and will also fight at the 1972 Olympic Games. An video of a Regueiferos fight, from 1974: <a href="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcZj5HfnBE">http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcZj5HfnBE</a></p><p align="justify">Rolando Garbey fights in the light-middleweights (- 71kg) and loses in the finals against Boris Lagutin/USSR, on points by 0-5. He wins the silver medal and will also fight at the 1972 and 1976 OG. Two videos of his fight : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=k9qxjkS9p5w and <a href="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs0A81Lhnhs">http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs0A81Lhnhs</a> </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287443294177838578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Rolando Garbey" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiUZ4ct_RFtxiWF_MA8pHJRvSmSyrqhx3_CrPyyu7z_DdeiSxoh8qtwuVbbUYB3azUb_k8Gr9ZYxm495v-W2hs8KTvpMEC0XidHTJmE878DpFARVGFnEYvi84FtT47UZrdmRqgyL6kpQ/s320/garbey.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Rolando Garbey (left) with a beautiful guard</em><br /></p><p align="justify">Among the others boxers, Rafael Carbonell/Cuba light-flyweight, Roberto Caminero, lightweight, Andres Molina, welter, Fermin Espinosa, bantam, and Orlando Martinez in -54 kg, lose before the semi-finals.<br /><br />Molina will participate at the 1972 OG, and Martinez at the 1972 and 1976 OG.<br /><br />Carrillo Nancio Quesada, heavyweight of 2 meters and 85 kg, 18 years old, loses against Bernd Anders/East Germany, by RSC in the 1st round. Teofilo Stevenson will beat Carrillo in 1970, by ko.<br /><br />Teams results : USSR is first, United States second and Cuba eighth. In direct confrontation with the USSR, Cuba wins one fight and loses two battles. With the USA, Cuba wins two fights and loses one battle. </p><p align="justify">Cuba, for 22 fights, has won 11 and lost 11 also, a 50 % wins ratio.<br /><br /><strong>1970 : 11th Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama</strong><br /><br />Oduardo Francisco, Enrique Regueiferos, Rolando Garbey, Luis Valier and heavyweight Jose Luis Cabrera win the gold medal in their division. Marcos Santana and Marcelino Buider win the silver medals.<br /><br /><strong>1970 : 1st Central American and Caribbean Championships in Havana<br /></strong><br />Cuba win nine gold medals (including Carbonell, Regueiferos and Betancourt) and one silver medal. Teofilo Stevenson beats Earl McClear/Bermuda in the finals.<br /><br /><strong>1971 : Pan American Games in Cali/Columbia</strong><br /><br />Rafael Carbonnell wins the gold in the light-flyweights, Enrique Regueiferos in the light-welters, Rolando Garbey in the light-middleweights and Emilio Correa in the welters. Emilio Correa will participate at the 1972 and 1976 OG. </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287443344579121410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Enrique Reguieferos" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZJ-xOxbj4WY_LpyhdvIij_arwfIduQGGYkt1pdFgRNmyEHaW9ffOKsegxbUKz4xA46UfyPZAZBJ32mMNH_n4K9yjWMTCo_3gxP-lxmclqN4WY_7IgeTAOxbDMTfQFkw0BtabXwMfYnE/s320/reguieferos.jpg" border="0" /><br /><em>Enrique Regueiferos (right) </em></p><em><p align="justify"></em>Douglas Rodriguez wins the bronze medal in the flyweights and will participate at the 1972 OG.<br /><br />Manuel Torre wins the bronze in the feathers, as Teofilo Stevenson, who loses his semi-final against Duane Bobick/USA and wins the bronze medal (see his article in this blog).<br /><br />Teams results : Cuba is the first team, ahead of Mexico and the USA. We do not have the results of direct confrontation between Cuba and the USA.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusions :<br /></strong><br />At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Cuba will become the most powerful amateur boxing nation of the world. It took nearly 10 years after the Cuban revolution to catch up with a new generation of boxers.<br /><br />Since then, Cuba remains the best team in the amateur boxing world, keeping the same champions for many Olympiads and having a pool of young prospects. This is obviously not the case for the United States, which see their amateur champions becoming professional after their first Olympiad. