Cuban boxing, next destination: Miami
In its last match in the group stage of the IV World Series of Boxing, the Domadores lost the undefeated condition brought from the previous nine presentations. The Cuban team lost on Wednesday (2-3 ) during its visit to the Moscow Arena in the Russian capital. The setback had no impact on the Cuban leadership in poule B, since it had already secured that position in the previous match against Baku Fires. The scene was ready for the quarter-final match in which the franchise will face the USA Knockouts in two matches that Miami will host on March 28 and Havana on April 4, respectively. This pairing somehow revives bilateral those matches that occurred between amateur teams from both countries during the seventies and early nineties of the last century. It will also be the return of a Cuban Olympic squad to American soil after nearly fifteen years of absence. The last time it was there was in 1999 when Houston hosted the world championship. This upcoming meeting has another detail that helps to increase the attention of the boxing universe: the current head coach of the USA Knockouts is the Cuban Pedro Roque. "Peter" was for many years the...