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MY NEW BOOK ON CUBAN BOXING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. IT IS TITLED -AZUCAR Y CHOCOLATE- HISTORIA DEL BOXEO CUBANO- AND IT IS IN SPANISH WITH MANY VERY RARE PHOTOS OF BLACK BILL, KID CHOCOLATE, PUPPY GARCIA, ORLANDO ZULUETA, CIRO MORASEN AND DOZENS OF OTHER CUBAN FIGHTERS.

THE LINK FOR THOSE WISHING FURTHER INFO IS:

http://www.ediciones.com/tienda/search. ... tegory=All

Let me guess you Cuban ?

Enrique, dont forget to let me know when the presentation at Universal is gonna be.

AT UNIVERSAL SW 8 STREET AND 29 AVENUE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON -APRIL 10- AT ONE O CLOCK.

I EXPECT A NUMBER OF OLD TIMERS THERE -PUPPY GARCIA AND JOHNNY SARDUY AND HANK KAPLAN AND A FEW OTHERS.

Count me in!

enrique which forum are you editor of because on the list of forums your name is not with any? Sorry if that sounds disrepectful i was just wondering.

Enrique does your book cover any of the top Cuban amatuers of recent years who were never allowed to turn professional??

IN ANSWER TO VARIOUS QUESTIONS, I AM CUBAN -BUT AN EXILE LIVING IN MIAMI- I BOXED IN CHICAGO UNDER JOHNNY COULON IN THE SIXTIES (26-9 AMATEUR RECORD) DID MATCHMAKING FOR TUTO ZABALA AND CHRIS DUNDEE, MANAGED THIRTY FIGHTERS -INCLUDING ROBERT DANIELS AND I'VE WRITTEN FOR MOST BOXING TRADE PUBLICATIONS AND MY FIRST BOOK WAS CO WRITTEN WITH HANK KAPLAN.....IN THE CUBAN BOXING BOOK I DO THE PROS FROM 1890'S TO PRESENT AND I ONLY DEDICATE ONE CHAPTER TO THE AMATEURS. THIS BOOK WILL ALSO BE BANNED IN CUBA AS ARE ALL OF MY OTHER BOOKS -FOUR OF THEM POLITICAL ANTI-CASTRO. IN CUBA I AM CONSIDERED AN ENEMY OF THE STATE AND THE CASTRO GOVERNEMENT HAS ACUSSED ME OF A NUMBER OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING ACTS OF TERRORISM AND MURDER. IF YOU POP MY NAME ON A GOOGLE SEARCH YOU'LL GET LOTS OF WRITEUPS. ANYWAY I'M PROUD TO BE AN ENEMY OF CASTRO.

Top stuff mate sounds like your life has been a good one so far with all that great stuff for boxing going under your belt. May I ask your age?

54.....getting there

Oh Ok sweet sorry for all the questions but I am curious as to which forum you are editor in sorry if thats sounds bad I jusat can't find your forum sorry.

THAT'S OKAY. I DO NOT SUPERVISE A FORUM WHAT I DO IS INPUT RECORDS, MOSTLY OF CUBAN OR FLORIDA FIGHTERS.

Oh Ok sweet sounds pretty sweet!

THE FIRST BOOK SIGNING WENT GREAT. HANK KAPLAN, FERDIE PACHECO. FORMER LIGHTWEIGHT CONTENDERS PUPPY GARCIA AND FRANKIE OTERO AND FORMER FEATHERWEIGHT JOHNNY SARDUY SHOWED UP....AS DID JUAN CARLOS ORTECHO -KNOWN IN BOX REC AS BRONCANO- AND I SOLD ABOUT FORTY BOOKS THAT AFTERNOON PLUS WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME.

GLAD TO SAY THAT THE BOOK IS NOW NUMBER 2 IN THE BEST SELLER LIST OF SPANISH BOOKS IN SOUTH FLORIDA.... TOOTING MY OWN HORN, BUT IT FEELS GOOD AND NOT TOO MANY BOXING BOOKS EVER MAKE A GENERAL BESTSELLER LIST....

This is a fantastic book. I am in the middle of reading it, and Enrique has done a thorough and commendable job in putting together information from a variety of sources as well as his own experience into a well-written and fun to read book. Run out and get your copy today!

You're the man Enrique!

enrique, be careful there my friend, your scaring me with all that enemy of castro stuff! dont get in deep water.

enrique, do i recall you being friends with jose ribalta? hows he doing these days? also, have you ever met my all time cuban icon jorge luis gonzalez? whats he like?

this book, does it detail gonzalez, savon, jc gomez? ribalta?

cheers

THE CUBA STUFF YOU CAN SEE -IF INTERESTED- BY PUTTING "ENRIQUE ENCINOSA" IN A SEARCH ENGINE.

RIBALTA IS FINE. I SAW HIM AT THE FIGHTS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. HE WORKS AS SCHOOL SECURITY FOR THE NORTH MIAMI BEACH SCHOOL SYSTEM, OWNS HIS HOME AND IS MARRIED.

JORGE LUIS WAS VERY DISLIKED BY CUBANS IN MIAMI. WHEN HE TURNED PRO HERE -I WAS THERE- HE DID SOME PRANCING AND SHOWBOATING THAT CUBANS DON'T GO FOR. THEN HE USED SOME VULGAR LANGUAGE THAT WAS LIKED EVEN LESS. THE ADMIRED CUBAN FIGHTERS WERE GENTLEMEN LIKE TUNERO OR PUPPY GARCIA, HAPPY GO LUCKY LIKE VALLIANT OR ANGEL ROBINSON GARCIA, BUT WE DO NOT LIKE MEAN BULLY TYPES. BY THE TIME JLG HAD DONE A COUPLE OF PRESS CONFERENCES HE WAS DISLIKED BY THE FIGHT CROWD DOWN HERE - THE MAIN REASON HE NEVER BECAME A LOCAL HERO.

MY BOOK -STILL HOLDING IN SECOND PLACE ON THE BESTSELLER LIST- COVERS A LOT OF FIGHTERS. THE ACTIVE ONES NOW I COVER LIGHTLY AS THEIR CAREERS ARE STILL HISTORICALLY OPEN. THE OLDER ONES -RODRIGUEZ, NAPOLES, RAMOS, CHOCLATE, LEGRA, NINO VALDES, GAVILAN AND BLACK BILL I DEDICATE FULL CHAPTERS. I HAVE ABOUT 50 PHOTOS INCLUDING A VERY YOUNG KID CHOCOLATE, BLACK BILL.

I'm very happy because the boxing book is now the number 1 bestseller in Miami -Spanish non-fiction- as per the Spanish version of the Miami Herald on Sunday. This makes me feel great because boxing books never hit the top slot in a bestseller general audience list.

Felicidades!