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912285222596072690.post-69528796309494601152008-12-29T04:46:00.000-08:002011-02-09T10:29:42.694-08:00Teofilo Stevenson, the Cuban giant<span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction : </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It is impossible to mention Cuban boxing, without starting with an article dedicated to Teofilo Stevenson, the first idol of amateur boxing in this country. He is the first Cuban to win three gold medals at the Olympics and World Championships. Moreover, his political commitment for his country made him popular both in Cuba and outside this island.<br /><br />Teofilo Stevenson Lawrence is born on March 29th, 1952 in Las Tunas/Cuba. His father is from St. Vincent and his mother from Cuba.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boxing situation in Cuba: </span><br /><br />To understand the career of Stevenson, it should be noted that Cuba has always had a strong boxing tradition, having promoted many great professionals champions as Kid Chocolate, Kid Galivan, etc.<br /><br />Professional boxing was banned in Cuba in 1962, following the arrival of Fidel Castro, in order, according to the socialist phraseology, to fight against the exploitation of man by man. Since then, many fighters have left the country, like Jose Angel Napoles, to continue their professional career outside of Cuba.<br /><br />The fighters can only fight as amateurs, with varying success. Alcides Sagarra is the creator of the Cuban school, since 1964. Sagarra has received assistance from the Soviet coach Andrei Chervonenko. In 1968, Cubans win two silver medals at the Olympic Games in Mexico City.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Debuts : </span><br /><br />Teofilo Stevenson begins boxing in 1966, with age 14, in the - 71 kg category. His first fight is against Luis Enriquez and the latter wins on points.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hMtj_QWMZ1Is4aRN2KzeF1hC0Ez9Qx1A0kS7h6raXzRJlG2PA0uglz9-G8_pVPN9ffkLOjxGB-ZKwQAFc8_AcpCkCfeXLVQ7HawrW9kIIB4B26ku4zY2AvE-X2CcXSYXe0jfnYtcxws/s1600-h/stevenson+jeune.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300531445237313906" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 202px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hMtj_QWMZ1Is4aRN2KzeF1hC0Ez9Qx1A0kS7h6raXzRJlG2PA0uglz9-G8_pVPN9ffkLOjxGB-ZKwQAFc8_AcpCkCfeXLVQ7HawrW9kIIB4B26ku4zY2AvE-X2CcXSYXe0jfnYtcxws/s320/stevenson+jeune.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A young Teofilo Stevenson</span><br /></div><br />Stevenson has 14 defeats in his first 20 fights. His first coach is John Herrera. We find a professional record of 41 victories, 21 defeats and 2 draws for Young John Herrera, aka Ignacio Herrera, heavyweight from Las Tunas/Cuba, from 1931 to 1945. Herrera met Arturo Godoy in 1933, losing on points in 10 rounds, to face the future challenger for Joe Louis.<br /><br />In 1968, Stevenson wins the gold Medal in the Cuba Junior Championships, in the + 81 kg division.<br /><br />In 1969, Stevenson wins the silver medal at nationals Playa Giron and becomes a student of Chervonenko and Sagarra.<br /><br />At the age of 17 years, he beats by ko Nancio Carrillo, at the Sport City of La Havana in 1969. Carrillo was favourite and represented Cuba in the Olympic Games in Mexico City.<br /><br />In September 1970, Stevenson participates at the 1st Central American Championships in Havana, where he wins against Earl McClear/Bermuda.<br /><br />Stevenson wins his first title abroad, at the Friendship Tournament in Sofia/Bulgaria in 1970.<br /><br />In August 1971, Stevenson takes part to the Pan American Games in Cali/Columbia. He loses against Duane Bobick/USA and wins the bronze medal. Duane Bobick becomes a professional fighter, with various victories against journeymen, before losing by ko against Ken Norton.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1972 Olympic Games : </span><br /><br />In 1972, Munich/West Germany at the Olympic Games, Teofilo Stevenson def Duane Bobick, stopped by the referee at the 3rd round (RSC), in 1/4 finals, taking his revenge of the Pan-American Games. A short video of the match: <a href="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Htu0ldusU">http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Htu0ldusU</a><br /></div><br /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/internet/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/internet/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/internet/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02luNs6CoAA8FD1N3Eleq0AH2YuQLlkn51nozCGyhb6GfzpBGv1XeckrRopvhwDjnaB1K5xTbZfYIl0ykFY2AoryZ6FdaDZ7Eq1atvznH1EJMA-csneieuTiFaYdKLfsvNKJG1U414fk/s1600-h/stevenson+bobick.