BBC4 now !

[jessi]

cuban boxing doc, under castro ! should be a good watch

[lefty]

cuban boxing doc, under castro ! should be a good watch

Whats it called?

[gobbles]

cuban boxing doc, under castro ! should be a good watch

Whats it called?

Cuban Punch-Up - The Boys who Fought for Castro

repeated at 3.35am if you want to get the Sky plus on

[Yes We Can]

sitting under the ring steps to lose weight...........

if the pro's were okay with this Solis for sure wouldve shockd Vitali!!!!

[Kit]

Brilliant Doc,thanks!

[lefty]

cuban boxing doc, under castro ! should be a good watch

Whats it called?

Cuban Punch-Up - The Boys who Fought for Castro

repeated at 3.35am if you want to get the Sky plus on

Yeah think i will,cheers gobbles

[gobbles]

That was excellent!

[jessi]

glad those of you who tuned in enjoyed it ! havent watched it myself yet, had to work from 10pm till 5am, just got home and opened a kronenburg, going to put it on now.

[jessi]

just watched it, and the young guy who won the national gold loooks a massive prospect ! great doc.

[chris s]

No wonder these kids can't dedicate when they flee Cuba and turn professional in another country. Harrowing shit some of it.

[Josh1111]

Brilliant insight into the world of Cuban boxing. Googled Christian Martinez this morning, he went on to win the nationals 3 years running and there is talk of him going to London 2012

[gobbles]

You can still see it on the iplayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/zwny9/

[mkirkhope]

I really enjoyed that documentary. Amazing to see wht these kids go through from such a young age - and the pressure they are under being told by their parents they need to make it so they can get a better house etc. On the one hand it shows you why cuba produces such amazing amateurs but on the other hand you felt sorry for the ones who weren't enjoying it and were not being allowed to see their family etc.

Was amazed to see the overweight kid (can't remember his name) fighting without a helmet at that age and taking a few decent punches - can't be good for them when their brain is still growing.

[King Tubby]

What year did it become law for kids to use headguards in the UK?

[Darcy Delaney]

i thought it was a brilliant documentry, the best bit for me was when they walked into the gym with the adults training away, there little faces was magic
can you imagine them boxing against our 12/13 year olds ???

[banjo]

No wonder these kids can't dedicate when they flee Cuba and turn professional in another country. Harrowing shit some of it.

Yeah I remember an article from a couple of years ago at how surprised the Cubans are when they go abroad for the tournaments and they see the luxuries people had compared to them, so I guess when they jump ship from Cuba they get easily distracted.

[petr]

a lot of pressure on them but their results in the olympics speak for themselves. plus the likes of gamboa and rigondeaux do no too bad in the pro's. makes you wonder how they achieve all this with such basic equipment and methods?

[mkirkhope]

a lot of pressure on them but their results in the olympics speak for themselves. plus the likes of gamboa and rigondeaux do no too bad in the pro's. makes you wonder how they achieve all this with such basic equipment and methods?

Thats what I was thinking. It seems in the UK for every sport now the athlete has a huge team of nutrtitionists, conditioners, video analysts etc etc etc but athletes from these poor countries still end up with top conditioning and technique. Makes you wonder if we go over the top in terms of analysis. A lot of the old fighters seem to think so.

[n1ebf]

You can still see it on the iplayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/zwny9/

I enjoyed that documentary mate and so did the Mrs, thanks very much

04: 30 in the morning the poor blighters and then off to school ......i wonder what time they get to kip....I'm not surprised that kid was always down the pastry shop, I bet them kids spend a lot of time being hungry. It's no life for a nipper.

The exercises they were doing were very inventive they're developing virtually every muscle in the body. Humbling.