Giraldo Cordova Cardin International Boxing Tournament
The Giraldo Cordova Cardin International Boxing Tournament (also known as the Córdova Cardín Memorial Tournament) was established by the Cuban Boxing Federation in 1968 in Havana, Cuba. It is Cuba's annual major amateur boxing competition.* The tournament is named after Giraldo Cordova Cardin, a young revolutionary boxing enthusiast who took part in the 1953 assault on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Early history The first Giraldo Cordova Cardin International Boxing Tournament was held in Havana from May 18 to 22, 1968. From June 27 to July 5, 1981, in Havana, 19 countries participated in the international tournament, which featured a U.S. team for the first time. In 2000, Felix Savon won his 15th International Giraldo Cordova Cardin title leading Cuba's sweep of 12 gold medals at the boxing tournament in Havana. Notable participants * Teofilo Stevenson * Felix Savon *Erislandy Lara *Yordenis Ugás *Guillermo Rigondeaux Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 ...
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to western boxing, in which only fists are involved, it has developed in different ways in different geographical areas and cultures of the World. In global terms, "boxing" today is also a set of combat sports focused on Strike (attack), striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions, such as kicks, Elbow (strike), elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of these variants are the bare-knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many ...
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