The Champ

Stephen DuPont

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A young amatuer boxer training at a local gym on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba , May 2001. Cuba is famous for breeding world class boxers, the children who begin may not be able to afford gloves and will improvise with something else. Instaed of bags the boxers use rubber tyres from cars or other makeshift utensils to supplement.

Stephen DuPont, "The Champ," in POYi Archive, Item #31806, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/31806 (accessed May 13, 2025).