Boxing Cuba

Cuba’s pride in its boxers and its sports tradition remains unbroken. Boxing schools and national boxing idols happily granted the photographer Katharina Alt access to their training facilities and private homes in order to record life in and around the sport and the contests. The photos provide an impressive record of the arduous preparations for a fight and continue until the boxers are saved by the gong in the final round.
The text by author and journalist Michael Schleicher is divided into twelve rounds and shows how the sport has changed since Antiquity. Motifs, aesthetics and boxing language occur today in art and culture and are thus an omnipresent witness to the fact that “Boxing is life itself”, according to Joyce Carol Oates. 

Included boxers: 
Arlen Lopez Cardona, 75 kg, Gold medal at the World Boxing Championships 2015 in Doha 
Erislandy Savón Cotilla, 91 kg, Gold medal at the World Boxing Championships 2015 in Doha 
Lázaro Jorge Álvarez Estrada, 60 kg, Gold medal at the World Boxing Championships 2011 in Baku, 2013 in Almaty and 2015 in Doha, bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio
Lenier Pero Justiz, 91 kg
Luis Oliva Gener, 64 kg
Julio César La Cruz, 81 kg, Gold medal at the World Boxing Championships 2011 in Baku, 2013 in Almaty and 2015 in Doha, gold medal at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio
Yasnier Toledo López, 64 kg, Silver medal at the World Boxing Championships 2015 in Doha, bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2012 in London 
Armando Martínez, 60 kg
Joahnys Oscar Argilagos Perez, 49 kg, Gold medal at the World Boxing Championships 2015 in Doha 
Emmanuel Reyes Pla, 81 kg
Robeisy Ramirez, 56 kg, Gold medal at the Olympic Games 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo, 69 kg, Gold medal at the World Boxing Championships 2009 in Milan, bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing and gold medal at the Olympic Games 2012 in London
Yosbani Veitía, 52 kg, Silver medal at the World Boxing Championships 2015 in Doha