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285194402790297506" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 260px; cursor: pointer; height: 218px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson Duane Bobick" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02luNs6CoAA8FD1N3Eleq0AH2YuQLlkn51nozCGyhb6GfzpBGv1XeckrRopvhwDjnaB1K5xTbZfYIl0ykFY2AoryZ6FdaDZ7Eq1atvznH1EJMA-csneieuTiFaYdKLfsvNKJG1U414fk/s320/stevenson+bobick.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">Duane Bobick on the canvas, in front of the Cuban.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Stevenson still beats Peter Hussing/West Germany, RSC in the 2nd round. Short video : <a href="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=PwsKncVbuLg">http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=PwsKncVbuLg</a><br /><br />In finals, Stevenson beats Romanian Ion Alexe, by walk-over, following an injury. In 1973, Stevenson def Alexe, in the 2nd round during the Golden Belt Tournament in Bucharest/Romania.<br /><br />In 1973, he loses on points, against Igor Visotsky/USSR, during the finals of the tournament "Giraldo Cordova Cardin" in Santiago de Cuba.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1974 World Championships : </span><br /><br />In 1974, during the first World Amateur Championships in Havana/Cuba, Stevenson def Peter Hussing by ko in the 1st round. Peter Hussing will have a very long career in amateur boxing, becomes European Champion in 1979 and is 3rd in the 1982 World Championship. Hussing has 439 fights in his record. Short video of the fight : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrMm8MpbVK8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrMm8MpbVK8<br /></a><br />Stevenson beats the American Marvin Stinson/USA, in the finals, on points and becomes World Champion. Marvin Stinson will have a very short pro career, from 1977 to 1982, and never wins any title (12 wins, 3 losses and 3 zero).<br /><br />In 1975, Stevenson def Gair Campos/Brazil and Michael Dokes/USA, on points in the finals of the Pan American Games in Mexico City. Michael Dokes becomes World Champion in professional during a long career from 1976 to 1997 (53 wins, 6 losses and 2 ties).<br /><br />During the Usov tournament finals in Minsk/USSR, Igor Vysotsky beats Stevenson by ko in the 3rd. Stevenson has already been counted in the first round. The two opponents will never meet again. Vysotsky has plenty other fights until 1980. He has participated only at a 1978 World Championships, losing against the French Dominique Nato. He allegedly participated in an exhibition with Muhammad Ali, in Moscow in 1978. The same year, Vysotsky becomes URSS Champion. He will defected from USSR to the USA in 1981, where he does not seem to have fought as a pro. His amateur record is 185 fights for 161 wins.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1976 Olympic Games : </span><br /><br />In 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal/Canada, Teofilo Stevenson, in the semi-finals, beats by ko the American John Tate, in the 1st round. Short video : <a href="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti9iEraS0ns">http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti9iEraS0ns</a><br /><br />John Tate becomes World Professional Champion, during a career from 1977 to 1988 (34 wins, 3 losses).<br /><br />In the finals, Stevenson beats the Romanian Mircea Simon, by retirement in the 3rd round. A short video of the match at this address: <a href="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=eloeP6PDiCQ">http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=eloeP6PDiCQ</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkS7Pw-bbIuUoWJERX0ONlux5O_e-GVqujqvS_k2BaQLeadKrD5VPM5eO9QSZl3wwtjwG2csVEIDX6t0k3C2TyaHg7AXrhaLzJheQxel0-pFlmpEDPCdhQuCukeTA2pOw1kfsiZ5ZQYo/s1600-h/stevenson+roumanie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300475883426823474" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 212px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson vs Mircea Simon" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkS7Pw-bbIuUoWJERX0ONlux5O_e-GVqujqvS_k2BaQLeadKrD5VPM5eO9QSZl3wwtjwG2csVEIDX6t0k3C2TyaHg7AXrhaLzJheQxel0-pFlmpEDPCdhQuCukeTA2pOw1kfsiZ5ZQYo/s320/stevenson+roumanie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3Pf2Deoh-M9JBXJ9ul24c9WuL_F9jBUmiwDSccDatD3dH0D0nn284Wu-72ngDmPsLJ9rE5OrfMofpcwr2pEkbyJJ1ciUAxW56ZSWNeubg_YZrpN9pPb7ZJFH-Na8XpOer-o4Qanc3ug/s1600-h/stevenson+mircea+simon+1976.