The creation of the National Boxing Commission of Cuba was headed by former Cuban senator and colonel Rosendo Collazo.
Alberto Puig de la Barca is the current Cuban Boxing Federation president.
[2] The Cuban government formed a national commission to monitor boxing and regulate the sport in 1921, following a prior prohibition due to growing violence in the country.
Cuban fighters were limited to the amateur boxing system, which allowed them to compete in the Olympics but excluded them from the lucrative professional fight circuit.
[6] In 1968, the federation began holding the Giraldo Cordova Cardin International Boxing Tournament in Havana, Cuba.