Boxing-Cuban Boxing Federation says Olympic champion Cruz tried to leave
country illegally
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 [June 29, 2022]
(Reuters) - The Cuban Boxing
Federation has been notified of an attempt by Olympic gold medallist
Andy Cruz Gomez to leave the country illegally, an act of "serious
indiscipline" it said on Tuesday.
The federation said in a statement the three-time World champion had
not been picked for the professional debut of national top fighters
team "Domadores de Cuba" due to "apparent demotivation".
The team will participate in several professional leagues this year
after signing a contract with the Mexican company Golden Ring
Promotions.
Cuba announced in April that its top fighters would join the
professional boxing circuit following decades of shying away from
the sport after former leader Fidel Castro banned sports for pay
following his leftist 1959 revolution.
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"The fact, which qualifies as serious indiscipline
in our sport's regulations, will be examined accordingly and we will
inform (of our decision) in due course," the federation said.
Cruz could not be immediately reached for comment.
The federation added that Cruz, who won his gold medal at the Tokyo
Olympics last year, had not taken part in the national boxing
tournament Campeonato Nacional de Boxeo Playa Girón last week after
skipping his training.
(Reporting by Silvia Recchimuzzi; Additional reporting by Anita
Kobylinska in Gdansk; editing by Grant McCool)
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