The Cuban boxing tradition is a testament to how good fighters can get if you let them fight each other. If you look at the brackets for the Playa Giron and how often the top guys fought each other, you understand why they are so good. The communist system gets too much credit for their success, they had a professional boxing tradition before Castro outlawed professional boxing. It's true that some of their amateur success came because they were men against boys but the truth of the matter is, when they come here and turn professional, guys are not lining up to fight them. When you fight in Florida, the fans come out to support their guys. It will be interesting to see if this generation of defecting Cuban fighters trains another competitive generation of Cubans in south Florida.