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285194510376806834" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 170px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson vs Mircea Simon" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3Pf2Deoh-M9JBXJ9ul24c9WuL_F9jBUmiwDSccDatD3dH0D0nn284Wu-72ngDmPsLJ9rE5OrfMofpcwr2pEkbyJJ1ciUAxW56ZSWNeubg_YZrpN9pPb7ZJFH-Na8XpOer-o4Qanc3ug/s320/stevenson+mircea+simon+1976.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;">Teofilo Stevenson (left) against Mircea Simon.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fight against Muhammad Ali : </span><br /><br />At this moment begins the story of Teofilo Stevenson becoming pro, in order to face Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweights Champion. Promoters have offered him several millions dollars, but without success. Stevenson replied that he preferred the love of the Cuban people.<br /><br />Finally, no match with Ali will be held.<br /><br />In 1977, Teofilo Stevenson is wounded by the explosion of an alcohol stove and severely burned on the body and on the face.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1978 World Championships : </span><br /><br />For the World Championships in Belgrade/Yugoslavia, Stevenson beats on points Tony Tubbs/USA, in the quarter-finals. Tony Tubbs becomes World professional Champion during a career from 1980 to 2006 (47 wins, 10 defeats).<br /><br />Stevenson beats Dragomir Vujkovic/YU, in the finals by Ret in the 2nd round. Vujkovic has already lost in the semi-finals of the CM 1974 and was eliminated by Luis Felipe Martinez at the 1976 OG, in the middleweights. He is maybe an "inflated" heavy weight at these championships. The proof is that in February 1978, before the CM, Vujkovic fought against the USA in the light-heavyweights, and won against Charles Singleton. In February 1979, after the CM, Vujkovic also fought in the light-heavyweights, losing in the finals of the Yugoslav Championships, against Tadija Kacar. This change of weight category could be due to a lack of a reel Yugoslav heavyweight champion.<br /><br />In 1980, shortly before the Olympics in Moscow, Stevenson loses by Walk-Over against the Cuban Angel Rivero Milian, in the finals of the tournament Cardin. Stevenson has already beaten Milian on numerous occasions before.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1980 Olympic Games : </span><br /><br />Before the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980, many countries (USA for example) are absent, regarding the boycott following the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR. Note that the American amateur boxing team was decimated in a plane crash in Poland. The best US fighters were not in this team.<br /><br />Istvan Levai/Hungary, will be the first boxer to survive the 3 rounds, without being koed by Stevenson, during the Olympic Games.<br /><br />In the finals, Stevenson beats the Soviet Pyotr Zayev, also on points. Pyotr Zayev have only won this silver medal at this OG. Zayev has beaten twice Igor Vysotsky, who has also beaten Stevenson twice. Zayev takes also part to the exhibition with Muhammad Ali, in 1978, in Moscow.<br /><br />Stevenson joins Lazlo Papp in the boxing history, with 3 Olympic gold medals. The video of the fight : <a href="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=AEgKQXP5j30">http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=AEgKQXP5j30</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwtDP3B-SBllutSdSuw1ejh1yWWKFui3RQYFehyW5ozuiSeOvrYMa2fJjzRqhmSqd-4z7Wpq3krbj7muMACnvduKp68CRrxkC_rFhjjAMr5j_3ABw-wEU61737ib_ZT4-lT1qhPtJ1M8/s1600-h/stevenson+moscou+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285194658881937762" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 216px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson Pyotr Zayev" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwtDP3B-SBllutSdSuw1ejh1yWWKFui3RQYFehyW5ozuiSeOvrYMa2fJjzRqhmSqd-4z7Wpq3krbj7muMACnvduKp68CRrxkC_rFhjjAMr5j_3ABw-wEU61737ib_ZT4-lT1qhPtJ1M8/s320/stevenson+moscou+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Stevenson, left, at the Olympic Games in Moscow. An elegant guard.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1982 World Championships : </span><br /><br />Something new has emerged during these championships, disputed in Munich/West Germany. The super-heavyweights division, or + 91 kg, is introduced. This will reduce the number of small fighters in the "very heawy division", now limited to the real giants.