{"id":296762,"date":"2023-01-03T11:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=296762"},"modified":"2023-01-03T11:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:46:06","slug":"bbc-news-cuba-women-boxers-allowed-to-compete-after-rule-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/gender\/bbc-news-cuba-women-boxers-allowed-to-compete-after-rule-change\/","title":{"rendered":"[BBC NEWS] Cuba: Women boxers allowed to compete after rule change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_296763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296763\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-296763 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/128177189_boxingtraining.jpg-642x361.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cuba has finally relaxed its rules to allow women to compete in boxing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">For Joanna Rodriguez, a recent rule change by the Cuban authorities to finally allow women to compete in boxing couldn&#8217;t come soon enough.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Already in her 30s, time was fast running out for her shot at an Olympic or world boxing title. Working as a bouncer at a bar at night, she felt she was being forced to choose between her sporting career and putting food on the table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Now though, as the women&#8217;s leading heavyweight in Cuba, Joanna hopes her name might one day sit alongside those of Cuban boxing greats like Felix Savon or Teofilo Stevenson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;This (new rule) is going to change everything,&#8221; says Joanna after a gruelling training session in a dingy gym in Central Havana. &#8220;It could even shift the way of thinking because there is machismo among both men and women here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-64117046\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Joanna Rodriguez, a recent rule change by the Cuban authorities to finally allow women to compete in boxing couldn&#8217;t come soon enough. 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