The Tokyo-2020 Olympic champion
“was absent from the last days of training and did not go”
to Camagüey, where the national events began on Monday, said the president of the Cuban Boxing Federation, Alberto Puig.
The media Oncuba indicated that sources close to the sportsman, who requested anonymity, revealed that Andy Cruz, 26, had left the island at the end of last week for an unknown destination.
The probable departure of the Cuban boxer comes at a time when the island is experiencing a migration exodus against the backdrop of a serious economic crisis, the worst for 30 years.
Many inhabitants seek to emigrate at all costs, some by sea but the majority by Central America.
The 2017 triple world champion,
“Sometimes you have to make decisions that some people will not like.
I am not here to please people, but to please me and my family”.
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"Silence is golden.
The hurricane is approaching,” he added a little later, adding a photo of himself with a finger to his mouth as a sign of silence.
Andy Cruz was expelled from the national team in May when Cuban boxers returned to the professional circuit in Mexico after 60 years.
“There was a drop in his performance and in his attitude in the gymnasium
,” argued Rolando Acebal, coach of the boxing selection, king sport on the island with 80 world titles and 41 Olympic titles.