Cuban Amateur Star may have defected

[SweetPea]

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Cuba's two-time Olympic boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and a teammate who left the athletes village did not show up for their scheduled fights at the Pan American Games on Sunday.
Rigondeaux failed to make the weigh-in for his quarterfinal bout against Mexico's Carlos Cuadras in the bantamweight division, while Erislandy Lara didn't appear for his fight against Jamaica's Ricardo Smith in the welterweight division.
"They left the village and haven't returned," said Pedro Roque, coach and chief of Cuba's boxing delegation, stressing that it was all he knew.
He learned about the boxer's absence Sunday morning, but would not comment on whether they had deserted.
"Everything is possible in life," he said.

Rigondeaux won the bantamweight gold medal in the '00 and '04 Olympics. He's 26 years old.
He could make some noise in the pros if he is indeed defecting.

[Galaxy]

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Cuba's two-time Olympic boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and a teammate who left the athletes village did not show up for their scheduled fights at the Pan American Games on Sunday.
Rigondeaux failed to make the weigh-in for his quarterfinal bout against Mexico's Carlos Cuadras in the bantamweight division, while Erislandy Lara didn't appear for his fight against Jamaica's Ricardo Smith in the welterweight division.
"They left the village and haven't returned," said Pedro Roque, coach and chief of Cuba's boxing delegation, stressing that it was all he knew.
He learned about the boxer's absence Sunday morning, but would not comment on whether they had deserted.
"Everything is possible in life," he said.

Rigondeaux won the bantamweight gold medal in the '00 and '04 Olympics. He's 26 years old.
He could make some noise in the pros if he is indeed defecting.

cc for the info bro, awesome amateur pedigree but 26 isn't young for a little guy!

[danchar123]

Thanks for the news. Now if only more would do the same it could spice things up a bit.