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Mario Kindelan Boxing
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Mario Kindelan from Cuba is considered one
of the greatest amateur boxers of all time. A great signature
on an 8x10 photograph from the Olympic Boxing final when
he defeated British Boxer Amir Khan.
Mario Kindelan
£15.00
His most successful period came in a winning
streak starting with the 1999 Pan American Games title,
and covered every major event he entered including the 2000
Summer Olympics in Sydney, three world championships (1999,
2001, 2003), and the 2003 Pan American Games. His most recent
victory was at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, defeating
Amir Khan in the final, and retaining his gold medal from
four years earlier.
Kindelán was named among the top ten
athletes in Cuba for 1999, as well as being selected 'Best
Boxer in Cuba' in the same year.
Typical for athletes from Cuba, where professional
sport is prohibited, his reward is pride in representing
his people on the Olympic stage. He said, of being offered
$1 million to compete professionally, "I thanked them,
but money cannot buy what I have."
