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HAVANA (AP) - Still the main challenger to the United States in the Pan American Games medals race, Cuba suddenly has some doubts about one of its strongest sports.
Although the Cubans are favored to win the most boxing medals at the games, which begin Friday, an air of uncertainty surrounds the squad. How will the relatively inexperienced fighters perform going into the first international tournament after the stunning blow Cuban boxing sustained in December with the desertion of Olympic and Pan American medalists Yan Barthelemy, Yuriolkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis?
"The objective cannot be less than the six gold medals we won six years ago," Cuba boxing coach Pedro Roque said. "We are counting on various athletes with little experience, but that's our reality and their training was designed with that in mind."
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