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Namibia Flores returned to the United States some days ago after attending the screening of a documentary about her life, which glosses over a young woman\u2019s frustration over being denied the opportunity to represent her country, Cuba, as women\u2019s boxing remains without recognition by the island\u2019s State sports institute (INDER).<\/p>\n

According to some reports, Flores, who is already 39 years old, had left Cuba in March of this year to make her boxing debut in the United States, before age began to kick in.<\/p>\n

She traveled to Austin, Texas, to attend a film festival where the 16-minute documentary Boxeadora <\/em>(\u201cBoxer\u201d) \u2013 a film that documents her ups and downs in a male-dominated gym in Old Havana \u2013 won an award. The young US filmmaker, Megan Smaker, is a University of Stanford graduate and a boxing aficionado.<\/p>\n

The young boxer, who was born in Cardenas, Matanzas, and settled in Havana\u2019s neighborhood of Santos Suarez twenty years ago, tells OnCuba<\/strong> that, in addition to Texas, she traveled to Oakland and California to attend other screenings of the documentary, and that she did not consider competing in the United States at the time, despite restrictions in Cuba which prompted some people \u201cto speak to me about the possibility of representing the United States at the Olympics if I stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to realize my dreams here in Cuba and to be able to box at the Olympics or an international competition, but it looks as though I won\u2019t be getting that chance,\u201d the former Tae Kwon Do fighter says at a corner of the ring in Havana\u2019s Rafael Trejo Arena, where she has been training for seven years \u2013 a place she refers to as her \u201cspiritual home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since February 15, 1976, the day she was christened \u201cNamibia\u201d, she\u2019s been destined to become a fighter. \u201cI started practicing Tae Kwon Do when I was fifteen and I was living in Manzanillo. I had an altercation with a neighbor, and a guy who had a crush on me said to me: \u201cCome, I\u2019m going to take you to a gym, so you can show them who they\u2019re dealing with,\u201d the athlete recalls as a smile spreads cross her young face, devoid of scars.<\/p>\n

Over the past fifty years, Cuban authorities have encouraged women to become involved in all sporting disciplines, including Judo, weight-lifting, Tae Kwon Do, karate and wrestling, but they have kept women\u2019s boxing from receiving recognition, considering it harmful and inappropriate (though they have not prohibited its practice).<\/p>\n

The International Olympic Committee has already incorporated women\u2019s boxing into the Olympic program, making its debut in London 2012, with three different categories. The International Boxing Association (IBA) has staged several worldwide championships and plans two divisions of exhibition bouts for the 2016 World Series of Boxing, to be made official in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe years have passed, nothing\u2019s happened with women\u2019s boxing and I\u2019m nearing the established age limit. If only I could go to the Olympics or the World Series! It would be like settling a debt with myself, after so many years of training.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2009, Pedro Roque, then the head trainer for the Cuban boxing selection, unexpectedly joined those who oppose the sport, declaring: \u201cI think the sport is going to develop,\u201d but \u201cCuban women are meant to be beautiful, not get hit in the face.\u201d In 2012, Roque left Cuba and settled in the United States, where he became the technical director of US Olympic teams, including women\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n

Cuban trainers of different combat sports have noted that in their respective disciplines the women are subject to blows as or more severe that in boxing.<\/p>\n

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During a recent gathering of sport historians, the seasoned professor Alcides Sagarra underscored the \u201curgent need\u201d to recognize and establish the practice of women\u2019s boxing in the country.<\/p>\n

Cuban boxing is currently at a disadvantage in terms of securing medals for the national selection at multidisciplinary games, as three categories in women\u2019s boxing are not officially recognized.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t forget that, in addition to wearing head-gear, they have a mouth-guard and protection for their breasts. Many are slender, and there is less of a risk of injury during their matches because their punches are less powerful than men\u2019s,\u201d Nardo Mestre, Flores\u2019 trainer, affirms.<\/p>\n

Some experts claim some women wanting to put on the gloves have approached gyms in the country. Namibia, however, hasn\u2019t seen them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still haven\u2019t met any of them, though I\u2019ve heard rumors. I come across young women who know me and ask me to teach them how to box. Some want to do it as a hobby, others as a means of self-defense, to have a body like mine or to compete in the ring. I\u2019ve brought them to the gym, but, in the end, they give up and tell me the times are tough and that they know they won\u2019t approve women\u2019s boxing anyways.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her seven years trading blows with the boys at Arena Trejo (\u201cthey\u2019ve always treated me with a lot of respect and consideration,\u201d she says), Namibia has also put herself to the test in training with women with more experience from Indonesia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and Peru, women who have accompanied their male compatriots to train at the Giraldo Cordova Cardin High Performance Center, near Havana\u2019s Panamericano stadium, to the east of the capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey would always tell me that, had they recognized women\u2019s boxing in Cuba, I could have been a champion,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, a Norwegian woman who was passing through Havana and wanted to train paid a visit to Flores\u2019 \u201cgeneral headquarters\u201d in Old Havana, asking to step into the ring with the 52-kilogram pugilist. The Scandinavian had been at it for 10 years and was a professional champion in her weight category (60 kg), and, during the first three rounds, the visitor was given something of a scare. The match ended there, for the referees knew the Norwegian was trained to last 10 rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they recognize women\u2019s boxing when I can no longer compete because of my age, well, I will content myself with serving as an example for the young women who\u2019ll come after me\u2026and, if I can\u2019t accompany them as a boxer, then I hope to do so as a trainer\u2026or even as the glove-holder!\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives from the Cuban Sports Federation insist that the issue of women\u2019s boxing is \u201cstill under consideration.\u201d Their statements are more moderate today and appear to be adjusting to the changes taking place on the island and around the world. Optimists believe the door to a debate between those who defend and those who oppose the discipline has at least been opened. The \u201cNamibia effect\u201d is already being felt.<\/p>\n

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