Cuban Legends of Boxing

Cuban Legends of Boxing, an encyclopedic, illustrated survey of Cuban boxing, covers professional boxing from 1915 to 1962, when Fidel Castro outlawed professional sports, and the rise of Cuba's amateur program, from the first Olympic medal in 1968 to the first gold medal in 1972, and concludes with the 2000 Olympics, when Felix Savon tied Teofilo Stevenson's record of three consecutive heavyweight gold medals.

This complete survey of boxing in Cuba covers not only Cuban boxers but also great fights held in Cuba.

Among the boxing greats and matches discussed are: Kid Chocolate, Cuba's first boxing champion; Kid Gavilan, the World Welterweight Champion; the Jack Johnson-Jess Willard fight; Benny"Kid" Paret; Luis "El Feo" Rodriguez; Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos; Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles; Jose Legra, who won a world title in exile; Kid Tunero; heavyweight contender Nino Valdez; Isaac Logart; legendary journeyman Angel "Robinson" Garcia; Orlando "The Surgeon" Zulueta; Florentino Fernandez, the KO King of Cuba; and the great Cuban Olympic heavyweight champions, Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon.