Boxing | Cuban Famous

Odlainer Solís Fonté

La Sombra

He is a professional boxer in the heavyweight category born in Cuba

Ramón Cabrera

Roleaux Saguero

Roleaux, whose real name was Ramón Cabrera, was the first Cuban heavyweight to campaign in the United States where he fought 17 bouts between August 6, 1926 and March 26, 1929

Mario Kindelán Mesa

He was born in Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba where he began his first steps in boxing at the prestigious Gimnasio Los Olmos, a breeding ground for numerous world and Olympic champions

Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez

He was born in the city of Pinar del Río, he is a Cuban professional boxer

Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano

El Ciclón de Guantánamo

He is a professional Cuban boxer who, as an amateur boxer, won the Olympic gold medal in the flyweight division at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games

Maikro Romero Esquirol

Boxer from the capital city who in the 1990s obtained all the titles awarded by the International Federation of Amateur Boxing

Arnaldo Mesa Bonell

He is a former boxer from Holguín, a silver medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and winner of three bronze medals at world championships, Reno 1986, Moscow 1989, and Sydney 1991

Gerardo González

Kid Gavilán

Cuban boxer who was world champion in the welterweight division

Douglas Rodríguez Guardiola

El pequeño gigante de Veguita de Galo

Former boxer with outstanding performances in the 51 and 54 kilogram divisions, Olympic medalist and world champion, participant in the Central American and Caribbean championship

Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo

Kid Chocolate, Chócolo

Known as Kid Chocolate, an internationally recognized Cuban boxer who became World Boxing Champion in 1931 and 1932

Evelio Celestino Mustelier

Kid Tunero

Also known in the boxing world as Kid Tunero, he was a Cuban professional boxer from the first half of the 20th century, who stood out in Europe and in Cuba

Alcides Sagarra Carón

Cuban boxing trainer, considered among the best in the world

Giraldo Córdova Cardín

Young revolutionary, boxing enthusiast, member of the July 26 Movement, headed by Fidel Castro Ruz

Julio César la Cruz Peraza

As del contraataque

Julio César La Cruz Peraza

José Adolfo Legrá Utría

El puma de Baracoa, el pequeño Cassius Clay

Featherweight boxer, naturalized Spanish citizen

Pedro Orlando Reyes Ponce

Cuban boxer with a degree in History, which is quite an exception since almost all of them graduate in Physical Education

Luis Manuel Rodríguez

El Feo

He was a master of the ring who made boxing a spectacle of refined technique and science

Félix Betancourt Estévez

Panterita oriental

Glory of Cuban boxing in the 1960s, known as the Eastern Pantherita

Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana

Robeisy Ramírez

Robeisy is a left-handed Cuban amateur boxer recognized for winning gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games, as well as the 2011 Pan American Games in the flyweight division

Jorge Hernández Padrón

Jorgito

Cuban boxer in the 48 kg division

José Legrá Utría

El puma de Baracoa

Cuban boxer, nicknamed The Puma of Baracoa

Former Cuban boxer prominent in the 1970s in the 54 kg division, participant in national championships Playa Girón, in the Giraldo Córdova Cardín International Boxing Tournament and medalist of the ...