<br /><br />In the first phase, Francesco Damiani/Italy beats Stevenson by 5 to 0. Francesco Damiani, will have a long amateur career, during which he will get the silver medal at the 1982 World Championships and the silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, both in the super-heavyweights. Damiani becomes professional from 1985 to 1993, winning the titles of European champion and WBO World Champion (30 wins, 2 losses).<br /><br />In 1983, Stevenson loses on points against Jorge Luis Gonzales/Cuba for the Championship "Playa Giron". Jorge Luis Gonzales, taller than Stevenson, wins two Pan-American Championships in 1985 and 1987. He will defect in Finland in 1991 and becomes professional in the USA, with 31 wins, 8 defeats and no world title.<br /><br />Stevenson loses on points 2-3 against the Soviet Alexander Lukstin, in the finals of the Cordova Cardin Tournament. Stevenson loses again against Greg Payne, for the North America Championships.<br /><br />In 1982, Stevenson def Tyrell Biggs ko in the 2nd. Tyrell Biggs is the 1982 World Champion and favourite for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1984 Olympic Games : </span><br /><br />Before the Olympic Games, Teofilo Stevenson def Tyrell Biggs on points.<br /><br />Cuba makes a boycott for the Olympics in Los Angeles, with the East-Bloc countries, in response to the American boycott of 1980. The wearing of headguards is made compulsory for the first time in Olympic Games or World Championships. Nevertheless, for a certain period, fights will be sometimes contested with fighters with a helmet against fighters without a helmet, as evidenced by these two photos.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOTDaKsEWvzFEpciPKTRU3H9eM-_WjE0Nhq9Qmr4qAjFuaJlnZOZYDMCZcpsMSBHvSbLEUYQB0NYxCambc-9xEIVYp8_rFnww73cuN4U31vL_aLtunx-Bu14bKjVHlkrc4J8f5FydQ5Q/s1600-h/Teofilo+Stevenson+Sergej+Kirmilzyn+1985.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300472714311566178" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 226px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson vs Olaf Walther" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOTDaKsEWvzFEpciPKTRU3H9eM-_WjE0Nhq9Qmr4qAjFuaJlnZOZYDMCZcpsMSBHvSbLEUYQB0NYxCambc-9xEIVYp8_rFnww73cuN4U31vL_aLtunx-Bu14bKjVHlkrc4J8f5FydQ5Q/s320/Teofilo+Stevenson+Sergej+Kirmilzyn+1985.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Stevenson (left with a helmet) against Olaf Walther,<br />during a tournament in Berlin, in 1984</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnlyhjemJBYgh_g-70rOBZX4dEZgug3dZK7Brentmnx8zT6-ZunuFVZ875lrJ7d423me30eerNksGA6dhOJW5S19xuOucYCTJAHbIwT_hkaWZi89PG5_zmATp0DmU7MzO09w4JX1D0ME/s1600-h/Teofilo+Stevenson+Olaf+Walther+1984.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300472635739766066" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 229px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson vs Olaf Walther" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnlyhjemJBYgh_g-70rOBZX4dEZgug3dZK7Brentmnx8zT6-ZunuFVZ875lrJ7d423me30eerNksGA6dhOJW5S19xuOucYCTJAHbIwT_hkaWZi89PG5_zmATp0DmU7MzO09w4JX1D0ME/s320/Teofilo+Stevenson+Olaf+Walther+1984.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Stevenson (left with a helmet) against Sergej Kirmilzyn,</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">during a tournament in Halle/East Germany, in 1985</span><br /></div><br />During the Friendship Games during the summer 1984, with the socialist countries, Stevenson wins the gold medal by defeating Valeri Abadzhan/USSR, fight video : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqfYxzxcd4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqfYxzxcd4</a> and Ulli Kaden/East Germany.<br /><br />In March 1986, Stevenson loses against Ulli Kaden and against his countryman Osvaldo Castillo, in the finals of the tournament Cardin. Some believe that Stevenson must then retire.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1986 World Championships :</span><br /><br />Nevertheless, in Reno/USA, Stevenson beats the American Alex Garcia, by RSC in the 2nd round in the finals. Alex Garcia is a pro, from 1987 to 2005, with a record of 40 wins 6 losses and 1 draw. He is never the challenger for a world title .<br /><br />Stevenson becomes the first triple World Champion, at the age of 34 years. He wins the Russell Cup for the best boxer of the tournament.<br /><br />During this tournament are headgears an obligation.<br /><br />Stevenson announces his retirement from competition in 1987.