{"article":{"id":130418,"heading":"Nine Cuban Boxers Make Venezuelan Tournament Finals","author":"prensa latina","created":"2005-06-25 11:32:32","modified":"2005-06-25 11:32:32","last_modified":"Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:32:32","article":"<p>Caracas, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Nine fighters from the prominent Cuban school classified for finals in the ongoing Batalla de Carabobo Boxing Tournament taking place in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. <br><br>  <br>  <br> Olympic 48 kg champion Yan Bartelemy will fight against Puerto Rican Mcwilliams Arroyo, while two-time Olympic gold medallist Guillermo Rigondeaux (54 kg) will face Colombian Johnny Perez. <br><br>  <br><br> Yuriorkis Gamboa (57 kg), champion at Athens 2004 Olympic Games, will box against Venezuelan Lisandro Bolivar. <br><br>  <br><br> Other Cubans that qualified for the final round are Yordenis Ugas (60 kg), Erislandy Lara (69 kg), Yordani Despaigne (75 kg) and Luis Ortiz (81 kg). <br><br>  <br><br> The bout for the +91 kg title will take place between two Cubans: Athens 2004 heavy weight gold medallist Odlanier Solis and the super heavy weight bronze medallist Michel Lopez. <br><br>  <br><br> Fighters from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela attended the competition closing today. <br><br>  <br><br> Batalla de Carabobo (Carabobo Battle) honors a major military action the Republican army led by Simon Bolivar launched against the royalist forces on June 24 1821. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"mgs@prensa-latina.cu","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Nine Cuban Boxers Make Venezuelan Tournament Finals","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/06\/130418.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}