ABA wants Olympic legend Kindelan

The British Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) wants Cuban Olympic legend Mario Kindelan to coach their boxers in the run-up to the 2012 London Games.
Kindelan beat Britain's Amir Khan in the lightweight final at Athens 2004.

ABA chief executive Paul King said: "We hope to create a coach exchange programme which will include Mario coming to England early in 2007.

"If he gets the go-ahead he will coach youngsters in all over Britain. It will be a real feather in our caps."

As well as coaching, Kindelan would head the ABA's recruitment drive which King hopes will add another 25,000 youngsters to the current 12,000 registered amateur boxers in England.

The ABA expects an answer from Cuba by mid-December but is confident the programme, which is funded by UK Sports, will go ahead.

Kindelan, 35, also won gold at Sydney 2000 and has won three consecutive world titles.

Cuba is the leading light in amateur boxing and 56 out of the 178 countries affiliated to the International Amateur Boxing Association have Cuban coaches.

The exchange programme is due to last for three years and will offer opportunities for English coaches to coach in Cuba.

That's great news 8)
Kindelan is such a smooth boxer and made it look so easy ;)
Actually i remember a BBC documentary on Grandstand last year (Think it was Steve Bunce who went over there) and they went to a School where the kids do written lessons in the morning then Sports in the afternoon.
Nearly all of them chose boxing and a few baseball.
And when Fidel Castro is gone and they can turn pro with no problems the fight game will have a proper invasion of pure class new fighters 8)
This isn't it but you'll get the idea
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Originally Posted by Smashup

That's great news 8)
Kindelan is such a smooth boxer and made it look so easy ;)
Actually i remember a BBC documentary on Grandstand last year (Think it was Steve Bunce who went over there) and they went to a School where the kids do written lessons in the morning then Sports in the afternoon.
Nearly all of them chose boxing and a few baseball.
This isn't it but you'll get the idea ;)
[youtube=425,350]QSFFZPFlmhk[/youtube]

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yea it is good news hopefully he can whip our boys into shape ;D

The last bunch (Franky Gavin etc) who fought at the Commonwealth games are a very talented bunch too 8)

In Cuba for most Boxing is the only way out theres a lot of boxers per head of population. Whats not mentioned most of there stars by the time they are 25 would not pass an M R I scan. Thats why a lot of them dont turn pro.

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In Cuba for most Boxing is the only way out theres a lot of boxers per head of population. Whats not mentioned most of there stars by the time they are 25 would not pass an M R I scan. Thats why a lot of them dont turn pro.

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ahh i see always wondered why alot of them dont turn pro cc for heads up

That ain't the only reason ;)
If they turn pro then they have to fight outside of Cuba and when/if they do Mr Castro doesn'y let them back in the country.
Crazy but true!!!!

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Originally Posted by Smashup

That ain't the only reason ;)
If they turn pro then they have to fight outside of Cuba and when/if they do Mr Castro doesn'y let them back in the country.
Crazy but true!!!!

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really never knew that cc for u aswell 8)

Plus outside Cuba they couldnt put the stuff in their bodys which help to make them good, Its a terrible old world