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A German television station confirmed Saturday that two men working for a boxing promoter posed as its reporters to gain access to two Cuban boxers who had abandoned the Pan American Games.

Cuba won't send a boxing team to the world championships in Chicago, heeding Fidel Castro's fears about future defections after two fighters abandoned their teammates during the Pan American Games.

An international human rights group has asked Brazil to investigate the deportation of two Cuban boxers.

Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro promised on Sunday that two star boxers who left their team during the Pan-American games in Brazil last month would be treated fairly upon their return today by Brazilian authorities.

Two Cuban boxers who disappeared during last month's Pan American Games were found at a resort near Rio, where police say they partied and ran up an exorbitant tab.

Two Cuban boxers who defected during the Pan American Games in Brazil signed five-year contracts Thursday to fight on a cable television station.

Fidel Castro blamed American money for the disappearance of two boxers from the Pan Am Games.

Cuba's two-time Olympic boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and a teammate left the athletes village did not show up for their scheduled fights at the Pan American Games on Sunday.

Two-time national champions Demetrius Andrade and Karl Dargan were among the fighters who won Sunday at the Pan American Box-offs and earned a chance to go to the Pan American Games.

The U.S. Olympic Boxing Team trials began Tuesday with the apparent disqualification of a highly regarded welterweight and the initial winner of the bout leaving the ring on a stretcher. After appealing, Andre Berto moves on in the winner's bracket.

VENICE, Fla. -- Four boxers from the United States squad that won eight medals at the Pan American Games this summer are to compete as part of a dual meet Sept. 27 against Cuba. The 12-man team is led by Jose Navarro of Los Angeles, who won the Pan ...