By José Alejandro Rodriguez Zas
Without a doubt, the topic of the star Cuban boxer Andy Cruz and his alleged departure from Cuba to abroad and then the general concern about the ignorance of his real whereabouts, has been one of the main topics on social networks in recent days. In addition, it has filled the followers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, Cuban boxing and sports in general with uncertainty.
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Within all the sea of information that arose on the subject, the total disconnection of the athlete and the prolonged silence of the Cuban authorities in this regard, the situation around the outstanding athlete from Matanzas became tense and complex.
However, in the early hours of the morning of this Tuesday, June 28, the Cuban Boxing Federation, via a note posted on JITbroke the silence on Andy’s case, clearly responding to the demands of Cuban sports fans and specialists, who needed an official response on the subject.
Although the published information is very concise, at least it ratifies the last thing we published on our website in this regard, that Andy Cruz is in Cuba, presumably detained by the island’s authorities, for trying to escape from the land where he was born. , in search of better opportunities as an athlete in professional boxing and in his personal life.
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Due to the importance of the topic, we fully share the statement:
Havana.- THE Cuban Boxing FEDERATION informs that it has been notified about the participation of the athlete Andy Cruz Gómez in an attempt to leave the country illegally.
The fact, which classifies as serious indiscipline in the regulations of our sport, will generate the corresponding analysis, which we will inform in a timely manner.
We remember that Cruz was absent from the training sessions prior to the Playa Girón National Tournament, and did not travel to the venue for that competition.
Before, his evident demotivation conditioned that he was not part of the team that represented us in the debut of Domadores de Cuba in professional circuits.