New Rivalry? Cuba vs Mexico

[Godsfly]

Mexico will have the advantage still. Most Cuban fighters get lost after the get freedom and find the night life. Mexicano's are harder workers and more down to earth.

lol @ praying that night life over takes the cubans

[Godsfly]

Keep spewing bullshit guey.

At the 15:32 mark of the below video Chavez sr asks La chihuahua Angulo if he wants a rematch with Lara and just guess what his answer was.. a FAT pathetic NO with a bunch of excuses that followed.



I truly believe that Mexicans have done great for the sport but this bitch Angulo simply jumped on the "Cuban is not interesting" enough bandwagon post Rigo boxing 101 course on Nonito. Very convenient.

and santa cruz used the exact same excuse when asked about a fight with rigo

[CubanGuyNYC]

I said this here a long time ago and I will say it again. Once Cuba becomes more and more open, and the old man eventually dies, the biggest rivalry in the sport will be Mexico vs Cuba.

There is just a ton of talent there.

The flood gates are slowly opening. The more talent arrives, wins, stays undefeated and consistent the more 'professional boxing' will start to accept.

It's a double edged sword, if Cuba's politics change then we will probably see the decline of their amateur system.

I've always wondered what might happen to Cuban boxing when freedom finally arrives on the island. With no major governmental support, the amateur system will take a serious hit. With less amateurs to draw from, the potential pro stock will also decline. Cuba has a long history of great professional boxers. For as long as boxing exists, there will be great Cuban fighters; but the numbers might actually decline once communism is dead.

The professional sport that will take off for Cubans is baseball. There is so much money and opportunity in that sport that the vast Cuban pool of ballplayers will overtake probably even the numbers of Dominicans in MLB. Little Cuban kids with boxing potential will be lured away to the promise of bigger and easier money in baseball. Even now, with the island in chains, there is a noticeable number of terrific Cuban ballplayers in MLB. The future will make them seem like a drop in the bucket.

[Aztekkas]

It will/is becoming a good rivalry. I just dislike the ego's amongst fans. Just stfu and realize both countries produce great fighters with their own, distinct styles. Not all boxers are "boxing wizards", nor are they all "exciting warriors". Deal with it, move on, enjoy more fights.

[TheMexHurricane]

Slow the **** down! We can't have a rivalry with everybody. Geez!

[CubanGuyNYC]

It will/is becoming a good rivalry. I just dislike the ego's amongst fans. Just stfu and realize both countries produce great fighters with their own, distinct styles. Not all boxers are "boxing wizards", nor are they all "exciting warriors". Deal with it, move on, enjoy more fights.

I applaud you, sir.

For too many of the guys here, boxing isn't a sport. It's an outlet to make themselves feel better at the expense of someone else. It's one thing to be proud of where you're from; it's another thing to put someone else down in order to feel "superior" to them.

[Rikanlynx86]

What rivalry?

-Gamboa is a cheater with no chin.

-Lara is garbage

-Rigo is good but will probably end up on FNF

the only one I liked was Angelo Santana and he got sent to hell in his last fight

-Mares is a P4P undefeated, 3 weight class champ

-Marquez top 3 P4P and ATG

-Canelo undefeated unified champ thats going to fight Mayweather

Not to mention:

Santa Cruz
Estrada
Chavez jr
Vazquez

M/A
M.Garcia
Alvarado
Guerrero
Rios


If another rivalry is going to brew up since the extinction of Puerto Rican boxing it will be against another top notch boxing country like Argentina with amazing boxers like

Martinez
Matthysse
Maidana
Abregu
Navarez

etc

I agree, Argentina is showing quality, abd you know where else? Russia is stepping it up big time these days, especially with hbo giving them more air time

[Light_Speed]

All in exchange for a rise in ass-whooping in the pros.

That is if yours truly Bobby and Shaefy allow it.

Oh yeah in the short term there would be an influx of talented fighters doing very well in the pros, but in the long term the amateur system will probably start falling apart due to less government involvement and they will produce less and less elite fighters.

Mexico will have the advantage still. Most Cuban fighters get lost after the get freedom and find the night life. Mexicano's are harder workers and more down to earth.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Oh yeah in the short term there would be an influx of talented fighters doing very well in the pros, but in the long term the amateur system will probably start falling apart due to less government involvement and they will produce less and less elite fighters.[/IMG]

That's pretty much what I said in my earlier post. But Cuba will always produce great fighters. We had a world champ, Kid Chocolate, before both Mexico and Puerto Rico. Kid Gavilan, Jose Napoles, "Sugar" Ramos, all those guys were fighting before Castro took power. The communist system raised the level of amateur sports on the island, but it inhibited the rise of great Cuban pros. It's safe to say that we'll return to how it used to be.

[Light_Speed]

That's pretty much what I said in my earlier post. But Cuba will always produce great fighters. We had a world champ, Kid Chocolate, before both Mexico and Puerto Rico. Kid Gavilan, Jose Napoles, "Sugar" Ramos, all those guys were fighting before Castro took power. The communist system raised the level of amateur sports on the island, but it inhibited the rise of great Cuban pros. It's safe to say that we'll return to how it used to be.

I don't know about that, these fighters were produced by a very different environment, it won't be easy to revive that pro boxing culture.