<br /><br />He would have been charged for a traffic accident, with death, at the same time.<br /><br />In 1988, he fights perhaps a last battle in Las Tunas/Cuba.<br /><br />Stevenson will host Ali in 1998, during his visit to Cuba.<br /><br />In 1999, during a journey in the USA, he is accused of headbutting an airline employee on an airport. Stevenson claims that he was insulted.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amateur boxing : </span><br /><br />The boxers from the East and from Cuba never become professionals. Their amateur careers are long and forced them to encounter many times the same opponents.<br /><br />Teofilo Stevenson, for example, has fought Ulli Kaden/East Germany, 9 times for 6 wins and 3 defeats. Ulli Kaden has won the European title in 1987.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban boxing : </span><br /><br />Teofilo Stevenson remains in history as the best Cuban heavyweight fighter, but he was opposed to high-level compatriots. For example, Millian Angel Rivero, who was opposed 10 times to the Cuban giant. Stevenson has won 6 times and lost once, while 3 of their fights finish with a no-contest, in the finals of tournaments. Maybe the trainers did not want to oppose them seriously.<br /><br />Angel Rivero Millian remains a substitute for Stevenson, often selected to replace Igor Vysotskiy, who lost to Millian and won to Stevenson, if he represented the USSR.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Record : </span><br /><br />His record has 302 victories with 22 defeats, almost 16 fights per year from 1966 to 1986.<br /><br />His longevity is noteworthy. Stevenson remained at the highest international level from 1970 to 1986, almost 16 years.<br /><br />Stevenson is three times World Champion and Olympic Champion. He was also twice Pan American champion, seven times Central America champion and 12 times Cuba champion.<br /><br />To have a look at his record, here is the address of the best site about amateur boxing, written in Spanish : <a href="http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/stevenson.html">http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/stevenson.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Style : </span><br /><br />Stevenson has a very classical style, with a middle guard, his legs movements are very sober, a piston left and a devastating right.<br /><br />Moreover, despite his large size, he does not hesitate to work as an in-fighter, with powerful uppercuts.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRejE2VKyvnSb-hp64BprquBkWTzydrIu-1BLLQIaW9QRgQauU1ZOP0mNzjnMo3XrvPkP9LqUD_AGTVmcXoarDjWa1Uko7UADvGx5MBRwRrsj54IUHwGTo4qYgFXrRhwio0SIePPEOis/s1600-h/stevenson+moscou.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285194583760191650" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 214px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRejE2VKyvnSb-hp64BprquBkWTzydrIu-1BLLQIaW9QRgQauU1ZOP0mNzjnMo3XrvPkP9LqUD_AGTVmcXoarDjWa1Uko7UADvGx5MBRwRrsj54IUHwGTo4qYgFXrRhwio0SIePPEOis/s320/stevenson+moscou.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A devastating right</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">He is relatively quick for a heavyweight of his size, approx. 195 cm and weight approx. 100 kg and was very athletic throughout his career.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where is he now ? : </span><br /><br />Teofilo Stevenson, who speaks fluent English, often accompanies Cuban teams when travelling abroad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2M6xjRajPZ48Ze7LHZF5Zf499ZBo-TUOOeHo8n0jF8RK4w56zi3k6kecrRChYrA4-VAyRSP_kFd2l9l8U8Uq1Mc9YVzApCIG6CBBxT6w0VdQfqqZ7X9JPVU3R8Hi9BGSjcXNcnDtrYg/s1600-h/stevenson+castro.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300531372364654610" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 130px; cursor: pointer; height: 193px; text-align: center;" alt="Teofilo Stevenson and Fidel Castro" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2M6xjRajPZ48Ze7LHZF5Zf499ZBo-TUOOeHo8n0jF8RK4w56zi3k6kecrRChYrA4-VAyRSP_kFd2l9l8U8Uq1Mc9YVzApCIG6CBBxT6w0VdQfqqZ7X9JPVU3R8Hi9BGSjcXNcnDtrYg/s320/stevenson+castro.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fidel Castro and Teofilo Stevenson with the Cuban flag</span><br /></div><br />He worked as an sport official in Cuba, for boxing in particular<br /><br />He is the subject of numerous reports and articles and remains a showcase of Cuban sport.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2